What is Sleeper? Sleeper: Railway sleepers are the members which are laid transverse to the rail. Sleepers are fixed in such a way that they transfer the load from the rails to the ballast and subg ...
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Coning of Wheels in Railway – Objective | Theory | Advantage & Disadvantage
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Coning of Wheels in Railway The wheel of the locomotive is in the shape of a frustum this phenomenon is called coning of wheels. As we see the wheels of our cars are flat and they can cut any turn ...