Development tests on rubber pads for British rail direct laying track to be installed at Radcliffe-on-Trent (TN-TAS-036)

As part of the development of the B.R. Direct Fastening for use on a concrete- slab the B.R. Engineering Research Department have carried out several tests on resilient rail pads: The main requirements of the pad were :- (a) To allow a vertical resilience beneath the rail similar to...