Bitumen spraying trials down main, Westbury-Paddington line 90m chains to 91m 37 chains (TM-SM-031)

This project was instigated at the request of the Permanent Way Sub-Committee who requested quantitative information on bitumen spraying as a remedial measure for railway track. This report gives the results of measurements of sub-grade deformation before and after the bitumen spraying treatment of the track. In 1970 an investigation...