PRESS RELEASES – NYAB

2008

December 5, 2008
New York Air Brake Acquires Anchor Brake Shoe Company

Watertown, NY, USA— New York Air Brake Corporation, a Member of the Knorr-Bremse Group, has acquired Anchor Brake Shoe Company, a leading North American manufacturer of locomotive and freight car brake shoes. >>>more

February 1, 2008
New York Air Brake Acquires Klasing Hand Brake Product Line

Watertown, NY, USA— New York Air Brake (NYAB) announced the acquisition of the assets and business of the Klasing Hand Brake Company of Joliet, IL today. This acquisition adds freight car hand brakes to NYAB’s expanding product line. >>>more

January 29, 2008
New York Air Brake Delivers 10,000th Computer Controlled Brake

Watertown, NY, USA— New York Air Brake has marked the manufacture and delivery of the 10,000th Computer Controlled Brake (CCB), a microcomputer-based system designed to provide full automatic and independent brake control for mainline locomotives. CCB II’s network-based design permits faster response, and its self-diagnostic routines and modular LRU (line-replaceable unit) approach reduce maintenance costs. >>>more

NEW YORK AIR BRAKE IN THE NEWS

CCB-26

June, 2008
New brake system for short lines: New York Air Brake's CCB-26 brings older locomotives into the computer age
Trains Magazine

As a matter of simple economics, a locomotive in the shop is an asset setting idle. New York Air Brake estimates that the mean time between failures and the rapid repair time of its computer controlled brake can reduce repair costs 75 percent compared with conventional locomotive brake systems. The company further estimates life-time cost savings of 38 percent. >>> pdf

EP-60

April, 2008
Stop, in the name of progress
Railway Age

ECP - the most significant development in freight train braking since George Westinghouse invented air brakes in the 19th century - is ready for broad deployment. >>> more

April, 2008
Two New Technologies Ready to Roll
International Railway Journal

In October 2007, Norfolk Southern (NS) became the first US Class I railway to place ECP-equipped trains in revenue service - two 115-wagon unit coal trains operating in southeastern Pennsylvania. They use NYAB's EP-60 system on both the wagons - coal hoppers from FreightCar America and Trinity North American Freight Car - and GE locomotives... >>> more

LEADER

March 24, 2008
Railroads focus on fuel efficiency, conservation
Platts Coal Outlook

To help its engineers optimize train handling and fuel efficiency, Norfolk Southern Railway continues to use New York Air Brake Corp.’s Locomotive Engineer Assist/Display Event Recorders (LEADER®). The system combines data, such as train tonnage, track profiles, Global Positioning System coordinates and train handling, to tell engineers when to adjust throttle, air brake or dynamic brake settings for optimal performance. >>>more

March, 2008
Class Is on fuel management: Good to the last drop
Platts Coal Outlook

One system NS is developing is a computer-based system called LEADER that calculates the operating parameters for a given route, taking into account topography and changes in speed limits, and it tells the engineer the best throttle settings and brake applications to reduce fuel consumption. >>>more

Contact Information

Marshall Beck
Senior Vice President of Marketing and Sales
New York Air Brake Corporation
748 Starbuck Avenue, Watertown, NY 13601
Tel: (315) 786-5431
Fax: (315) 786-5676

Matt Montague
Public Relations - SMS
95 Brown Road
Ithaca, NY 14850
Tel: (607) 257-7000
Cell: (740) 803-5005
matt@onlinesms.com