It may surprise you to learn, however, that some railways once used wheels made out of paper, as [Train of Thought] explains. The wheels were pioneered by a man known as Richard N. Allen, in the ...

The vast majority of trains on the planet depend on the friction (also known as adhesion traction) between steel drive wheels and steel rails to turn power into motion, but the somewhat slippery metal ...

Waygate Technologies, a Baker Hughes business, has introduced the Krautkrämer WheelStar Radsatz-Prüf-System (RPS), expanding ...

During train derailment cleanup, railcars with loose wheels discovered, Norfolk Southern says By Faris Tanyos Updated on: March 10, 2023 / 9:38 AM EST / CBS News ...

Train wheels aren't perfect cylinders. They're beveled to make them wider on the inside. This means that when the train shifts left or right on the track, the diameter of the wheels can change.