New Standard for Amusement Railway Ride Tracks
November 13, 2014Many people love riding on a train, even if it’s a miniature scale ride at an amusement park. A new ASTM International standard will ensure that the tracks for such rides are built soundly.
The new standard is ASTM F2960, Practice for Permanent Amusement Railway Ride Tracks and Related Devices. It applies to the design, manufacture, installation, operation, maintenance and inspection of permanent amusement railway rides with gage 12 in. (305 mm) or greater.
“The main users of F2960 will be designers, builders and operators of amusement railways,” says ASTM member Joel Fritsche, executive director, Walt Disney Imagineering.
ASTM F2960 offers detailed written instructions, accompanied by more than 20 illustrations, covering all major aspects of amusement railway rides. In addition to the body of the standard, F2960 features an annex on rail defects, operating restrictions and remedial action for standard gauge, as well as extensive appendices on good practices and inspections.
Track covered by ASTM F2960 does not fall within the scope of the primary ASTM amusement standard, ASTM F2291, Practice for Design of Amusement Rides and Devices.
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