• Arema Manual For Railroad Design Associates
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Current Edition - 2017 Released each April - Annual Publication The Manual for Railway Engineering (MRE) is an annual publication released every April. The Manual consists of more than 5,000 pages of railway engineering reference material, the recommended practices for the industry. It contains principles, data, specifications, plans and economics pertaining to the engineering, design and construction of the fixed plant of railways (except signals and communications), and allied services and facilities. The material is developed by AREMA technical committees and is published as a guide to railways in establishing their individual policies and practices relative to the subjects, activities and facilities covered in the Manual, with the aim of assisting them to engineer and construct a railway plant which will have inherent qualities of safe and economical operation as well as low maintenance cost. Chapters are grouped into four general categories, each in a separate volume: Track.

Arema Manual For Railroad Design Associates

Structures. Infrastructure and Passenger. Systems Management.

11.1 STANDARD SPECIFICATIONS The primary purpose of railroad bridges is to safely and reliably carry freight and passenger train traffic within the railroad operating environment. Recommended practices for the design of railroad bridges are developed and maintained by the American Railway Engineering and Maintenance-of-Way Association (AREMA), 8201 Corporate Drive, Suite 1125, Landover, MD,. Recommended practice for the design of fixed railroad bridges is outlined in Part 1, Design, and Part 5, Special Types of Construction, in Chap.

Arema Manual For Railroad Design Standards

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15, Steel Structures, of the AREMA Manual for Railway Engineering (MRE). Recommended practice for the design of movable railroad bridges is outlined in Part 6, Movable Bridges, in Chap. 15, Steel Structures, of the AREMA MRE. The information in Chap. 15 is prepared and continuously reviewed and updated by AREMA Committee 15.

Chapter 15 provides detailed recommendations for the design of steel railway bridges for spans up to 400 ft in length, standard-gage track (56.5 in), and North American freight and passenger equipment at speeds up to 70 and 90 mi/h, respectively. The recommendations may be used for longer span bridges with supplemental requirements.