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#1
20th March 2012, 12:07
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Hello!
Hello! I am a 40-year-old Open University student studying engineering who likes old cars, old bikes, old trains and other stuff, and am not currently working at the moment having been made redundant a wee while ago.
Although I live in West Yorkshire now, I used to live within listening distance of the West Highland Line, and regularly listened to the sounds of 37s chugging past when I lay awake in bed at night. I'm doing my final year project on contact fatigue in rails (it'll probably morph into a study of guage corner cracking) because I want to understand steel better - what area of the forum would be best to ask questions about this in? 
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20th March 2012, 12:24
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Hello Addled Student and welcome to the Railway Forum. Nothing quite like been awake at night and hearing trains going past, steam or diesel.
Sorry I am not up on contact fatigue, but there are some very clued up members on this site who will go out of their way to help where they can.
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20th March 2012, 16:05
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Quite a specialised question. I know a few people in the rail industry who are not on this site.
One is a retired railway engineer. If you can give me a specific question I will ask next time I meet up with him
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Great Central Jack
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20th March 2012, 21:33
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Welcome to the Forum Addled Student. Hope you get some answers!
Best wishes, John H-T.
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Ecclesbourne Valley Railway. LMS Patriot Group. LMS Carriage Association. Belper Model Railway Group.
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#5
21st March 2012, 12:49
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A warm welcome from me too and hope you find your answers. most on here will go the extra mile to help anyone and I would say you have come to the right place. look forward to your posts
Best wishes Phil
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21st March 2012, 13:53
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Hi and welcome
If it helps i am a ultrasonic team leader at networkrail and test Rail contact fatigue ,any question just yell and i'll have a go at helping you out if not i might know someone that doe's All the best,Ian
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#7
23rd March 2012, 14:50
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Many thanks for your replies - although I looked at my first posting and thought "who's this 40-year-old?" - I'm still getting used being 40!
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26th March 2012, 11:32
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Welcome to the forum
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Rob Bray CFPS member ELR member FTS member All views/opinions expressed are purely MY OWN and NOT that of any preservation group/organisation I am part of 
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