BS EN 13146-10:2017

This standard BS EN 13146-10:2017 Railway applications. Track. Test methods for fastening systems is classified in these ICS categories:

• 93.100 Construction of railways

This European Standard specifies a test procedure to confirm that the force necessary to pull the anchorage of a rail fastening assembly out of the sleeper or other supporting element is greater than a prescribed value (i.e. it is a 'proof load' test).

This test is for components of the fastening system which are:

1. cast into concrete during the manufacture of sleepers or other supporting elements;

2. glued into the cast or drilled holes in concrete; or

3. screwed or otherwise attached to wood, plastic or steel sleepers or other supporting elements.

This test is not applicable to embedded rails.