Five decades of derailment investigation Worldwide – Mike McLoughlin
On 14th March Mike McLoughlin talked to us about derailment investigation starting with the BR Research Division who set up a derailment Investigation team in 1967 when derailments were mounting due to the introduction of modern traction and higher running speeds. In a fascinating talk Mike outlined the various techniques which were developed to determine the condition of the track and vehicles leading up to the derailment and highlighted some particular examples in UK
Further work after he left BR involved detailed investigations in various countries around the World and how he set up various measurement devices in the field in order to assess the cause of the derailments.