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Article: Draft systems staying active: suppliers of draft gear systems are working with new designs and materials for smoother rides and focusing on the future of the business--active draft control.
- Article from:
- Railway Age
- Article date:
- March 1, 2003
- Author:
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Priority number one for any successful railroad is delivering cargo not only in a timely fashion, but in good condition. No shipper would trust his goods to the rugged innards of a railcar unless damage-free transport was assured. In order to provide such service, railroads rely on suppliers to continually improve the draft systems that protect railcars, and their cargo, from the forces of buff and draft and slack action.
Ongoing research and development and new-product efforts in the draft system industry have seen engineers working with new materials and designs for constructing couplers, draft gears, draft gear pockets, and cushioning devices. Active draft ...
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