Earthquake Damage to Railroads

W. G. Byers Collection: 1995 Japan

Thumbnail Image Image-B2841 Typical damaged masonry retaining wall: embankment along JR Tokaido Line between Setsu-Motoyama and Sumiyoshi Stations.
Thumbnail Image Image-B2842 Typical damaged leaning-type unreinforced concrete retaining wall: embankment along JR Tokaido Line between Setsu-Motoyama and Sumiyoshi Stations.
Thumbnail Image Image-B2843 Typical damaged leaning-type unreinforced concrete retaining walls; embankment along Kobe Line of Hankyu Railway Co. between Okamoto and Mikage Stations.
Thumbnail Image Image-B2845 Typical damage to gravity-type unreinforced concrete retaining walls; embankment for Main Line of Hanshin Railway Co. adjacent to Ishiyagawa Station.
Thumbnail Image Image-B2846 Typical damage to cantilever reinforced concrete retaining wall for embankment of Japan Railways Sanyo Line between Hyogo and Shin-Nagata Stations.
Thumbnail Image Image-B2848 Rupture of the facing of cantilever reinforced concrete retaining wall: embankment of Japan Railways Shin-Nagata Station.
Thumbnail Image Image-B2849 View of the Japan Railways Shin-Nagata Station with some buckling.
Thumbnail Image Image-B2850 Displacement of the Tanata geogrid-reinforced soil retaining wall relative to a reinforced concrete box culvert.

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