A system (10) for providing rail wheel truing recommendations based on rail wheel measurements includes an input device (11) for inputting information into the system. The system also includes a processor (12) receiving measured rail wheel dimensions (14) for respective wheels of a rail vehicle from the input device and a memory (16) in communication with the processor for storing a rule base (18) comprising rules for performing rail wheel truing. The system further includes logic (20) executable by the processor for accessing the rule base stored in memory, for identifying wheels requiring truing according to the rules in the rule base, and for making wheel truing recommendations according to the rules in the rule base.