AAR WHEEL OUTPERFORMS OTHERS

Six treads -- the AAR standard, the standard with a drop-off taper, cylindrical with a drop-off taper, a modified Heumann contour, an unbalanced worn tread and a balanced worn tread -- were put through a battery of tests by Griffin engineers during a 13-day period last year. Scene of the testing was a 20-mile stretch of Burlington Northern trackage.

• Corporate Authors:

  Simmons-Boardman Publishing Corporation

  P.O. Box 350
  Bristol, CT  United States  06010
• Publication Date: 1971-11

Media Info

• Pagination: 2 p.
• Serial:
  • Railway Locomotives and Cars
  • Volume: 145
  • Issue Number: 11
  • Publisher: Simmons-Boardman Publishing Corporation

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Freight cars; Train track dynamics; Wheels
• Old TRIS Terms: Wheel contours
• Subject Areas: Railroads; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00052091
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Apr 26 1974 12:00AM