BART had regular rail profile and non-tapered wheels, so flange squeal (and wear) was apparently a real issue. I'm not sure why they decided on this, since it

BART had regular rail profile and non-tapered wheels, so flange squeal (and wear) was apparently a real issue. I'm not sure why they decided on this, since it runs counter to normal railway practice. This article has a story but I wonder if it wasn't just more NIH. https://sf.streetsblog.org/2018/06/08/bart-makes-headway-against-headache-inducing-howl/ https://sf.streetsblog.org/2018/06/08/bart-makes-headway-aga...