Brake related news in the trail / transit segment
Wabtec’s Hepler Jumps To MSA Safety
PHILADELPHIA, PA–MSA Safety Inc. has snapped up Wabtec Corp.’s director of corporate development as the…
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Federal Investigators Find Lack of Auto Braking Caused 2017 Amtrak Crash
WASHINGTON, DC–Amtrak and federal investigators once again have found that a fatal crash could have…
Wabtec Invests in GE 3D Printing For Parts Making
By 2025, Pittsburgh-based rail manufacturer Wabtec Corp. (NYSE: WAB) hopes to make up to 250 product components…
Why U.K. Trams Got Expedited EM Brakes
LONDON, U.K.–What could have been a catastrophic runaway tram incident has been a wake-up call…
How The Brakes Of Fuxing Bullet Trains Are Assembled
Company Release BEIJING, China–With a maximum operating speed of up to 350 km/h, the Fuxing…
Labor Strife At Erie Plant After Wabtec Acquisition
ERIE, Pa.–Following the merger between Wabtec and GE Transportation, the future of a key manufacturing…
U.K. Project Turns Rail Brake And Engine Heat Into Heat For Homes
LONDON, U.K.–In a stroke of innovation around recycling heat and energy, a railway in the…
Daimler Buses: Safety, Trendsetting Touring Coaches and Innovative Services
Stuttgart / Berlin – At the Bus2Bus show in Berlin between 19 and 21 March 2019, Daimler Buses will be presenting…
FRA Rejects KCSR’s Scheme to Outsource Brake Inspections to Mexico
Washington, DC – Larry I. Willis, president of the Transportation Trades Department, AFL-CIO (TTD), issues…
India: Advanced Braking Systems To Be Mandatory For Large Vehicles
Advanced braking systems have been made mandatory for vehicles with nine or more seats to…
IMechE Railway Challenge Adds Automatic Braking Test
This year’s Institution of Mechanical Engineers’ Railway Challenge will feature an automatic braking component for…
Knorr-Bremse AG Certified as Top Employer for Engineers in Germany 2019
Knorr-Bremse recognized for the sixth time in succession as “Top Employer for Engineers in Germany”Certification…
In India, Rail with Regenerative Braking
State run BHEL has come up with a first of its kind technology under the…
Extreme Cold Causes Rail Brake Failure
In the Rocky Mountains of Canada earlier this week, a train derailed, killing three, after…
Wabtec and GE Modify Terms of Transaction, Expect to Close By End of February 2019
WILMERDING, Pa. and BOSTON, (Jan. 25, 2019) – Wabtec Corporation (NYSE: WAB) and GE (NYSE:…
London Trams to Get Automatic Braking System
London’s trams are to be fitted with automatic braking systems in response to safety recommendations…
Trump Train Brake Ruling Including Bad Calculations
President Donald Trump’s administration miscalculated the potential benefits of putting better brakes on trains that…
NJ Transit Predicts It Will Meet Emergency Brake Deadline
All New Jersey Transit locomotives will be outfitted by Dec. 31 with lifesaving braking technology,…
New Jersey Transit Striving to Meet Dec. 31 Deadline for Better Brakes
New Jersey Transit has made swift progress on a lifesaving emergency-braking project, but remains among…
Greater Anglia Installs Innovative WSP Braking System Across Rural Services
Greater Anglia has fitted an innovative new braking system known as Wheel Slide Protection (WSP)…
Brake Issue Causes Epic Crash in Aussie Wilderness
A two-kilometer train barreled out of control for 50 minutes in remote Australia due to…
Traxens Automated Brake Testing Implemented in Commercial Freight
FRANCE: In a presentation at the Alpine Rail Optimisation conference in Wien on November 8…
Brake Fault on Nova 3s Creates Delay
The introduction of CAF-built Nova 3 trains on TransPennine Express has been delayed, after commissioning…
Knorr-Bremse’s ESRA 3.0 Brake Control System Gets Unique Approval
Knorr-Bremse drives forward solutions for low life-cycle costs Federal Railway Authority (EBA) issues Knorr-Bremse with…
Sen. Schumer Pushes Reversal of Train Brake Edict
FONDA — U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer called Friday for the federal Department of Transportation to…
