Location of Defects in Rails and Welds

  Defect location:  

In order to study the fractures in rail systematically, they may be divided into the following categories based on their location of occurrence in the rail length:

(a) Defects emanating from the rail end or reaching the end of the rail.

(b) Defects observed within fish-plated zone.

(c) Defects not covered in (a) and (b).