Rail pad trials on concrete sleeper assemblies. Composite rubber /rubber bonded cork pads supplied in 1970, and pads of other contemporary materials (TM-TS-112)

This work stems from Permanent Way Sub Committee Minute 2329 (dated 30.4.70) and Track Design Sub Committee Minute 2675 b (dated 16.6.70). J. Walker Ltd (suppliers of Rubber Bonded Cork Pads) had submitted sample composite pads in which the upper layer was of rubber bonded cork and the lower...