Business Insider

Thermite weld failure resulting from persistent track conditions led to August 2017 derailment near Dominion City, Manitoba

WINNIPEG, July 24, 2018 /CNW/ - In its investigation report (R17W0175) released today, the Transportation Safety Board of Canada (TSB) found that a thermite weld failure resulted in a Canadian Pacific ...
Scientific American

Welding a Fourteen-inch Shaft by the Thermite Process

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Jalopnik

Watch The Fascinating Way Railroad Tracks Are Welded Together

Train rails are joined together via a seriously awesome process called exothermic welding, which basically involves lighting off a chemical called Thermite and sending molten iron into a sand mould.
Railway Technology

Goldschmidt Celebrate 120 Years of the Patented ‘Goldschmidt Process’ for Rail Joining

Many inventions can be traced back to the scientific curiosity of Prof. Hans Goldschmidt. His most important invention was patented 120 years ago. The THERMIT® process turned out to be a major advance ...
The New York Times

USES OF THERMITE.; German Weld Rails and Machinery with This Chemical Product.

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