Wabtec continues to lead the industry in the development and implementation of Electronically Controlled Pneumatic (ECP) braking systems. Recent and on-going projects have proven the anticipated advantages of ECP, including improved train handling, reduced in-train forces and trip time, and decreased braking distance, service disruptions and maintenance. Unlike traditional pneumatic brakes, which are initiated from the locomotive and applied to one freight car at a time in a domino-like sequence, ECP uses microprocessor and networking technologies to apply the brakes to each car in the train simultaneously. In this way, ECP eliminates the pushing and pulling of cars against each other during the braking process, which ultimately causes equipment wear and failures, and derailments.

> Spoornet Becomes the First Railway to Successfully Test Wireline Integrated Electronically Controlled Pneumatic (ECP) Braking and Distributed Power (DP)

> Electronic Train Management System (ETMS)
> Communications-Based Train Management (CBTM)