northernchris
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My usual service to work was cancelled this morning due to a broken rail, although the disruption was compounded by a signalling failure further down the line. Besides thinking how unlucky it was for both incidents to occur at the same time I didn't really give it much thought until when I got off the train on my return journey when staff were handing out leaflets apologising for the earlier cancellations. In the leaflet it explained it was a freight service with a damaged wheel that caused the broken rail, but was wondering how this would cause a broken rail? And are there any procedures in place to limit the chances of faulty wheels damaging the rail?