Concrete sleeper performance, service trials with various sleepeers and Pandrol shoulders at a localised 'trouble spot' at Coppull (Lancs) (TM-CES-48)

In 1978, the Concrete Sleeper Working Party was Involved with the re-design of the then standard F27 sleeper in order to reduce the risk of cracks developing from the top surface near the rail seats and rail fastening locations. Such cracks are caused by reverse bending moments usually associated with...