Designation:A65−07(Reapproved2013)StandardSpecificationforSteelTrackSpikes1ThisstandardisissuedunderthefixeddesignationA65;thenumberimmediatelyfollowingthedesignationindicatestheyearoforiginaladoptionor,inthecaseofrevision,theyearoflastrevision.Anumberinparenthesesindicatestheyearoflastreapproval.Asuperscriptepsilon(´)indicatesaneditorialchangesincethelastrevisionorreapproval.1.Scope1.1Thisspecificationcoverssteeltrackspikesusedasfasteningsbetweenrailroadrails,tieplates,andties.1.2Threegradesofspikesaredescribed,Grades1,alowercarbonsteel;Grade2,ahighercarbonsteel;andGrade3,acarbonstructuralsteel,conformingtoSpecificationA36/A36M.1.3SupplementaryRequirement(S1)areprovidedforuseandshallonlyapplywhenspecifiedinthepurchaseorder.1.4Thevaluesstatedininch-poundunitsaretoberegardedasthestandard.Thevaluesgiveninparenthesesareforinformationonly.2.ReferencedDocuments2.1ASTMStandards:2A6/A6MSpecificationforGeneralRequirementsforRolledStructuralSteelBars,Plates,Shapes,andSheetPilingA29/A29MSpecificationforSteelBars,CarbonandAlloy,Hot-Wrought,GeneralRequirementsforA36/A36MSpecificationforCarbonStructuralSteelA370TestMethodsandDefinitionsforMechanicalTestingofSteelProductsA700PracticesforPackaging,Marking,andLoadingMeth-odsforSteelProductsforShipment2.2AmericanRailwayEngineeringandMaintenanceofWayAssociationManualforRailwayEngineering:3DesignofCutTrackSpike(1963)Chapter5,Part23.OrderingInformation3.1Ordersforspikesunderthisspecificationshallincludethefollowinginformationasappropriate:3.1.1Quantity(weight),3.1.2Gradeinaccordancewith1.2andTable1,Table2,Table3,Table4,Table5,andTable6,3.1.3Design—AREMAdesign(see2.2),orother,includingdrawingsifrequired,3.1.4Dimensions—crosssectionandlength,3.1.5SupplementaryRequirementiftoapply(seeS1)andTable1,and3.1.6CertificationandTestReportRequirements(see12.1).4.Manufacture4.1Thesteelshallbemadebyanyofthefollowingprocesses:electric-furnaceorbasic-oxygen.4.2Thesteelmaybecastbyacontinuousprocess,oriningots.5.ChemicalorAlternativeTensionTestRe...
