The industry spends close to $1 billion annually replacing bad wheelsets. What can be done to reduce this cost, and to improve safety? To state the obvious, round wheels are a good thing.

The Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) this month released a technical report on the causes and prevention vertical split rim (VSR), which is related broken wheel rims, one of the leading causes of ...

WINNIPEG, Nov. 13, 2019 /CNW/ - In releasing its investigation report (R18W0007) today concerning the January 2018 main-track derailment of 23 cars near Rennie, Manitoba, the Transportation Safety ...

Billing the wheel rim failure that pitched Sebastian Vettel hard into the barrier in testing as an “unlucky situation”, Ferrari will continue to investigate the issue. Vettel suffered a heavy crash ...