PERMANENT WAY; PERMANENT-WAY TOOLS; MACHINES FOR MAKING RAILWAYS OF ALL KINDS

Introduced: September 1968

Classification Context

Section:: FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
Class:: CONSTRUCTION OF ROADS, RAILWAYS, OR BRIDGES
Subclass:: PERMANENT WAY; PERMANENT-WAY TOOLS; MACHINES FOR MAKING RAILWAYS OF ALL KINDS

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.

Related Keywords

passenger-carrying AMUSEMENT(S) railwaysGRINDING of railway rails in situPERMANENT WAY of railwaysrailway STUB switchesTRACK(S) for railways

21 direct subcodes

Child Classifications

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E01B 1/00 Ballastway; Other means for supporting the sleepers or the track; Drainage of the ballastway
E01B 11/00 Rail joints
E01B 13/00 Arrangements preventing shifting of the track
E01B 15/00 Guards for preventing a person's foot being trapped in grooved rails
E01B 17/00 Cattle guards connected to the permanent way
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
E01B 2/00 General structure of permanent way
E01B 21/00 Track superstructure specially adapted for tramways in paved streets
E01B 23/00 Easily dismountable or movable tracks, e.g. temporary railways; Details specially adapted therefor
E01B 25/00 Tracks for special kinds of railways
E01B 26/00 Tracks or track components not covered by any one of main groups
E01B 27/00 Placing, renewing, working, cleaning, or taking-up the ballast, with or without concurrent work on the track; Devices therefor; Packing sleepers
E01B 29/00 Laying, rebuilding, or taking-up tracks; Tools or machines therefor
E01B 3/00 Transverse or longitudinal sleepers; Other means resting directly on the ballastway for supporting rails
E01B 31/00 Working rails, sleepers, baseplates, or the like, in or on the line; Machines, tools, or auxiliary devices specially designed therefor
E01B 33/00 Machines or devices for shifting tracks, with or without lifting, e.g. for aligning track, for shifting excavator track
E01B 35/00 Applications of measuring apparatus or devices for track-building purposes
E01B 37/00 Making, maintaining, renewing, or taking-up the ballastway or the track, not provided for in a single one of groups
E01B 5/00 Rails; Guard rails; Distance-keeping means for them
E01B 7/00 Switches; Crossings