ASTM A1-00(2010)
(Specification)Standard Specification for Carbon Steel Tee Rails
Standard Specification for Carbon Steel Tee Rails
ABSTRACT
This specification deals with carbon steel tee rails for use in railway track, including export and industrial applications. Rails shall be furnished by as-rolling, head hardening, or fully heat treatment processes. Hydrogen content shall be measured either during the continuous casting process or during ingot teeming. The rails shall conform to the chemical requirements for carbon, manganese, phosphorus, sulfur, and silicon. Rail soundness shall be evaluated by macroetch testing for both ingot and continuously cast steel. The rails shall conform to the Brinell hardness test requirements for standard carbon rails and high-strength rails.
SCOPE
1.1 This specification covers carbon steel tee rails of nominal weights of 60 lb/yd (29.8 kg/m) and over for use in railway track, including export and industrial applications.
1.2 Supplementary requirements S1 and S2 shall apply only when specified by the purchaser in the order.
1.3 The values stated in inch-pound units are to be regarded as standard. The values given in parentheses are mathematical conversions to SI units that are provided for information only and are not considered standard.
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Designation:A1 −00 (Reapproved 2010)
Standard Specification for
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Carbon Steel Tee Rails
This standard is issued under the fixed designationA1; the number immediately following the designation indicates the year of original
adoptionor,inthecaseofrevision,theyearoflastrevision.Anumberinparenthesesindicatestheyearoflastreapproval.Asuperscript
epsilon (´) indicates an editorial change since the last revision or reapproval.
This standard has been approved for use by agencies of the U.S. Department of Defense.
1. Scope 2.2 American Railway Engineering and Maintenance of
Way Association (AREMA) Manual for Railway Engineering:
1.1 This specification covers carbon steel tee rails of nomi-
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Specifications for Steel RailsChapter 4, Part 2
nalweightsof60lb/yd(29.8kg/m)andoverforuseinrailway
track, including export and industrial applications.
3. Ordering Information
1.2 SupplementaryrequirementsS1andS2shallapplyonly
3.1 Ordersforrailsunderthisspecificationshallincludethe
when specified by the purchaser in the order.
following information:
3.1.1 ASTM designation and year of issue.
1.3 The values stated in inch-pound units are to be regarded
3.1.2 Type of rail desired.
as standard. The values given in parentheses are mathematical
3.1.3 Quantity (tons or pieces as appropriate).
conversions to SI units that are provided for information only
3.1.4 Full identification of section with dimensional
and are not considered standard.
drawing, if required.
1.4 This international standard was developed in accor-
3.1.5 Arrangement of drilled bolt holes, if any, with dimen-
dance with internationally recognized principles on standard-
sional drawing, if required.
ization established in the Decision on Principles for the
3.1.6 Quantity of right-hand and left-hand (Note 1) drilled
Development of International Standards, Guides and Recom-
rails, drilled both-end rails, and undrilled (blank) rails desired.
mendations issued by the World Trade Organization Technical
3.1.7 Supplementary requirements that shall apply (see S1
Barriers to Trade (TBT) Committee.
and S2).
3.1.8 Dispositionofvariousclassificationsofrails(see8.3.6
2. Referenced Documents
and 8.3.7).
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2.1 ASTM Standards:
NOTE 1—The right-hand or left-hand end of the rail is determined by
A29/A29MSpecificationforGeneralRequirementsforSteel
facing the side of the rail on which the brand (raised characters) appears.
Bars, Carbon and Alloy, Hot-Wrought
4. Materials and Manufacture
A700Guide for Packaging, Marking, and Loading Methods
for Steel Products for Shipment
4.1 Rail Types—Rails shall be furnished as-rolled (standard
E10Test Method for Brinell Hardness of Metallic Materials
and alloy), head hardened (on-line or off-line processes), or
E127Practice for Fabrication and Control of Aluminum
fullyheattreatedasagreeduponbetweenthepurchaserandthe
Alloy Ultrasonic Standard Reference Blocks
manufacturer.
E428Practice for Fabrication and Control of Metal, Other
4.2 Melting Practice—Thesteelshallbemadebyanyofthe
than Aluminum, Reference Blocks Used in Ultrasonic
following processes: basic-oxygen or electric-furnace.
Testing
4.2.1 The steel shall be cast by a continuous process, in
hot-topped ingots, or by other methods agreed upon between
the purchaser and the manufacturer.
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This specification is under the jurisdiction ofASTM Committee A01 on Steel,
4.3 Discard—Sufficient discard shall be taken from the
Stainless Steel and RelatedAlloys and is the direct responsibility of Subcommittee
A01.01 on Steel Rails and Accessories.
bloom or ingot to ensure freedom from injurious segregation
Current edition approved Nov. 1, 2010. Published November 2010. Originally
and pipe.
approved in 1901. Last previous edition approved in 2005 as A1–00 (2005). DOI:
10.1520/A0001-00R10.
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For referenced ASTM standards, visit the ASTM website, www.astm.org, or Available from American Railway Engineering and Maintenance-of-Way
contact ASTM Customer Service at service@astm.org. For Annual Book of ASTM Association (AREMA), 4501 Forbes Blvd., Suite 130, Lanham, MD 20706,
Standards volume information, refer to the standard’s Document Summary page on
https://www.arema.org.
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the ASTM website.
Adapted from AREMA Specifications for Steel Rails (see 2.2).
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A1−00 (2010)
4.4 Hydrogen Elimination: 5. Chemical Composition
4.4.1 Applicability:
5.1 The chemical composition of the standard, head
4.4.1.1 Rails 60 through 70 lb/yd (29.8 through 34.8 kg/m) hardened, and fully heat treated rail steel, determined as
are not subject to treatment for hydrogen elimination. prescribedin5.2.1,shallbewithinthelimitsshowninTable1.
The chemical composition of alloy rail will be subject to
4.4.1.2 Rails over 70 thr
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