‘Broken Rails’A case study of contemporary investigation and assessment techniques(Gauge corner cracking - An aspect of rail defects)

The statistics bulletin for 1998/99 published by the Health and Safety Executive indicates that from a level of 731 in 1996/97 the number of rail breaks increased to 973 in the year 1998/99. This dramatic increase, some 33% in rail breaks, bearing in mind the improvements that have been made...