Methods of fastening flat-bottom rails to sleepers laboratory tests and service observations on 'wisclip' fastenings (E-433)

The tests described in this Report indicate that although the "Wisclip" assembly should exert a design toe-load within the range 0.72 to 1.54 tons, with a nominal value of 1.11 tons per baseplate, the components supplied actually indicated a possible range of 1.12 to 1.90 tons. The difference was chiefly...