Modern railroads are made of steel, not iron, because steel is significantly stronger and more durable, allowing for longer rails and higher speeds. Early railways used iron, but steel replaced it completely starting around the 1870s as its strength advantages became clear.
In the early, steel rail is cast iron rail, and then it later expended into I-shaped rail. In the 1980s, the standard gauge for most railways in the world was 1435 mm (4 ft 8 (1/2 in.)). Based on this standard, the narrower one is called narrow gauge railway, the wider one is known as broad-gauge railway. Today, steel rail can be applied into railway track construction in different countries. According to the different national standards, steel rails are classified into various standards, such as GB, BS, AMERA, JIS, DIN and etc.
As a professional rail fastener supplier, GNEE RAIL can provide different standard steel rail such as American, BS, UIC, DIN, JIS, Australian and South Africa which used in railway lines, cranes and coal mining.
GB standard steel rail
| Classification | Height(mm) | Head (mm) | Bottom (mm) | Thick(mm) | Weight (kg/m) | |
| Light Rail | 8 KG/M | 65 | 25 | 54 | 7 | 8.42 |
| 9 KG/M | 63.5 | 32.1 | 63.5 | 5.9 | 8.94 | |
| 12 KG/M | 69.85 | 38.1 | 69.85 | 7.54 | 12.2 | |
| 15 KG/M | 79.37 | 42.86 | 79.37 | 8.33 | 15.2 | |
| 18 KG/M | 80 | 40 | 80 | 10 | 18.06 | |
| 22 KG/M | 93.66 | 50.8 | 93.66 | 10.72 | 22.3 | |
| 24 KG/M | 107 | 51 | 90 | 10.9 | 24.46 | |
| 30 KG/M | 107.95 | 60.33 | 107.95 | 12.3 | 30.1 | |
| Heavy Rail | 38 KG/M | 134 | 68 | 114 | 13 | 38.733 |
| 43 KG/M | 140 | 70 | 114 | 14.5 | 44.653 | |
| 45 KG/M | 145 | 67 | 126 | 14.5 | 45.546 | |
| 50 KG/M | 152 | 70 | 132 | 15.5 | 51.514 | |
| 60 KG/M | 176 | 73 | 150 | 16.5 | 60.64 | |
| Crance Rail | QU 70 | 120 | 70 | 120 | 28 | 52.8 |
| QU 80 | 130 | 80 | 130 | 32 | 63.69 | |
| QU 100 | 150 | 100 | 150 | 38 | 88.96 | |
| QU 120 | 170 | 120 | 170 | 44 | 118.1 | |
IC860-O standard steel rail/UIC54 steel rail/railway for UIC54
Size: UIC54, UIC60
Standard: UIC860-o standard/EN-13674-1
Material: 900A/1100
Length: 12-25m
BS11-1985 standard steel rail
Size: BS50'O', BS60A, BS60R, BS70A, BS75A, BS75R, BS80A,BS80R, BS90A, BS100A, BS113A
Standard: BS11-1985 standard
Material: 700/900A
Length: 8-25m
American standard steel rail
Size: ASCE25, ASCE30, ASCE40, ASCE60, ASCE75, ASCE85, ASCE90, ASCE115, ASCE136, ASCE175
Standard: ASTM standard, AREMA standard
Material: 700/900A/1100
Length: 6-12m, 12-25m
JIS E 1103/1101 standard steel rail
Size: 15kg, 22kg, 30A, 37A, and 50N, CR73, CR100
Standard: JIS E1103-93/JIS E1101-93
Material: According to JIS e standard
Length: 9-10m
Australian standard steel rail
Size: 31kg, 41kg, 47kg, 50kg, 53kg, 60kg, 66kg, 68kg, 73kg, 86kg, 89kg
Standard: As 1085 standard
Material: 900A/1100
Length: 8-25m
In order to better serve the different needs of customers, our technical team is available to provide advice and support, helping every customer to optimize their rail selections to minimize life cycle costs. We supply suitable rail parts, like fish plates, rail clips, bolts, and nuts. We supply rail processing, like 45-degree mitre cut, welding process, milling process, special profile processing, etc. Our engineer helps customer to design railroad line according to requirements, and build mining railroad line and crane moving line. The technical support provided by GNEE RAIL can ensure that every rail we deliver provides optimum performance throughout its service life.