An evaluation of the ability of track brakes to raiseadhesion on leaf contaminated track (TM-VTI-009)

Reported here are experiments undertaken to assess the ability of electro-magnetic track brakes to remove rolled leaf film from the running surface of rails and evaluate the consequent improvement in wheel/rail adhesion. Facilities for these experiments were kindly provided by the Tyne and Wear Metro, whose trains have track brakes...