Permanent Ways in Railways

The clear minimum horizontal distance between the inner faces of the two rails forming a track is known as _______.

Indian railways follow the practice of measuring gauge between the inner faces of two rails at a point ______ mm below the top of the rail.

Broad Gauge has a width of ______ meters.

When the funds available for the railway project are inadequate, ______ Gauge is used.

Rails are the members of the track laid in two parallel lines to provide an unchanging, continuous, and level surface for the movement of ______.

To withstand stresses, rails are made of high-______ steel.

Rails provide a continuous and level surface for the movement of ______

The friction between the steel wheel and the steel rail is about one-fifth of the friction between the pneumatic tire and a ______ road

The rails serve as a lateral guide for the ______

Double headed rails have their foot and head of the same dimensions and are also known as ______ rails

Bull headed rails have head dimensions more than their foot and are especially used for making ______ and crossings

Welding is the best joint as it fulfills all the requirements of an ideal rail joint or perfect ______