Fatigue analysis and crack propagation in railway axles are critical areas of research due to the safety and reliability concerns associated with railway transportation. Railway axles are ...

A railway car truck, or “bogie” to the British. This is an old-style truck of the Bettendorf pattern; the journal boxes contained oil to lubricate the plain bearings at the end of the axles ...

Axle-box test rigs are used for testing bearings at the ends of rail vehicle axles in addition to the greases used for their lubrication. Eurailtest’s partner laboratory, the Railway Test Agency (AEF) ...

The six-axle goods locomotive in question – with 7500 kW the most powerful of the DLoco series – will receive one final drive for each of its axles. For Lars Kräft, head of the final ... is the ...