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10 Edition 28 | December 2010 fReIght RAIlRoAds - An AmeRIcAn success stoRy Together the Class I railroads move more than 40 percent of North America's freight (measured in ton-miles), and they do so using just one fourth of the diesel fuel required to move an equivalent tonnage by truck. Since the passage of the Staggers Act by the United States Congress in 1980, which deregulated the Class I railroads, rail shipping rates have decreased by 55 percent and railroads' share of the total freight market has increased by 50 percent. Over the same period, the Class I railroads have continuously improved their safety record with lower employee injury rates than all other modes of freight transportation. North America's freight railroads compete against each other, and other transportation modes, where the key to success is high-quality customer service. In 2009, the industry carried approximately 2.4 billion tons of freight over the network. Major commodities transported include coal, ore, automobiles, containers, chemicals, grain and other agricultural products. All the North American Railroads belong to the Association of American Railroads (AAR) which among other things sets standards for interoperability and other operational matters. They are all privately owned or publicly traded, and they receive very little government funding. new technology deployment New York Air Brake, Knorr-Bremse' subsidiary for AAR heavy haul train control worldwide, contributes significantly to Class I railroads' efficiency, service and safety through investment in research and development of new AAR focused technologies. The successful deployment of new technologies into Class I railroads is premised on product performance, reliability and economics. New York Air Brake customers include all of the Class I railroads. Among them, Norfolk Southern Railway has been a particular leader in the deployment of new heavy haul technologies, including those of New York Air Brake. Norfolk Southern Railroad operates approximately 21,000 route miles in 22 states. The railroad operates the most extensive intermodal network in eastern North America and is a major transporter of coal and industrial products. Norfolk Southern Railway has won the "Harriman Safety Award" for each of the past twenty-one years with the best safety record in the industry. IntegRAted tRAIn contRol New York Air Brake has developed products and systems to fulfill its vision for a fully integrated, electronically controlled freight train. The key technology building blocks include EP-60, CCB II, and LEADER. All of these
technology products have been deployed at Norfolk Southern Railroad and are in the process of being integrated, enabling heavy haul trains to operate more efficiently, benefiting from fuel savings, reduced in-train forces and life cycle costs in an environment of rising fuel costs and increased traffic. Best-In-clAss locomotIVe BRAKe contRol New York Air Brake delivered its first production contract of 150 CCB II systems to Norfolk Southern Railway in 1998 and has been awarded by additional orders of 970 systems over the past 11 years. With a 0.01 Mission FLY (failures per locomotive per year), designed-in redundancy and diagnostics, and a mean time to repair of just 20 minutes, CCB II is recognized as the most reliable locomotive air brake system on the market and the data proves it. CCB II has been installed on all Class I railways and is the preferred locomotive computer controlled brake system worldwide – 12,000 CCB II systems have been installed. Left: One of six of Norfolk Southern Railway EP-60 coal trains operating in western Pennsylvania. Below, top: EP-60 technology delivers the most advanced and revolutionary heavy haul train handling improvement in a hundred years. Below, bottom: LEADER has become the energy management technology of choice for several railroads in the AAR market. 11
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