ASTM A65-07(2013)

Standard Specification for Steel Track Spikes (Withdrawn 2022)

ABSTRACT
This specification covers steel track spike to be used as fastenings between railroad rails, tie plates, and ties. Several tests shall be conducted, namely: heat or cast analysis; alternative analysis; alternative tension test; product analysis; body bend test; and head bend test. Heat and product analysis shall be performed wherein steel materials shall conform to the required chemical composition for carbon, manganese, phosphorous, sulfur, silicon, and copper. Steel specimens shall also undergo tensile tests and conform to required values of yield point, tensile strength, and elongation.
SCOPE
1.1 This specification covers steel track spikes used as fastenings between railroad rails, tie plates, and ties.  
1.2 Three grades of spikes are described, Grades 1, a lower carbon steel; Grade 2, a higher carbon steel; and Grade 3, a carbon structural steel, conforming to Specification A36/A36M.  
1.3 Supplementary Requirement (S1) are provided for use and shall only apply when specified in the purchase order.  
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.
WITHDRAWN RATIONALE
This specification covers steel track spikes used as fastenings between railroad rails, tie plates, and ties.
Formerly under the jurisdiction of Committee A01 on Steel, Stainless Steel and Related Alloys, this specification was withdrawn in July 2022 in accordance with section 10.6.3 of the Regulations Governing ASTM Technical Committees, which requires that standards shall be updated by the end of the eighth year since the last approval date.

General Information

• Status: Withdrawn
• Publication Date: 31-Mar-2013
• Withdrawal Date: 18-Jul-2022
• ICS: 21.060.50 - Pins, nails
• Technical Committee: A01 - Steel, Stainless Steel and Related Alloys
• Drafting Committee: A01.01 - Steel Rails and Accessories

Standards Content (Sample)

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Designation:A65 −07 (Reapproved 2013)
Standard Specification for
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Steel Track Spikes
This standard is issued under the fixed designationA65; the number immediately following the designation indicates the year of original
adoption or, in the case of revision, the year of last revision.Anumber in parentheses indicates the year of last reapproval.Asuperscript
epsilon (´) indicates an editorial change since the last revision or reapproval.
1. Scope 3.1.1 Quantity (weight),
3.1.2 Grade in accordance with 1.2 and Table 1, Table 2,
1.1 This specification covers steel track spikes used as
Table 3, Table 4, Table 5, and Table 6,
fastenings between railroad rails, tie plates, and ties.
3.1.3 Design—AREMAdesign (see 2.2), or other, including
1.2 Three grades of spikes are described, Grades 1, a lower
drawings if required,
carbon steel; Grade 2, a higher carbon steel; and Grade 3, a
3.1.4 Dimensions—cross section and length,
carbon structural steel, conforming to Specification A36/
3.1.5 Supplementary Requirement if to apply (see S1) and
A36M.
Table 1, and
1.3 Supplementary Requirement (S1) are provided for use 3.1.6 Certification and Test Report Requirements (see 12.1).
and shall only apply when specified in the purchase order.
4. Manufacture
1.4 The values stated in inch-pound units are to be regarded
4.1 The steel shall be made by any of the following
as the standard. The values given in parentheses are for
processes: electric-furnace or basic-oxygen.
information only.
4.2 The steel may be cast by a continuous process, or in
2. Referenced Documents
ingots.
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2.1 ASTM Standards:
5. Chemical or Alternative Tension Test Requirements
A6/A6M Specification for General Requirements for Rolled
5.1 The manufacturer has the option to furnish spikes from
Structural Steel Bars, Plates, Shapes, and Sheet Piling
steel conforming to the heat or cast analysis described in 5.2,
A29/A29M SpecificationforGeneralRequirementsforSteel
the alternative analysis described in 5.3, or the alternative
Bars, Carbon and Alloy, Hot-Wrought
tension test described in 5.4.
A36/A36M Specification for Carbon Structural Steel
A370 Test Methods and Definitions for Mechanical Testing 5.2 Heat or Cast Analysis—An analysis of each heat or cast
of Steel Products
shall be made by the manufacturer of the steel to determine the
A700 Guide for Packaging, Marking, and Loading Methods percentage of the elements specified in Table 1. The analysis
for Steel Products for Shipment
shall be made from a test sample taken preferably during the
pouring of the heat or cast. The chemical composition thus
2.2 American Railway Engineering and Maintenance of
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determined shall conform to the requirements of Table 1. All
Way Association Manual for Railway Engineering:
elements listed in Table 1 shall be reported in the test analysis
Design of Cut Track Spike (1963) Chapter 5, Part 2
to the purchaser when requested.
3. Ordering Information
5.3 Alternative Analysis—When the heat or cast analysis of
3.1 Orders for spikes under this specification shall include
the steel cannot be furnished and the spike manufacturer elects
the following information as appropriate:
to offer the material on the basis of chemical composition, an
analysis of three finished spikes selected at random from each
10-ton (9-Mg) lot shall be made by the manufacturer and the
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This specification is under the jurisdiction of ASTM Committee A01 on Steel,
separate chemical compositions shall conform to the require-
Stainless Steel and Related Alloys and is the direct responsibility of Subcommittee
ments of Table 1. The product analysis for specified elements
A01.01 on Steel Rails and Accessories.
shall conform to the permitted variations in Table B of Speci-
Current edition approved April 1, 2013. Published May 2013. Originally
approved in 1916. Last previous edition approved in 2007 as A65 – 07. DOI:
fication A6/A6M.
10.1520/A0065-07R13.
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5.4 Alternative Tension Test—The manufacturer of the
For referenced ASTM standards, visit the ASTM website, www.astm.org, or
contact ASTM Customer Service at [e-mail]. For Annual Book of ASTM
spikes may, at his option, elect to substitute a tension test for
Standards volume information, refer to the standard’s Document Summary page on
the chemical analysis specified in 5.2 or 5.3. The tension test
the ASTM website.
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results determined on one full size spike selected at random
Available from American Railway Engineering and Maintenance of Way Assn
(AREM), 8201 Corporate Drive, Suite 1125, Landover, MD 20785. from each 10-ton (9-tonne) lot of finished spikes or fraction
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A65−07 (2013)
TABLE 1 Chemical Requirements
Element Grade 1 Grade 2 Grade 3
Carbon 0
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