We recently bid a Port project and the project documents called for a corrosion control substance on the crane rail and base plates. The material is manufactured by Carboline. Bitumastic 50-5 Protective Coating, No 50 Black. DM me and I'll send you ...

Tyler, For many years the Toronto Transit Commission coated their underground subway rails with Glyptol. This was for stray current protection; I doubt you have stary current.. It worked fairly well, I believe, but made the rails hard to handle ...

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In the NYC subway system over the last 10 years on specific projects, we have been coating the rails with a paint called Rust Bullet. It take a couple of applications to get the specified mil thickness. Mostly painting the base and web of the rails, ...

Corrosion of rails is an electrochemical process where the steel acts as an anode and reacts with oxygen and moisture to form iron oxides (rust). That process is accelerated by a few common factors: Water retention around the rail (standing water, ...