Business Insider

Thermite weld failure resulting from persistent track conditions led to August 2017 derailment near Dominion City, Manitoba

WINNIPEG, July 24, 2018 /CNW/ - In its investigation report (R17W0175) released today, the Transportation Safety Board of Canada (TSB) found that a thermite weld failure resulted in a Canadian Pacific ...
Scientific American

Welding a Fourteen-inch Shaft by the Thermite Process

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Railway Age

Welding Physics and CWR

RAILWAY AGE, MAY 2023 ISSUE: Welcome to “Timeout for Tech with Gary T. Fry, Ph.D., P.E.” Each month, we examine a technology topic about which professionals in the railway industry have asked to learn ...
Railway Technology

Goldschmidt Celebrate 120 Years of the Patented ‘Goldschmidt Process’ for Rail Joining

Many inventions can be traced back to the scientific curiosity of Prof. Hans Goldschmidt. His most important invention was patented 120 years ago. The THERMIT® process turned out to be a major advance ...
Hackaday

3D-Printed Thermite Brings The Heat, And The Safety

Thermites are a double-edged sword. Packing a tremendous energy density, and eager to produce tremendous heat when ignited, thermite is great for welding train tracks. But sometimes you might be ...
The New York Times

USES OF THERMITE.; German Weld Rails and Machinery with This Chemical Product.

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