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Trains News Wire EXCLUSIVE: AREMA, APTA partner for wheel-rail interaction
Joe Smak is a former student of mine and Marty Schroeder a former employee so I guess I planted some good seeds there. BTW isn’t the only conference dealing with the issue. There is also the International Contacts Mechanics Conference that deals with the same issues but on a more theoretical basis.
In the 70’s, AAR, SP, its Western Div and an Asst. RFE based in San Jose embarked on a program of quantifying wheel, rail, speed, track elements and structure elements and interactions which led to a compilation book of results…“Track-Train Dynamics,” which led to, at the time, an inspiration to a lot of revolutionary operations alterations.
There are stories; when he accepts the Wheel-Rail Hall of Fame membership, Bob Baker might tell one or two, or more…