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Derailment of IVA wagon at Marshfield on 25 January 1995 (RR-DYN-95-031)

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One wagon of train 6M78, consisting of seven IVA wagons hauled by a Class 47 locomotive, derailed on plain track at Marshfield on 25th January 1995. The mechanism of derailment was by the wheel ‘jumping’ onto the rail top. This was caused by long wavelength faults in both rail...

Author(s): O'Donnell C.A.

Organisation(s): British Rail Research ;

1995

United Kingdom

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