Track buckling tests
| As part of the intensive research
undertaken at the RTC in the 1970s and 80s was the theoretical study of
track buckling. To complement these studies several practical tests were
undertaken at Old Dalby on a pecially constructed peice of track. The track was heated by the application of high amperage current and a lateral force was applied. A locomotive, usually one of the Hymeks propelled by a shunter, was then run over the track to observe the precession wave.
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