A consideration of the braking distances of trains with particular reference to an incident involving a N.I.R. train on 9 July 1979 (MR-PUB-022)

This paper comments on the general background relevant to the braking of railway vehicles, and then considers a specific case involving the braking of a N.I.R. train on 9 July 1979. A series of annexed documents gives either greater detail or more specific support to the various matters commented...