MxV RAIL R&D, RAILWAY AGE SEPTEMBER 2024 ISSUE: MxV Rail’s rolling contact fatigue simulator (RCFS) is a full-scale test rig consisting of a railroad wheelset and two 56-inch-long rails attached to a “track” table. The precisely controlled test rig uses wheel rolling and rail reciprocating movements to simulate various wheel/rail (W/R) contact conditions without scale factor implications. The RCFS can…

