UP Signs 3-Year Contract with New York Air Brake
Watertown, NY, USA – August 6, 2009 –Union Pacific railroad has signed a three-year contract with New York Air Brake for spares, repairs, hose, hand brake, and brake shoes.
New York Air Brake offers a wide range of proven high quality, AAR-approved freight car components, including—dirt collector and cut-out valves, ball-type angle cocks, vent valves, hoses and couplings, air brake cylinders, two-compartment fabricated reservoirs, plastic retainer valves, and straight, elbow, and socket-weld fittings.
With extensive research and testing facilities, New York Air Brake is committed to developing the next generation of train brake control products. Our facilities in Watertown, New York, and Kingston, Ontario, deliver uncompromised quality, as shown by our ISO 9001 registration.
New York Air Brake Corporation is a leading supplier to the freight railroad industry of air brake control systems and components, electronically controlled braking systems, foundation brakes, training simulators and train handling systems.
The Knorr-Bremse Group is the world’s leading manufacturer of braking systems for rail and commercial vehicles. For more than 100 years the company has pioneered the development, production and marketing of state-of-the-art braking systems. Other lines of business include automatic door systems, rail vehicle air conditioning systems and torsional vibration dampers for internal combustion engines.
For further information contact:
New York Air Brake Corporation
748 Starbuck Avenue
Watertown, NY 13601
Marshall Beck
Senior Vice President of Marketing and Sales
Phone: +1 315 786-5205; E-mail: marshall.beck@nyab.com
