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Risk assessment of driving trailers above 100 mph (TR-VST-005)

Last updated on 12 April 2013 3:01

Operation of leading vehicles, with passengers, above 100 mph is currently prohibited by rules agreed between the Chief Inspecting Officer of Railways and the British Railways Board. This arrangement arose following the collision which occurred in 1984 at Polmont between a leading DBSO and a cow. However, push-pull operation at...

Author(s): Gostling R J;Scholes A;Wildhaber J L

Organisation(s): British Rail Research ;

1990

United Kingdom

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