Paved concrete track at Radcliffe-on-Trent test site: Phase II (1971-1972) (TN-PACT-4)

A test length of straight, concrete-based track had been constructed at Radcliffe-on-Trent in 1968/9 on behalf of the Inter-national Union of Railways. This was referred to as Phase I and had behaved most satisfactorily in service since Apr 1969. The Chief Civil Engineer (British Railways Board) requested that the experiment...