This section will be used only for railroad
construction after the roadbed has been prepared.
Sections 31 11 00 CLEARING AND GRUBBING and 31 00 00
EARTHWORK will be used for specifying roadbed
preparation. CAUTION: Coordination of this section
with other sections of the specifications and with
the project drawings is required. For Civil Works
projects edit this section to reference the
appropriate UFGS identified in the header as
"Preparing Activity: USACE -CW" (ex: UFGS-03 30 04
CONCRETE FOR MINOR STRUCTURES).
The following information should be shown on the
drawings:
a. Location of various sizes of rail if required.
b. Approximate location of compromise joints.
c. Locations of accessories such as welded joints,
rail anchors, guard rails, gage rods, bonded and
grounded track, etc.
d. Locations of items of equipment such as derails
and car bumpers.
e. Location of turnouts, including dimensions from
point of switch and center of last switch tie. Also
type of switch stand and quantity and location of
switch ties.
f. Track section with all needed dimensions.
g. Superelevation locations and amounts.
h. Highway grade crossing location, type, and
details (cross-sections) as required. Standard
details for each type of crossing are available on
CADD through the PCASE program.