ASTM A65-01

Standard Specification for Steel Track Spikes

SCOPE
1.1 This specification covers steel track spikes used as fastenings between railroad rails, tie plates, and ties.  
1.2 Two grades of spikes are described, Grades 1 and 2, previously known as "soft" and "high carbon" steel.  
1.3 Supplementary Requirement (S1) specifying copper content is provided. It shall apply only when specified by the purchaser.  
1.4 The values stated in inch-pound units are to be regarded as the standard. The values given in parentheses are for information only.

General Information

• Status: Historical
• Publication Date: 09-Apr-2001
• ICS: 21.060.50 - Pins, nails
• Technical Committee: A01 - Steel, Stainless Steel and Related Alloys
• Drafting Committee: A01.01 - Steel Rails and Accessories

Relations

• Replaces: ASTM A65-87(1995) - Standard Specification for Steel Track Spikes
• Effective Date: 10-Apr-2001
• Replaced By: ASTM A65-07 - Standard Specification for Steel Track Spikes
• Effective Date: 01-May-2007

Standards Content (Sample)

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Designation: A 65 – 01
Standard Specification for
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Steel Track Spikes
ThisstandardisissuedunderthefixeddesignationA65;thenumberimmediatelyfollowingthedesignationindicatestheyearoforiginal
adoption or, in the case of revision, the year of last revision.Anumber in parentheses indicates the year of last reapproval.Asuperscript
epsilon (e) indicates an editorial change since the last revision or reapproval.
TABLE 1 Chemical Requirements
1. Scope
1.1 This specification covers steel track spikes used as
Grade 1 Grade 2
fastenings between railroad rails, tie plates, and ties.
(“soft steel”) (“high-carbon
steel”)
1.2 Two grades of spikes are described, Grades 1 and 2,
Carbon, min, % 0.12 0.30
previously known as “soft” and “high carbon” steel.
Copper, min, % when specified 0.20 0.20
1.3 Supplementary Requirement (S1) specifying copper
content is provided. It shall apply only when specified by the
purchaser.
1.4 The values stated in inch-pound units are to be regarded
3.1.6 Certification and Test Report Requirements (see
as the standard. The values given in parentheses are for
12.1).
information only.
4. Manufacture
2. Referenced Documents
4.1 The steel shall be made by any of the following
2.1 ASTM Standards:
processes: electric-furnace or basic-oxygen.
A 29/A29M Specification for Steel Bars, Carbon andAlloy,
4.2 The steel may be cast by a continuous process, or in
Hot-Wrought and Cold-Finished, General Requirements
ingots.
2
for
A 370 Test Methods and Definitions for MechanicalTesting
3
of Steel Products
TABLE 2 Product Analysis
A 700 Practices for Packaging, Marking, and Loading
2
Methods for Steel Products for Domestic Shipment
Allowance Beyond Limits of Specified Chemical Analysis
2.2 American Railway Engineering and Maintenance of
Percent Percent
4
Way Association Manual for Railway Engineering
under min limit over max limit
Carbon 0.04 0.04
Design of Cut Track Spike (1963), Chapter 5, Part 2
3. Ordering Information
TABLE 3 Tension Test Requirements
3.1 Orders for spikes under this specification shall include
the following information as appropriate:
Grade 1 Grade 2
3.1.1 Quantity (weight),
(“soft steel”) (“high-carbon
steel”)
3.1.2 Grade in accordance with 1.2 and Table 1, Table 2,
Table 3, Table 4, Table 5, and Table 6, Yield point, min 0.5 3 tensile 0.5 3 tensile
strength strength
3.1.3 Design—AREMAdesign (see 2.2), or other, including
Tensile strength, min, psi 55 000 70 000
drawings if required,
MPa 380 485
Elongation in 2 in. or 50 25 25
3.1.4 Dimensions—cross section and length,
mm, min %
3.1.5 Supplementary Requirement if to apply (see S 1) and
Table 1, and
1 TABLE 4 Bend Test Requirements
This specification is under the jurisdiction of ASTM Committee A01 on Steel,
Stainless Steel and RelatedAlloys, and is the direct responsibility of Subcommittee
Grade 1 Grade 2
A01.01 on Steel Rails and Accessories.
Current edition approved April 10, 2001. Published May 2001. Original
Body bend, cold 180°—flat on itself 120°—around pin of diameter
published as A 65 – 16 T. Last previous edition A 65 – 87 (1995).
not greater than spike thick-
2
Annual Book of ASTM Standards, Vol 01.05.
ness
3
Annual Book of ASTM Standards, Vol 01.03.
Head bend, cold backward to the line backward to an angle of 55°
4
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TABLE 5 Permissible Variations in DImensions
7. Dimensions and Permissible Variations
7.1 The finished spikes shall conform to the dimensions
Over Under
specified by the purchaser, subject to the permissible variations
in. mm in. mm
prescribed in Table 5.
Cross section 1 32 0.8 1 64 0.4
/ /
Head 3 32 2.4 1 32 0.8
/ /
8. Workmanship, Finish, and Appearance
Length, under head to point 1 8 3.2 183.2
/ /
Angle, under side of head 1° 1° 1° 1°
8.1 The finished spikes shall be straight, with well-formed
heads and sharp points and shall be free of injurious and other
imperfections not consistent with good commercial practice.
TABLE 6 Markings
9. Retests
Grade 1 Grade 2
9.1 If, during the tension or bend tests, a previously undis-
Steel, copper not manufacturer’s symbol manufacturer’s symbol and
covered material or manufacturing flaw should be disclosed
specified HC
Steel, copper speci- manufacturer’s symbol manufacturer’s symbol and that interferes with the test or the interpretation of results, the
fied and CU HC and CU
substitution of another sample spike shall be permitted after it
is demonstrated to the satisfaction of the purchaser or his
representative,thattheconditionisnottypicaloftheremainder
5. Chemical or Alternative Tension Test Requirements
of the lot
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