Derailment of TOPE wagon at Park Lane Junction on 30 September 1996 (RR-TRS-96-109)

On 30th September 1996 train 8L95, consisting of fifty empty civil engineering wagons, became derailed at Park Lane Junction. To assist in determining the cause of the derailment the BR Research Limited Derailment Investigation Team was requested to undertake an impartial investigation. This report details the evidence gathered by...