Investigation of complaints of excessive noise arising from wagons travelling over a curve on the APCM line at hope (TM-TRIB-001)

Since extension of plant and increased production in 1970, the amount of cement conveyed by rail from the APCM Works at Hope rose by about 15 000 tons per week and ingoing coal and gypsum by about 5 000 tons per week. This in turn necessitated considerably increased traffic movements,...