Reed, D.W. 2004. A review of British railway bridge flood failures. Proc. BHS International Conf., London, 12-16 July 2004, 210-216.
The paper explores the hydrological characteristics of fluvial floods that have induced rail-bridge failure in Britain. Newspaper circulation and central reporting of rainfall data flourished in the improved communications afforded by railways. The research draws on rainfall archives, newspapers and other information to investigate some 30 incidents, and an attempt made to classify each according to the rarity of the flood that triggered failure. During the study, reference was found to a further ten floods in which rail bridges failed.