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 requirementsS1and 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 the standard. The values given in parentheses are for information only.

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Designation: A1 – 00 (Reapproved 2005)
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 Department of Defense.
1. Scope 3.1.3 Quantity (tons or pieces as appropriate).
3.1.4 Full identification of section with dimensional draw-
1.1 This specification covers carbon steel tee rails of nomi-
ing, if required.
nalweightsof60lb/yd(29.8kg/m)andoverforuseinrailway
3.1.5 Arrangement of drilled bolt holes, if any, with dimen-
track, including export and industrial applications.
sional drawing, if required.
1.2 SupplementaryrequirementsS1andS2shallapplyonly
3.1.6 Quantity of right-hand and left-hand (Note 1) drilled
when specified by the purchaser in the order.
rails, drilled both-end rails, and undrilled (blank) rails desired.
1.3 The values stated in inch-pound units are to be regarded
3.1.7 Supplementary requirements that shall apply (see S1
as the standard. The values given in parentheses are for
and S2).
information only.
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/A29M Specification for Steel Bars, Carbon andAlloy,
facing the side of the rail on which the brand (raised characters) appears.
Hot-Wrought, General Requirements for
4. Materials and Manufacture
A700 PracticesforPackaging,Marking,andLoadingMeth-
ods for Steel Products for Shipment 4.1 Rail Types—Rails shall be furnished as-rolled (standard
E10 TestMethodforBrinellHardnessofMetallicMaterials and alloy), head hardened (on-line or off-line processes), or
E127 Practice for Fabricating and Checking Aluminum fullyheattreatedasagreeduponbetweenthepurchaserandthe
Alloy Ultrasonic Standard Reference Blocks manufacturer.
E428 Practice 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
2.2 American Railway Engineering and Maintenance of hot-topped ingots, or by other methods agreed upon between
Way Association (AREMA) Manual for Railway Engineering: the purchaser and the manufacturer.
3,4
Specifications for Steel Rails, Chapter 4, Part 2 4.3 Discard—Sufficient discard shall be taken from the
bloom or ingot to ensure freedom from injurious segregation
3. Ordering Information
and pipe.
3.1 Ordersforrailsunderthisspecificationshallincludethe 4.4 Hydrogen Elimination:
following information:
4.4.1 Applicability:
3.1.1 ASTM designation and year of issue. 4.4.1.1 Rails 60 through 70 lb/yd (29.8 through 34.8 kg/m)
3.1.2 Type of rail desired.
are not subject to treatment for hydrogen elimination.
4.4.1.2 Rails over 70 through 84 lb/yd (over 34.8 through
41.7 kg/m) may be subjected to treatment for hydrogen
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This specification is under the jurisdiction ofASTM CommitteeA01 on Steel,
elimination at the option of the manufacturer.
Stainless Steel and RelatedAlloys and is the direct responsibility of Subcommittee
A01.01 on Steel Rails and Accessories. 4.4.1.3 Rails over 84 lb/yd (41.7 kg/m) shall be processed
Current edition approved March 1, 2005. Published March 2005. Originally
by methods that prevent the formation of shatter cracks as
approved in 1901. Last previous edition approved in 2000 as A1–00. DOI:
agreed upon between the purchaser and the manufacturer.
10.1520/A0001-00R05.
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4.4.2 Rail heats shall be tested for hydrogen content using
For referenced ASTM standards, visit the ASTM website, www.astm.org, or
contact ASTM Customer Service at service@astm.org. For Annual Book of ASTM
either a sampling/analytical method or a direct measurement
Standards volume information, refer to the standard’s Document Summary page on
methodoftheliquidsteel.Thetestingshallbeperformedeither
the ASTM website.
during the continuous casting process or during ingot teeming.
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AvailablefromAmericanRailwayEngineeringandMaintenanceofWayAssn.,
Hydrogencontentshallberecordedandavailableforreviewor
8201 Corporate Drive, Suite 1125, Landover, MD 20785.
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Adapted from AREMA Specifications for Steel Rails (see 2.2).
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