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Article: Norfolk Southern and New York Air Brake Agree to Deploy New Train Technology.
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- December 5, 2005
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NORFOLK, Va., Dec. 5 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Norfolk Southern Corporation and New York Air Brake Corporation today announced an agreement to begin deploying a locomotive computer system to improve the fuel efficiency and safe handling of trains in long-haul operations.
The system, developed by New York Air Brake (NYAB) and known as LEADER(R) (Locomotive Engineer Assist Display and Event Recorder), provides locomotive engineers with real-time information about a train's operating conditions. It consists of an on-board computer that calculates and displays the optimum speed at which to operate the train, depending on the topography and curvature of the track to ...