What Kind Of Steel Are Railroad Tie Plates

Aug 28, 2025 Leave a message

Rail tie plate is also called rail base plate or sole plate, it is a main component in railroad construction of a crane rail or track support system.GNEE RAIL is capable of producing rail tie plates by either casting(welded or fabricated type) or forging or rolling, applicable of different rail sections, for wooden, steel or concrete sleepers, depending on the load and rail standard, i.e. UIC 60, UIC 54, RN 45, 90 A, etc.

 

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Rail Tie Plate Specifications

 

Appications Apply for rail UIC54, UIC60, 50kg rail, 60kg rail, S49 and size as ordered
Raw Material QT500-7 (Casting iron) QT450-10 (Casting iron) Low Carbon Steel High Carbon Steel
Chemical Compostition (%) C:3.60-3.80, Mn:≤0.6, C:3.40-3.90, Mn:0.2-0.5,
Si:2.50-2.90, P:≤0.08, S:≤0.025 Si:2.70-3.00, P:≤0.07, S:≤0.03
Production Engineering Forging ,Casting ,Rolling
Surface Treatment Plain ,Sandblasting
Standard Reference AREMA ,GB,JIS E1110, UIC864-6,

 

Types of Rail Tie Plate

 

rail fastening

 

Product Name Type Process Material
Tie plate Single Shoulder Rolled,Forging,Casting QT450-10,20#,35#,etc
Double Shoulder
Hook Twin Tie Plates
Direct Fixation Tie Plates
Other kinds of baseplate are also available according to your drawings or samples!

 

AREMA standard tie plate

 

Model Application Material Unit Weight
115RE Tie plate AREMA 115RE rail Q235 or 10.6kg/pc
QT400-15
132/136RE AREMA 132RE rail Q235 or 11-12kg/p
Tie plate AREMA 136RE rail QT400-15
115D Tie plate AREMA 115D rail Q235 or 28.8kg/pc
QT400-15
100-8B Tie plate AREMA 100-8B rail Q235 or 26kg/pc
QT400-15
S49 Tie plate S49 rail QT450-10 7.57kg/pc
QT400-15
Q235

 

Hook Twin Tie Plates

 

rail fixing

 

Available varieties for 1'' thick hook twin tie plate: L29, L33, L37, LR28, LR32, LR36, H29, H33, H37, H41.

 

AREMA 1''thick HTTPs
Model Unit Weight(KG)
L29 13.93
L33 15.97
L37 18.01
LR28 13.42
LR32 15.46
LR36 17.5
H29 14.12
H33 16.16
H37 18.2
H41 20.24

 

Available varieties for 3/4'' thick hook twin tie plate: L23, L27, L31, LR23, LR27, LR31, H23, H27, H31.

 

AREMA 3/4'' thick HTTPs
Model Unit Weight(KG)
L23 8.53
L27 10.07
L31 11.61
LR23 8.53
LR27 10.07
LR31 11.61
H23 8.66
H27 10.21
H31 11.75
H35 13.29