‘Wheel’ you believe it? How BNSF monitors wheel health across the network
The average railcar wheel will travel around 500,000 miles in its lifetime, or 15 trips across the entirety of our 32,500-mile network. BNSF’s mechanical team is responsible for ensuring each wheel is in excellent operating condition. With more than 200,000 railcars, and more than one and a half million wheels in motion across our network at any time, our condition-based maintenance team uses a variety of detectors to stay on top of each wheel’s condition.
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