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controls for New York transit's entire fleet of 754 R46 subway cars, the beginning of over a decade of providing brakes to commuter lines. By 1990, New York Air Brake had furnished $ 100 million worth of equipment for more than half of New York City's R62A's, R68's and R110A/R110B subway cars before NYAB's
Transit Division was established as the Knorr Brake Company and moved to
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transit system. The company was allowed to equip one eight car R44 train numbers 368-379, with one spare four car set of brakes each, making it a total of 12 cars equipped with same.. One trouble-free year later, New York Air Brake signed a $ 25 million contract to provide brake systems and
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were especially supportive of New York Air Brake's technology. In 1912, NYAB and
Westinghouse agreed to share the market, along with research and development. NYAB's 25 percent share of the brake market soared to $ 3 million per year by 1914.
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Gerlinger hydraulic lumber carrier; an engine, and a cab set high atop a lumber rack. The project faded quickly.
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slowed, but did not stop, development of the new brake and, in April 1932, New York Air Brake began construction of a 200-car test track, the largest in the world. In 1934, the
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for guns, hydraulic pumps for fighter aircraft, and other military hardware and had over 5,000 employees contributing to the war effort in the war-torn
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