L.B. Foster Attends 26th Annual Wheel Rail Interaction (WRI) Conference

L.B. Foster Attends 26th Annual Wheel Rail Interaction (WRI) Conference

In October, members of our Friction Management team attended the 2021 WRI Conference in Chicago after a one year delay due to COVID-19.

This conference focuses specifically on the wheel-rail interface and the five main components that effect it: wheel/rail metallurgy, wheel/rail profiles, track geometry & vehicle dynamics, wheel/rail maintenance practices, and friction management. The conference was very successful, with Friction Management being highlighted in a number of presentations, including a presentation from SkyTrain operator BCRTC in Vancouver, Canada showing that soft rail (260 Brinell) with the addition of KELTRACK Trackside Transit Top-of-Rail friction modifier is just as effective at slowing corrugation growth as more expensive harder rail (300-380 Brinell).

L.B. Foster also sponsored a booth in the ExpoZone. Friction Management will be even more in focus at next year's Wheel Rail Interaction Conference in Vancouver. We look forward to seeing you there.