ACTUAL DERAILMENT TEST ON THE KARIKACHI TEST TRACK

To prove the causes of derailments and prevent such disasters, the JNR set up a derailment technical research committee, and this committee conducted unprecedented derailment tests by using a real freight train on an abolished line in Hokkaido. The paper describes the tests and their results in outline, with emphasis on the track rather than the train.

• Corporate Authors:

  Japan Railway Civil Engineering Association

  Kyodo Building, 18-7 Hagashi-Uyeno 2 Chome, Daito-Ku
  Tokyo-110,   Japan 
• Authors:
  • Ikemori, M
• Publication Date: 1972-9

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 1-18
• Serial:
  • Permanent Way
  • Volume: 14
  • Issue Number: 1
  • Publisher: Japan Railway Civil Engineering Association

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Derailments; Safety; Train track dynamics
• Subject Areas: Railroads; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00046740
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Engineering Index
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Oct 10 1974 12:00AM