Noise from rail traffic using the rapid loading facility at B.S.C. Hunterston: effect of wheel running surface quality on the noise from 100 T iron ore rotary tippler wagons (TM-SAV-011)

As a result of numerous complaints which arose after the introduction of a rail service to the rapid loading facility at BSC Hunterston, a noise survey was undertaken in Cunninghame District. The results of that survey (Reference 1) indicated that although it could be demonstrated that at each of the...