PRESS RELEASES – NYAB
2009
November 9, 2009
New York Air Brake Earns IRIS Certification
Watertown, NY, USA— New York Air Brake (NYAB) has earned the International Railway Industry Standard (IRIS) Certification from UNIFE, the Association of the European Rail Industry. >>>more
August 6, 2009
UP Signs 3-Year Contract with New York Air Brake
Watertown, NY, USA— Union Pacific railroad has signed a three-year contract with New York Air Brake for spares, repairs, hose, hand brake, and brake shoes. >>>more
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
October, 2009
New braking technology taking hold
Railway Age
…Utilizing New York Air Brake’s EP-60 technology, NS now has six ECP-equipped unit coal trains operating in three locations. Four use three head-end locomotives, the remaining two use three head-end units plus pushers. >>> pdf
September, 2009
Fortescue Railway has already raised the bar for Heavy Haul Operations
International Railway Journal
…The wagons are operated as married pairs with a single brake controller. The trains are equipped with an electronically-controlled pneumatic (ECP) brake system supplied by Knorr-Bremse. “ECP allows us to stop a 220-wagon 35,200-tonne train traveling at 75 km/hr in 760m, or an empty train of the same length traveling at 79km/hr in 486m…” >>> pdf
May, 2009
UP Details ECP Experience
MyProgressiveRailroading Blog
…I sat in on a very detailed and enlightening general session on Union Pacific Railroad’s ongoing electronically controlled pneumatic (ECP) brake pilot. Presented by UP General Director of Car and Locomotive Engineering Mike Iden, the session summarized the Class I’s experiences to date with an ECP-equipped double-stack intermodal train. >>> pdf
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. >>> pdf
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... >>> pdf
LEADER
October, 2009
Onboard monitoring technology continues to provide railroads with better ways to monitor and track cars and locomotives
Progressive Railroading
New York Air Brake's Locomotive Engineer Assist Display Event Recorder (LEADER®) is a real-time onboard monitoring tool designed to enhance the locomotive engineer's train-handling capability. LEADER helps engineers make critical evaluations of operating parameters and can "greatly increase fuel efficiency, reduce equipment wear, and promote more profitable procedures and techniques," the company says. >>>pdf
September, 2009
BNSF kicks tires on fuel optimization system
Progressive Railroading
Featuring software that’s integrated into the in-cab electronic communication system, the fuel optimization system is fed origination/destination and track data, train consist information and temporary speed restrictions via satellite. After a trip is initialized at origin, the real-time system determines the most fuel-efficient train handling techniques for the move. The system then prompts the locomotive engineer to make necessary throttle and braking adjustments. >>>pdf
September, 2009
Onboard Fuel Efficiency System Receives Positive Grade in Testing
BNSF
After the trip is initialized at the origin, the fuel optimization system goes a step further and identifies - in real-time - the most fuel efficient train handling for that particular train. The system prompts the locomotive engineer for throttle changes and required braking to reach optimum fuel efficiency according to the distinct characteristics of the trip. >>>pdf
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. >>> pdf
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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
