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The loading of sleepers using the Sleeper Loading Vehicle (TM-SM-2)

Last updated on 02 April 2014 1:41

The Soil Mechanics Section has used two Sleeper Loading Vehicles (S.L.V's) during a study of ballast behaviour. The first S.L.V. was constructed to be used to simulate the passage of a known number of axles of known load for the comparative assessment of the deformation characteristics of sleepers which...

Author(s): Robson JD

Organisation(s): British Rail Research ;

1973

United Kingdom

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