MEASUREMENT OF FREIGHT CAR WHEEL QUALITY

A random selection of freight car wheels of 28-, 33-, and 36-in. dia was made from the production inventory of several wheel manufacturers and various measurements were taken. Among the quantities measured were imbalance, out-of-roundness, eccentricity, and weight variation. The paper outlines the procedures used to gather the data and includes a tabulation of the results. It also proposes that further work be done to relate wheel quality to freight car ride quality.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Rail Transportation Proceedings, Papers and discussions from joint IEEE-ASME Railroad Conference, Jacksonville, Florida, 14-15 March 1972.
• Corporate Authors:

  American Society of Mechanical Engineers

  Two Park Avenue
  New York, NY  United States  10016-5990
• Authors:
  • Taylor, A O
• Publication Date: 1972

Media Info

• Features: Figures; Tables;
• Pagination: 13 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Freight cars; Wheels
• Old TRIS Terms: Wheel quality measurement
• Subject Areas: Railroads; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00051278
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: American Society of Mechanical Engineers
• Report/Paper Numbers: 72-RT-5
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Mar 18 1974 12:00AM