What does BART, Shinkansen, and the DLR have in common? They all have weird, wacky wheels on their trains. Let's talk about train wheels, bogies, and the hunting oscillation and what all this means to your journey on transit.
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0:00 Introduction 0:46 Why does this even matter? 1:07 What makes engineering wheels and bogies so complicated 4:06 Unconventional Train 1: DLR 5:07 Unconventional Train 2: SkyTrain 6:21 Hunting Oscillation 7:13 Solving for Hunting Oscillation & Unconventional train 3: Shinkansen 8:11 What BART Chose and Why It Wasn't the Best Decision 9:40 Does all this actually matter?
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