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A report on torsional stiffness tests of Flatrol wagons which had derailed at Bletchley (RR-DYN-95-174)

Last updated on 20 December 2013 11:49

Following several derailments of Flatrol wagons at Bletchley in 1995, the Derailment Investigation Team of BR Research were commissioned to undertake torsional stiffness tests on the offending wagons. The tests showed that all three wagons failed, by significant amounts, to satisfy the criteria for wheel load reduction on a...

Author(s): Billinge R.H.

Organisation(s): British Rail Research ;

1995

United Kingdom

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