Whitehead - who assesses train drivers as well as driving ... This helps prevent the wheels from either slipping or locking up. He notes that the trains also have a 'Wheel Slide Prevention ...

The CTA had not received reports of train wheels slipping before the crash, the agency said. It generally receives a “small number” of reports of wheels slipping on the system, usually in ...

Peter Clarke, a train driver at Transpennine Express ... the track to simulate heavy rain and which helps prevent wheels from slipping, have been fitted to 16 of their Class 170 trains.

Explore the detailed process of train wheel manufacturing, along with the repair and maintenance of wheelsets and bogies—the critical components that ensure train safety and smooth operation.

It reduces the adhesion, or ‘co-efficient of friction’ to use the technical term, between the steel train wheels and the rails. Acceleration must be reduced to prevent the wheel from slipping ...