Stray Current Corrosion in Electrified Rail Systems - Final Report

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• Creators:
  Barlo, Thomas J. ; Zdunek, Alan D.
• Corporate Publisher:
  Northwestern University (Evanston, Ill.). Infrastructure Technology Institute
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Rapid transit
  • Electric railroads
  • Subways
  • Stray current corrosion
  • Literature reviews
  • Evaluation and assessment
  • State of the art
  • Corrosion control
  • Electric current corrosion
  • Electric rail systems
  More +
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.21949/1404527
• Resource Type:
  Research Paper
• Geographical Coverage:
  United States
• NTL Classification:
  NTL-RAIL TRANSPORTATION-RAIL TRANSPORTATION ; NTL-RAIL TRANSPORTATION-Rail Safety ; NTL-PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION-Transit Safety and Security ; NTL-PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION-Rail Transit ; NTL-REFERENCES AND DIRECTORIES-REFERENCES AND DIRECTORIES ; NTL-REFERENCES AND DIRECTORIES-History
• Description:
  The objectives of this study were (1)to assess the scope of stray-current corrosion on electrified rail systems based upon information in the literature and from interviews with selected transit system operators, and (2)to determine whether new or additional corrosion monitoring or mitigation techniques are needed. Strong emphasis was placed on discussions with a sample of transit operators to determine the magnitude of the problem and the costs associated with it, to quantify their knowledge and experience with stray-current corrosion, and to determine if operators believe the problem needs further study.
• Format:
  PDF
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/13213/dot_13213_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 2.37 MB]
• Collection(s):
  US Transportation Collection
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:55a8d4663dc702cd1bc124d8707b032c3baabab79619ac04facea2f27f3166fa