Investigating the possibility that 16 ton mineral wagons are more prone to derailment when loaded with scrap steel than with other materials (TM-FT-103)

The supposition is that 16T mineral wagons loaded with scrap steel are more prone to derailment than those loaded with other material (eg:- coal). The reasoning behind this is that the very nature of scrap steel is such that it can only be loaded in an irregular fashion, thus generally...