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A proposed guide to types of switch blade wear and damage which have a high derailment risk (LR-DSU-94-013)

Last updated on 13 August 2014 9:55

Recently, a UIC type switch wear gauge has been evaluated throughout BR in an attempt to find a quantifiable method of checking facing switches. This UIC gauge has not proved to be suitable for use on the BR type of chamfered switch, and a specification for an alternative gauge is...

Author(s): Pearce T. G.

Organisation(s): British Rail Research ;

1994

United Kingdom

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