Railube Wheel Flange Lubrication

We offer a proprietary wheel flange lubricant to help your rail system reduce wheel wear and create a quieter, more fuel-efficient ride.

What Is Railube?

Railube is a solid polymer lubricant that can be custom-designed to the specific needs of your rail system. If you’ve tried solid lubricants for friction management before and didn’t see great results, or you just want to maximize your wheel wear with a more effective lubricant, Railube’s unique formula and custom design may be what you’re looking for. Tamarack Industries has more than 25 years of experience providing solid stick wheel flange lubrication to large and small rail companies.

Railube can be used for any rail-wheel interface, including:

Solid Stick Wheel Flange Lubrication vs. Rail Grease

As an on-demand solid lubricant, Railube is preferred to spray or manual greases that can lead to environmental contamination and lubrication waste. Railube uses a specially designed spring applicator that is easy to service, allowing new sticks to be replaced quickly and minimizing maintenance time. It also ensures that Railube is only applied when and where it is needed.

Our Custom Railroad Lubricants

At Tamarack, we can design a rail lube formula that will fit your specific needs. If your rail has a lot of curvature and creates more pressure on the wheels, we can design a more aggressive lubricant to match.

Our clients know their own rail systems inside and out, that’s why we make sure to listen to your needs and design a solution through a collaborative process. Just give our team a call, and we’ll talk with you about the different types of friction management that Railube can provide.

Custom Wheel Flange Lubrication Systems

We offer turnkey wheel flange lubrication systems that can be custom-designed for your locomotive. We have decades of experience creating durable, on-board lubricators that work around your wheels and braking systems.

If you have an existing rail wheel flange lubrication system, we can produce sticks to match your current system or adapt the original system to our constant force system to work with Railube.

Why Choose Railube for Friction Management?

Reduced wear

The protection that Railube provides can reduce wear to your wheels and rails. When you add our on-board flange lubricating system to your locomotive, you can save money by replacing wheels less often.

Less noise

Reducing noise is a benefit to your employees, passengers, and the people who live and work along the tracks.

Better fuel efficiency

Railube can help you save money by reducing the amount of fuel spent on each trip. A solid lubricant can also stay on the rail for a longer period of time, which may provide long-term benefits.

How Long Does Your Solid Lubricant Last?

The lifespan of any solid stick wheel flange lubrication is heavily dependent on a wide range of factors, including the type, weight, and speed of the locomotive, as well as the rail itself. Therefore, the lifespan of any solid lubricant can vary considerably. Our goal has always been to provide the needed lubricant to your system; if the friction of the system is pulling more lubricant, then that is generally telling you that the system is “dry” or in need of more lubricant. 

Typically, when starting with Railube, our customers observe initially high rates of lubricant application until the fleet and rails have become properly “conditioned” at which point the consumption rate lowers to more of a maintenance rate.

Since Railube can be custom-designed for different purposes, our team will be happy to talk with you about designing a stick for your needs.

Get a Free Quote

Interested in learning more about how Railube wheel flange lubrication can save you money?
Give us a call, and we can give you a free quote on our railroad lubricants and applicators.