E01B PERMANENT WAY; PERMANENT-WAY TOOLS; MACHINES FOR MAKING RAILWAYS OF ALL KINDS (derailing or rerailing blocks on track, track brakes or retarders B61K)
Introduced: September 1968
Description
E01B covers the design, construction, and maintenance of railway track structures (permanent way), including rails, sleepers, ballast, and fastening systems. It encompasses tools, machines, and equipment used for laying, assembling, aligning, and servicing railway tracks across all railway types and gauges. This classification includes machines for track grinding, welding, tamping, and ballast placement, as well as specialized apparatus for track inspection and repair. Related bridge and road construction work is classified separately under E01C and E01D respectively.
Title
Titles differ between systems:
IPC: PERMANENT WAY; PERMANENT-WAY TOOLS; MACHINES FOR MAKING RAILWAYS OF ALL KINDS
CPC: PERMANENT WAY; PERMANENT-WAY TOOLS; MACHINES FOR MAKING RAILWAYS OF ALL KINDS (derailing or rerailing blocks on track, track brakes or retarders B61K)
Full Title
Full titles differ between systems:
PERMANENT WAY; PERMANENT-WAY TOOLS; MACHINES FOR MAKING RAILWAYS OF ALL KINDS
PERMANENT WAY; PERMANENT-WAY TOOLS; MACHINES FOR MAKING RAILWAYS OF ALL KINDS (derailing or rerailing blocks on track, track brakes or retarders B61K)
Of 26 combined children, 21 exist in both systems.
5 codes are CPC-only extensions.
Note: 5 CPC extensions are marked as secondary classification only.
17 shared codes have differing titles between IPC and CPC.
Child Classifications
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- E01B 1/00 Ballastway; Other means for supporting the sleepers or the track; Drainage of the ballastway (draining by trenches, culverts, or conduits E01F5/00) +3 CPC IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
- E01B 11/00 Rail joints (electrical connection of the rail B60M5/00) IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
- E01B 15/00 Guards for preventing a person's foot being trapped in grooved rails IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
- E01B 17/00 Cattle guards connected to the permanent way (grids in general for preventing cattle from straying A01K3/00) IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
- E01B 19/00 Protection of permanent way against development of dust or against the effect of wind, sun, frost, or corrosion; Means to reduce development of noise (snow fences E01F7/02, snow-ploughs E01H8/02, watering E01H11/00) +2 CPC IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
- E01B 2/00 General structure of permanent way (railway networks B61B1/00; foundations for pavings E01C3/00; foundations in general E02D) +2 CPC IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
- E01B 21/00 Track superstructure adapted for tramways in paved streets (paving E01C9/04, E01C9/06) IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
- E01B 2202/00 Characteristics of moving parts of rail systems, e.g. switches, special frogs, tongues 2nd only +3 CPC CPC only CPC only
- E01B 23/00 Easily dismountable or movable tracks, e.g. temporary railways; Details specially adapted therefor IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
- E01B 25/00 Tracks for special kinds of railways (systems B61B; wheel tracks on roads E01C9/02) IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
- E01B 26/00 Tracks or track components not covered by any one of the preceding groups +1 CPC IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
- E01B 27/00 Placing, renewing, working, cleaning, or taking-up the ballast, with or without concurrent work on the track; Devices therefor; Packing sleepers IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
- E01B 29/00 Laying, rebuilding, or taking-up tracks; Tools or machines therefor (E01B27/00, E01B31/00 take precedence) +1 CPC IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
- E01B 3/00 Transverse or longitudinal sleepers (for switches or crossings E01B7/22); Other means resting directly on the ballastway for supporting rails IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
- E01B 31/00 Working rails, sleepers, baseplates, or the like, in or on the line; Machines, tools, or auxiliary devices specially designed therefor (characterised by features independent of use on assembled track B21, B23 - B25, B27) IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC