Service trials of & specifications for rail pads. Observations from a test site at Bursledon, incorporating RN fastenings (TM-CES-122)

The Research Division has been keeping observations of rail/baseplate/chair pads in various service installations of Concrete Sleeper assemblies for many years. During the period 1955 to 1960, when Concrete Sleeper installations were actively developing, a former Concrete Sleeper Committee at that time asked for service trials of various pads...