AUTOMATIC REPROFILING FOR NW'S WHEELS

A computer-controlled wheel lathe which profiles worn wheels from all freight cars on Norfolk and Western is the heart of a new high-production shop facility at Portsmouth, Ohio. With the lathe, other wheel machines and extensive materials handling equipment, this shop now performs work previously done at three shops on the railroad. The shop is tooled to produce 700 wheelsets on a five-day week schedule, sufficient for the railroad which operates almost 95,000 freight cars.

• Availability:
  • Find a library where document is available. Order URL: http://worldcat.org/oclc/4175009
• Corporate Authors:

  Murphy-Richter Publishing Company

  20 North Wacker Driver
  Chicago, IL  United States  60606
• Publication Date: 1977-9

Media Info

• Features: Photos;
• Pagination: p. 100-108
• Serial:
  • Progressive Railroading
  • Volume: 20
  • Issue Number: 9
  • Publisher: Trade Press Publishing Corporation
  • ISSN: 0033-0817
  • Serial URL: http://www.progressiverailroading.com

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Control systems; Freight cars; Maintenance management; Maintenance practices; Planning; Productivity; Railroad wheel shops; Vehicle maintenance; Wheels
• Identifier Terms: Norfolk and Western Railway Company
• Old TRIS Terms: Freight car maintenance; Wheel maintenance; Wheel shops
• Subject Areas: Maintenance and Preservation; Planning and Forecasting; Railroads; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00167505
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Progressive Railroading
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Dec 27 1977 12:00AM