At the time of pressing the steel sleepers, a cant of 1 in 20 is provided towards the centre.

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• Steel sleepers consist of steel troughs made out of about 6 mm thick steel sheets, with
• On either side of the centre line of rails, a cant of 1 in 20 in the sleeper is provided for a distance of
• Ballast packed below and around the sleepers to transfer the load from sleepers to formation, generally consists of
• Metal sleepers are superior to wooden sleepers with respect to
• The wooden sleepers are the ideal sleepers
• Main disadvantage of steel sleepers, is:
• To prevent creep in rails, the steel sleepers are fixed with rails by clips, bolts and
• Loose jaws of steel trough sleepers are made of
• Top surface of steel sleepers, is
• Rails are fixed on steel sleepers