Failure of disc braked wheels of A 100 ton G.L.W. class 'B' tank wagon (TM-FM-060)

The failure of the disc braked wheels of a 100 Ton G.L.W. Class 'B' Tank Wagon has been investigated. The relevance of the strain data obtained from the removal and inspection of the cheek discs to the mechanism of failure remains uncertain. However, it has been shown that the cheek...