PRESS RELEASES – NYAB
2008
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
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
Progressive Railroading
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
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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
