Wheels used in railroad vehicles have protrusions called flanges inside the rails to prevent derailment. However, when turning a curve, it is not possible to turn by simply attaching a flange to the ...

RAILWAY AGE, JUNE 2023 ISSUE: Welcome to “Timeout for Tech with Gary T. Fry, Ph.D., P.E.” Each month, we examine a technology topic about which professionals in the railway industry have asked to ...

MxV RAIL R&D, RAILWAY AGE MARCH 2022 ISSUE: MxV Rail (formerly TTCI) conducted a series of full-scale wheel/rail (W/R) rolling contact tests using its Rolling Contact Fatigue Simulator (RCFS) to ...

The main U.S. railroad trade group took the rare step Thursday of warning railroads to take certain cars out of service because they could cause a derailment like the ones that have been grabbing ...

The Indian Railways (IR) has invited bids for setting up a plant with an assured offtake of around 80,000 forged wheels per year and announced that manufacturing was expected to start within the next ...

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Dublin, Nov. 26, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The "Rail Wheel and Axle - Global Market Trajectory & Analytics" report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com's offering. Souring Financials of Railway ...

Norfolk Southern found loose wheels on a series of rail cars involved in last week’s derailment near Springfield, Ohio, the company has announced, the latest safety problem to emerge as scrutiny ...

A railroad wheel manufacturing company plans to invest $45 million to reopen a va­cant plant near Bessemer, creating as many as 160 jobs. Griffin Wheel Co., a subsidiary of Chi­cago- based Amsted ...

There’s something magical about a train, whether you call it a railway or a railroad, plenty of us have hankered after our own little piece of line on which to shunt wagons or chuff around our domain.