by Jeff Tuzik What do 30 years of advances in wheel/rail interaction look like? Thirty years ago, the field of wheel/rail and vehicle/track interaction was largely unknown outside a coterie of specialists and researchers. Railroads operated within confined departmental siloes with vehicles on one side of the ledger, track on …
WRI 2016, Heavy Haul Part 1 See Part 2 By Jeff Tuzik The Railroad Industry isn’t known for rapid change. Slow and steady progress has generally characterized the industry approach to new technologies, maintenance strategies and operational practices. That’s beginning to change. Some of the changes the industry is grappling …
By Mike Roney • July, 2009 Canadian Pacific has taken a unique approach to reducing the stress state in its western corridor. The approach includes the implementation of distributed power and the implementation of friction management. It also includes examination of their combined effects — something that is relatively new. Looking at …