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An analysis of railway system gauge proving using trains equipped with polystyrene blocks

Last updated on 12 September 2014 2:01

In order to test that clearances between trains and the infrastructure are adequate, it has been a common practice on some railway administrations to perform a proving run on new or refurbished railway systems, using trains equipped with a series of frangible polystyrene blocks attached to it. If, at the...

Author(s): Johnson D M

Organisation(s): Future Rail Research Centre, Imperial College, London, UK ;

2008

United Kingdom

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