wheel to be analyzed at speed reducing any need for manual inspections or other related delays an exemplary system may include one or more strobe lights and one or more high speed cameras to capture images of the rolling stock wheel at speed the images may include one or more markers to assist in analyzing various parameters of the rolling stock wheel the exemplary system may include one or more backface illumination plates to assist in illuminating the rolling stock wheel and or the one or more marker application_number US 17516608 A description a railroad can own tens of thousands if not more of pieces of rolling stock such rolling stock includes both locomotives and freight and or passenger cars typically a railroad owns dozens of different types of freight cars such as box cars tanker cars gondolas hoppers flat cars piggy back flat cars container carriers livestock cars and the like if a railway provides passenger service the rolling stock can contain passenger cars baggage cars mail cars sleeper cars dining cars observation cars and the like inspecting rolling stock is typically problematic e g due to its mobile nature accordingly as outlined in the above incorporated u s patents automatically inspecting rolling stock as it passes by an inspection station can be more efficient than manually inspecting the rolling stock as outlined above while manually inspecting the rolling stock can provide very precise and accurate measurement of various parameters associated with.