Discussion on rolling periods of engines and their trim at speed in relation to track stresses and resistance problems; superiority of squared to staggered rail joint is claimed; test runs after accident brought out several valuable facts; distinct indication that trucks are preferable to ponies for leading ends of engines to run at high speed; report clearly shows great importance of keeping vertical alignment of rails as nearly true as possible.


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    Titel :

    Some lessons of the Sevenoaks accident


    Weitere Titelangaben:

    Ry. Engr


    Beteiligte:

    Erschienen in:

    Railway Engineer ; 49 , n 579


    Erscheinungsdatum :

    1928


    Format / Umfang :

    2 pages


    Medientyp :

    Aufsatz (Zeitschrift)


    Format :

    Print


    Sprache :

    Englisch




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