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The safety impact of wagon health monitoring in North America

Last updated on 04 February 2013 12:20

North American railroads and car owners are using a new process of condition-based freight car maintenance strategies designed to ensure that adverse vehicle conditions are identified and rectified. Current wayside detector systems implemented by North American railroads include wheel impact load detectors (WILD), hunting detectors, truck performance detectors (TPD), hot...

Author(s): Kalay Semih;French Peter;Tournay Harry

Organisation(s): Transportation Technology Center, Inc. ; Association of American Railroads ;

2011

United States

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