Short piece of rail showing rolling contact fatigue
- Made:
- 1995-08-24
Short piece of rail showing rolling contact fatigue. Reference 9/HO60. Acquired by The Health & Safety Executive (HSE) after the Hatfield crash (2000-10-17). This rail section was kept by the HSE for test purposes.
(ORR report July 2006, 3.12) The rail is MHT 113A FB manufactured at Workington (Corus) in 1995.
Small section of rail showing gauge corner cracking recovered by The Health & Safety Executive (HSE) from the site of the Hatfield rail crash. The Hatfield rail crash which took place on 17 October 2000. Over 300 sections of rail were recovered from the site, this is one of 4 retained by the HSE Science Division.
Details
- Category:
- Railway Infrastructure
- Object Number:
- 2023-515
- Materials:
- steel (metal)
- Measurements:
-
overall: 160 mm x 140 mm x 150 mm,
- type:
- rail section
