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INSTRUMENTATION TESTING AND GEOPHYSICS ON THE RICHARDS BAY COAL LINE, SOUTH AFRICA Dr J. A. Priest, Prof. C. R. I. Clayton, Dr D. Bowness, Dr P. J. Gräbe J. S. Maree Prof. W. Powrie Dr D. J. Richards SPOORNET School of Civil Engineering and the Environment Railway Engineering (Track Technology) University of Southampton Room 716,138 Eloff Street Southampton, SO17 1BJ Braamfontein 2017, South Africa U.K. J.A.Priest@soton.ac.uk KEYWORDS: Instrumentation, geophysics, trackbed, inspection, heavy haul ABSTRACT To further develop the field instrumentation work being carried out as part of the RRUK project on railway track/sub-base design, a new testing site has been established on the Richards Bay Coal Line in South Africa. The Coal Line, operated by Spoornet, is a heavy haul line with regular trains comprising 200 wagons with 26 tonne axle loads. To allow different types of instrumentation to be tested, a pit has been constructed next to the track from which horizontal boreholes, lined with flexible pipes, may be accessed. An instrumentation cage has been developed on to which a variety of instrumentation may be attached to record data in orthogonal planes. This instrumentation cage can be pushed into the boreholes facilitating measurements at different locations under the track. So far, accelerometers and two different geophone types have been tested yielding acceleration, velocity and dynamic displacement results as well as providing geophysical information about the subgrade. This instrumented site is adjacent to a section of track monitored by Spoornet. Thus, the results from the trial site have been compared with Spoornet’s instrumentation, including their Multi Depth Deflectometers (cha