AREMA Standard Railroad Spike Types Dog Spike & Screw Spike Rail Fasteners

Track Railway Spikes Rail Screw Dog Spike For Rail Fastening System​

Rail Spike History

Railroad spike, also known as cut spike, is usually used in railway to fasten the steel rails tightly on the sleepers. The railroad spike is invented by Robert Livingston Stevens in early 19th century. At that time, English mainline use railways used heavy and expensive cast iron chairs to fasten T-shaped rails, while Stevens come with up an idea to add a supporting base to T rail that is fixed with a simple spike. In 1982, this spike has become the most common rail fastening in North America.

Railroad Spike Types

At the early times, dog spike is commonly used when wooden sleepers is paved on the railway. However, with the concrete sleepers popularized, screw spike is more and more widely used. Railroad spike is mainly classified into two types: dog spike, screw spike.

Dog Spike

A dog spike equal to a cut spike in function, it has a square section in horizontal direction with a pointed penetrating head, which is similar to a dog’s lugs. This is why it is called dog spike.

Our main products:

Plastic and rubber pads, EVA pad, HDPE pad, dog spike, screw spike, railway bolt and nut, washer, rail clip, rail shoulder, crane rail, fish plate, base plate, crane rails and so on.

1. Q: what information should we show if we need price?

A: 1. tree species;

2. size: length*width*thicknessl;

3. quantity;

4. we adopt oiled anti corrosion, if yours special, please mark it.

2.Q: what is anti-corrosion?

A: Using high temperature and pressure oiling corrosion technology.
Technology standards : GB9221-88

3. Q: payment terms?

A: 30% by T/T as deposit, the balance 70% before delivery.

4. Q: Validity Date?

A: 10~15 days in general. it will be showed in quotation.

5. Q: Mold fee?

A: if we have same mold, no mold fee;

if we make new mold with small quantity, client pay for it;

if we make new mold with large quantity, Zhongyue pay for it.

If you have any other models of rail/ rail fastener, welcome to contact me.

Founded in 2013, located at No.199 Huanlou Road, development zone Kunshan city, we Suzhou Zhongyue Railway Material Co., Ltd. Is a leading and reputed manufacturer of qualified railway fasteners in China.

We are certified by ISO 9001:2008. We have a complete set of inspection equipments to strictly control the quality of each production procedure and make sure all the products reach the international standards and customers’ requirements.

ZY team is composed of high professional senior engineers, professional technicians and a group of highly experienced operation workers, this is the strong guarantee of our products quality. We have our own R&D team, after-sales service team and quality-assurance team with the most advance technology and management concepts.

With advanced technology, comprehensive testing facilities, excellent management team and powerful processing capacity, our products have been exported worldwide. After many times of inspections by BV, SGS，ABS etc, our products have been well recognized by our customers. We are qualified supplier of Kazakhstan Railway, Thailand Railway, Zambia Railway, Indonesia Railway, Malaysia Railway, Sweden Railway, New Zealand Railway, American Railway, Canada Railway etc, supplying all kinds of railway material to them for many years without any quality complaint.

We not only can produce according to International standards, customers’ drawings and samples, but also can provide design proposal by our own high standard R&D department.

With the principles of quality first and customers first, ZY Rail enjoys bulk popularity and high reputation at home and abroad, while having many customers all over the world. With powerful strength and broad vision, ZY rail is moving towards internationalization of enterprises.