Abstract: An adapter pad system including a roller bearing adapter and a roller bearing adapter pad for placement between a roller bearing and side frame pedestal roof of a three-piece railcar truck.

Abstract: An adapter pad system including a roller bearing adapter and a roller bearing adapter pad for placement between a roller bearing and side frame pedestal roof of a three-piece railcar truck.

Abstract: Systems, methods, and non-transitory machine-readable media for remote monitoring and for detecting that a handbrake has been activated and an impact event may have occurred. In one or more example embodiments, a device for detecting a handbrake or impact event includes a controller having one or more processors, a data array, an accelerometer, and memory storing executable instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the controller to obtain from an accelerometer acceleration data indicating longitudinal acceleration of a railcar, store the acceleration data in the data array, and provide an indication that a handbrake or impact event has occurred.

Abstract: Systems, methods, and non-transitory machine-readable media for configuring a device remote monitoring and for detecting railcar events are disclosed. In one or more example embodiments, a device for detecting railcar events includes a controller having one or more processors, a data array, an accelerometer, and memory storing executable instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the controller receive, from a server, a cryptographic authentication key, determine an electronic mailbox associated with a device configuration for the device, obtain, based on periodically checking the electronic mailbox, the device configuration, authenticate; using the cryptographic authentication key, the device configuration; and perform, based on the device configuration, an update to the device.

Abstract: A railcar truck and adapter pad system for placement between a roller bearing and side frame pedestal roof of a three-piece railcar truck. Many different features of the pad and/or the adapter-pad interface are configured to improve stiffness characteristics to satisfy both curving and high speed performance of the railcar truck.

Abstract: Systems, methods, and non-transitory machine-readable media for tracking the state of a rail car are disclosed. In one or more example embodiments, a device may use sensors such as a spring height sensor or a time of flight sensor to determine a status of a load car, which may be associated with a location. The system may determine a delivery event at the location. This data may be correlated with spring usage data.

Abstract: Systems, methods, and non-transitory machine-readable media for remote monitoring and for detecting that an axle of a railcar is in a hunting condition in accordance with embodiments of the invention are disclosed. In one or more example embodiments, a device for detecting a hunting condition of a railcar axle that includes a controller having one or more processors, a data array, an accelerometer, and memory storing executable instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the controller to obtain from an accelerometer acceleration data indicating lateral acceleration of a railcar, store the acceleration data in the data array, determine multiple standard deviations of accelerometer readings based on the acceleration data stored in the data array, and provide an indication that an axle of the railcar is in a hunting condition based on at least one of the standard deviations of accelerometer readings satisfying a standard deviation threshold.

Abstract: Systems and methods for remote monitoring and verifying railcar locations in accordance with embodiments of the invention are disclosed. In one embodiment, a computing device for verifying a rail car location includes a processor and a memory storing instructions that, when read by the processor cause the computing device to determine a car load state change for a rail car, identify an event corresponding to the car load state change, wherein the event includes an event location, determine a car location of the rail car, establish a geofence based on the car location, determine location information based on the geofence, and verify the car location based on the location information and the event location.

Abstract: A railcar truck and adapter pad system for placement between a roller bearing and side frame pedestal roof of a three-piece railcar truck. Many different features of the pad and/or the adapter-pad interface are configured to improve stiffness characteristics to satisfy both curving and high speed performance of the railcar truck.

Abstract: A railcar truck and adapter pad system for placement between a roller bearing and side frame pedestal roof of a three-piece railcar truck. Many different features of the pad and/or the adapter-pad interface are configured to improve stiffness characteristics to satisfy both curving and high speed performance of the railcar truck.

Abstract: A railcar truck and adapter pad system for placement between a roller bearing and side frame pedestal roof of a three-piece railcar truck. Many different features of the pad and/or the adapter-pad interface are configured to improve stiffness characteristics to satisfy both curving and high speed performance of the railcar truck.

Abstract: A railcar truck and adapter pad system for placement between a roller bearing and side frame pedestal roof of a three-piece railcar truck. Many different features of the pad and/or the adapter-pad interface are configured to improve stiffness characteristics to satisfy both curving and high speed performance of the railcar truck.

Abstract: A bolster used in a railway car truck that has localized areas of increased strength and method of manufacturing the bolster. The bolster may comprise a center wall near each end of the bolster with a cross-section where the center wall has a tapered thickness with the top portion of the center wall being greater than the bottom portion of the center wall.

Abstract: A side frame used in a railway car truck that has localized areas of increased strength and method of manufacturing the side frame. The side frame is manufactured with a plurality of risers positioned at various locations on the same side wall to enable regions of increased strength proximate the inboard corner of the pedestal jaws and the upper and lower corners of the bolster opening.

Abstract: A railcar truck and adapter pad system for placement between a roller bearing and side frame pedestal roof of a three-piece railcar truck. Many different features of the pad and/or the adapter-pad interface are configured to improve stiffness characteristics to satisfy both curving and high speed performance of the railcar truck.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing a bolster of a railway car truck includes providing a drag portion and a cope portion of a mold. In a main body section of the mold, a parting line that separates the drag portion from the cope portion is substantially centered between portions of the mold that define brake window openings in sides of the bolster. One or more cores are inserted into the mold and a molten material is poured into the mold to thereby case the bolster.

Abstract: A side frame may include a bolster opening configured to receive an outbound portion of a bolster. A center core may be used during the manufacture of the side frame to form the bolster opening. The center core may include first and second side walls configured to form the first and second side frame columns of the bolster opening. Additionally, each of the first side wall and second side wall may include one or more pin core holes each of which is configured to receive a pin core used in forming the fastening holes of the first and second side frame columns.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a side frame mold for casting a side frame of a railway car truck includes forming a drag and a cope portion of a mold from a casting material to define an exterior surface of a drag portion and cope portion, respectively, of the side frame. The mold includes a portion for casting the pedestal jaw of the side frame. The drag and the cop portions are then cured.

Abstract: A side frame used in a railway car truck that has localized areas of increased strength and method of manufacturing the side frame. The side frame is manufactured with a plurality of risers positioned at various locations on the same side wall to enable regions of increased strength proximate the inboard corner of the pedestal jaws and the upper and lower corners of the bolster opening.

Abstract: A bolster used in a railway car truck that has localized areas of increased strength and method of manufacturing the bolster. The bolster may comprise a center wall near each end of the bolster with a cross-section where the center wall has a tapered thickness with the top portion of the center wall being greater than the bottom portion of the center wall.