Great very technical read for those who are interested in the area
Very detailed and comprehensive. You have to be interested in the subject but the detail is there if you want it. Book is well printed with good reproduction of colour and BW images and the information is well laid out. You can easily skip the really technical data if it does not appeal and can scan the tests really quickly to see which ones are relevant to your interests. Covers a huge amount of testing through the period and really shows what the railways were developing at the time.
A smorgasborg of info about British Rail RTC at Derby. The book covers the period of the mid 1980's -end 1990's at the DM&EE section, which covers wagon, loco, and coach testing. It explains the types of tests carried out & results. A good enjoyable read with more than enough info to keep me enthralled.
A very interesting read for anyone interested in rail engineering and particularly rail test engineering. The book gives clear explanations of the routine acceptance tests carried out out at the time. It also covers some of the non-routine tests that the author was involved in.