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Derailment at Loughton, LUL, 1 November 1993 (RR-SU-018)

Last updated on 19 April 2013 3:16

The derailment was investigated and found to have been the result of a flange climb close to the toe of a facing switch blade. The cause of the derailment was the excessive wear of the stock rail and the switch blade, and a short wavelength twist fault in the track,...

Author(s): McLaughlin M;O'Donnell C A

Organisation(s): British Rail Research ;

1994

United Kingdom

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