Broken thermit welded rail from Beattock 39 ML 1 410 yds (TM-FM-043)

During a visit by a member of the R & D Division to the ScR, a failed thermit weld which did not show any obvious defects was drawn to his attention. The thermit weld, reported to have been made in 1967, broke in October 1973, the fracture following the outer...