Railway Age

How Wheel/Rail Profiles Affect Hunting Stability

MxV RAIL R&D, MAY 2026 ISSUE: The use of coned or profiled railway wheels can lead to instability at higher speed on tangent track, also known as hunting. Extreme hunting occurrences can cause damage ...
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Flange Climb Derailment Criteria and Wheel/Rail Profile Management and Maintenance Guidelines for Transit Operations

Chapter: Appendix A - Effect of Wheel/Rail Profiles and Wheel/Rail Interaction on System Performance and Maintenance in Transit Operations Unfortunately, this book can't be printed from the OpenBook.
Railway Age

Wheel/Rail Profile Optimization on Wiener Linien’s Vienna Underground Line U6

RAILWAY AGE, JUNE 2025 ISSUE: One of the surest and most common signs that something is amiss at the wheel/rail interface is accelerated wear of the wheels, rail or both. Occasionally the solution to ...
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Flange Climb Derailment Criteria and Wheel/Rail Profile Management and Maintenance Guidelines for Transit Operations

Unfortunately, this book can't be printed from the OpenBook. If you need to print pages from this book, we recommend downloading it as a PDF. Visit NAP.edu/10766 to get more information about this ...