AS 7503.2 - Train Identification and Integrity Part 2: Freight Rolling Stock

This Standards Australia brand Australian Standard ® specifies requirements for clip-fastening and double shoulder sleeper plates made from rolled steel or cast iron. Materials, dimensions and tolerances are given. Some plates are given in appendices. A bending test is specified for rolled steel plates.

The objective of this Standard is to provide purchasers and suppliers including owners, operators, designers and manufacturers of railway sleepers with requirements for the specification, manufacture and testing of alternative material sleepers for use in railway track.

This Standard is Part 22 of the AS 1085 (Railway track material) series.

*Currently under review*
This document describes requirements for access and egress of workers on freight vehicles.