Manufacture and service trails with a part-welded AMS crossing for Westhouses test site (TM-MF-043)

Last updated on 31 May 2013 12:01
This report describes tests leading to the manufacture and service trials of a part-welded crossing manufactured from low carbon austenitic manganese steel. This type of crossing should be a low-cost, high performance alternative to cast crossings. The laboratory test results were good but in service trials, surface cracking occurred within...
Author(s): Ashton M.E.
Organisation(s): British Rail Research ;
1982
United Kingdom
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