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In another service trial on the Western Region of British Rail, sleepers of copper steel (Cu 0.5%) were found to lose up to 50% less weight by rusting than ordinary steel sleepers when laid in the open track. In agreement with what has been stated above, there was, however, little difference between the performances of the two types of sleepers when they were laid inside the Severn Tunnel. 

Pickering S Benson M Nottingham,University British Rail Research Edited by Neitzel M Lambert J C Menges G Kelly A (European Association for Composite Materials Commission of the European Communities)... 

Civil Aviation Authority Human Reliability Associates Human Reliability Associates University of Manchester British Rail Research... 

Review of the British Rail Sodium Sulphur Battery Programme, October 1980 R. M. Dell, J. L. Sudworth, and I. Wynn Jones, Proceedings of the 11th lECEC, State Line, 1976, p. 503. 

The authors wish to thank Dr T N Marsham, Managing Director, Northern Division, UKAEA and Dr A H Wickens, Director of Engineering Development and Research, British Rail, for their permission to publish this paper. 

In an attempt to improve the properties of Pb—low Sb—Sn alloys and increase the productivity of the grid-casting process, different additives to these alloys have been tested. Selenium has proved to be one of the most efficient additives. Alloys with the composition Pb—3.0 wt% Sb—1.3 (or 1.5) wt% Sn—0.05 wt% Se have been in British Naval and British Rail use for over 20 years with very good results [29]. 

Even Lord Cullen, as quoted by the HSE, recommended a no-blame culture to the British Rail industry when he said,... 

Fig. 1.9. Bonded aluminium ceiling panels for British Rail s Inter-City coaches.

In all of these applications the adhesive bond must remain sufficiently strong and stiff over the 20-40 year life of the rolling stock the adhesive itself must also remain sufficiently flexible to allow joint deformation under impact loading. In these respects British Rail have favoured two-part acrylics, at least for use with zinc-coated steels. 

The author conducted some of the earliest re.search in the UK for the UK DoT on conductive coatings for cathodic protection (Geoghegan el si., 1985), The first UK trial was designed and installed by the author on Melbury House above Marylebone Station in London for British Rail in... 

Plate 18 The window panels of this coach are made from cold-press moulded GRP. They are stiffened with both aluminium and steel formers which are bonded directly onto the panel with a toughened acrylic adhesive. Material Permabond F241. (Photograph courtesy British Rail Engineering Ltd.)... 

The High-Speed Train (HST) driver s cab is manufactured by British Rail Engineering Ltd (BREL) at their Litchurch Lane Works, Derby. 

Fig. 2.1. The British Rail organizational structure, 1988 Note "Part of the organization included in the research sample. Source Adapted from Hidden (1989).

British Rail s Business-Led Organisation, 1977-1990 Government-Industry... 

Vibration white finger. Smith v. Wright Beyer Ltd (Court of Appeal) [2001] EWCA Civ 1069 Allen v. British Rail Engineering Ltd (Court of Appeal) [2001] PIQR QIO... 

The insulation afforded by plastics materials with the poorest properties, such as polyamide 6.6 or plasticized PVC, is still more than adequate, except for the most critical uses. This is exemplified by the use of the former by British Rail as an insulant in automatic track signalling, and of the latter in domestic cable insulation. 

In spite of indifferent electrical properties, PA 6.6 is used by British Rail to insulate rails from concrete sleepers, as part of the track circuitry for signalling. It finds wide application in switch components in telephone exchanges, and in connector harnesses in car wiring. A radiator header tank (Figure 7.4) uses PA 6.6, chosen in respect of its high heat distortion temperature, since the component frequently experiences temperatures above 100°C and pressures of 90 kNm . ... 

Figure 10.12 British Rail passenger seat frames moulded in DMC. Photograph British Rail...

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