Track Defect Tests

Track Defect Tests

Further wagon testing conducted at the track included running a test vehicle over a known track defect. A length of the line was connected via turnbuckles to the adjacent line which was braced with additional lengths of rail for stability. These turnbuckles could be moved by the application of a large spanner to introduce a kink into the running line. This feature was introduced in the early days of the Research Department and was used extensively during pioneering investigations into wagon suspensions and wheel/rail interaction.

	Bearwoodcoat Straight where a lot of the testing took place Gerald Anthony		The test site - running line on the right. Note the extra rails in the LH four foot and the turnbuckles connecting the two running lines. Author's Collection
	A test train with the DM&EE's Test Car 1, ADW150375 the former WR autocoach, and a 21 ton hopper wagon pass the track defect site on the Mickleover test track on 25th July 1974. Author		A closer view of the misalignment Author's Collection
	Seconds later the test train is past and heading for Egginton Jcn Author

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