Westinghouse Air Brake Company Description
More powerful than a speeding locomotive, Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies pulls out all the stops. The company, which does business as Wabtec, manufactures braking equipment and other parts for locomotives, freight cars, and passenger railcars. Products of Wabtec's freight group include air brake systems, draft gears, hand brakes, slack adjusters, heat exchanges, railroad electronics, and monitoring and control equipment. Wabtec's transit segment supplies replacement parts and repair services to operators of passenger transit systems. Major customers include GE Infrastructure, Trinity Industries, Alstom, and Electro-Motive Diesel.
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