Concrete sleeper performance - summary analysis of observations made by Regional personel at randomly selected sites, following previously reported observation made by the Research Division (TM-CES-113)

With the ultimate objective of forecasting future requirements for the supply of concrete sleepers, observations were made by the author of the visible deterioration which was occurring at randomly selected sites. Initially 30 sites were selected on the West Coast Main Line (including the principal electrified branches) and the...