List of Indian Railway Standard Specifications

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Description

Specification No.

Pretensioned Prestressed Concrete Sleeper for

Broad gauge and meter gauge
Special grade cement for use in concrete sleepers
Pretensioned Prestressed Concrete Sleeper for
turnout for Broad Gauge and meter gauge.
Spheroidal Graphite Cast Iron inserts
Elastic Rail Clip
ERC-J Clip

IRS.T-39-1993

Corrigendum
No.
4 of Oct., 2003

IRS.T-40-1985
IRS.T-45-1996

Nil
5 of Dec., 2002

IRS.T-46-1996
IRS.T-31-1992
IRS- Specification for
ERC-J (Provisional)
Revised -1994
IRS.T-44-1995
Provisional-1997
IRS.T-42-1988
IRS.T-37-1982
IRST-47-2006Provisional-1989
Provisional-2010
IRS.T-36-1981
IRS.T-10-2000

1 of Aug. 2008
2 of April, 1999
Nil

IRS.T-29-2000
IRS T19-1994

6 of Nov., 2007
14 of Jan.11

Provisional-1995

Nil

IRS T1 - 66
IRS T2 - 66
IRS T4 - 66
IRS T5 - 65
IRS T6 - 65
IRS T7 - 83
IRS T8 - 66
IRS T9 - 70
IRS T12- 2009
IRS T13- 66
IRS T15- 67

9 of Nov09
3 of May,73
3 of May,73
2 of Sept.,86.
4 of Nov09
Nil
8 of Sept.,91
3 of Sept.,83
Nil
1 of Sept.,67
Nil

IRS T16- 81
IRS T17- 68
IRS T21- 72
IRS T23- 67
IRS T24- 65

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Glass Filled Nylon-66 insulating liner

Polyethylene dowel
Single Coil Spring Washer
Grooved Rubber Sole Plates 4.5 mm thick
Grooved rubber sole plates 6.0 mm thick
Grooved rubber sole plates 10 mm thick
Metal Liner
Modified loose Jaw
Fabricated Switches and crossings, welded/heat
treated crossings and switch expansion joints
(SEJ)
Cast Manganese Steel Crossings
Fusion welding of rails by Alumino-thermic
process
Rail joints welded with mobile gas pressure
welding equipment
Fishplates
Dog spikes
Round spikes
Rectangular M.S.Bearing plates
Fishplates combination
C.I.Sleeper plates bearing plates and chairs
Tie bars, gibs, cotters and keys
Transverse track and turnout steel sleepers.
Flat bottom railway rails
Fangs, bolts and nuts.
Inspection trolleys, material trolleys or lorries and
duplicated lorries
Rail/plate screws
Loose jaws for steel trough sleepers.
Steel clamps for wooden sleepers
Track bolts and nuts
Rail Anchors

3 of Dec. 2010
Nil
1 of April, 2000
Nil
1 of June 2007
2 of Dec., 1993
Nil
Nil
Nil

June,97
April,76
Oct., 87
Sept.,91

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B. G. Second quality transverse track steel

sleepers
Non-infringing track jacks of 5 tonnes capacity
High tensile fish bolts and nuts.
Transverse track steel sleepers for use with M. S.
welded plates and pandrol clips.
Steel rail pads and their electric welding on to
steel sleepers
Provisional specification of retro-reflective type
engineering indicators
Track Based Lubricators (Electronic & Hydraulic
type)
Ultrasonic testing of rails/welds
Ultrasonic testing of rails/welds using vehicular
systems.
Manual for Glued insulated Rail Joint

IRS T26- 67

Nil

IRS T27- 72
IRS T28- 73
IRS T30- 75

Nil
Nil
Nil

IRS T38- 82

Nil

Provisional (May 2011)

Nil

Provisional-2003

Nil

Provisional-2007
Provisional-2009

3 of Jan09
2 of Feb,2010

1998

4 of Aug- 2001