While train wheels may look simple, their conical design actually conceals some of the smartest engineering solutions in transport. Far from just trundling along steel rails, it's the shape of the ...

OAKLAND, Calif. (BCN) - Newly designed BART train wheels, which will be installed on both new and existing trains, are expected to cut the noise heard by riders by as much as 50 percent, BART ...

BART officials announced Wednesday that a new train wheel design they hope will cut noise by half has passed a battery of performance tests at its Hayward test track and will be introduced into ...

High-speed train wheel dynamics and wear analysis is an essential field focused on understanding the mechanisms that lead to irregular wear patterns, particularly polygonal wear, on train wheels. This ...