Track forces from freight vehicles - Calculations for rifts (VDYN 154)

At the RIFTS (Railfreight Inter Functional Technical Subgroup) meeting on 17th October 1989 a document (Ref.1) was presented summarising the studies carried out to date, by British Rail Research, on Track Forces from Freight Vehicles. One of the recommendations of that document, which was supported by the committee, was that...