Empty & Load

Overview   |   Features & Benefits

Freight rail cars weigh much more when fully loaded compared to when empty and how much braking force can be applied without damaging the wheels differs in each condition. New York Air Brake offers three options, each Engineered to Outperform (E₂O), to control brake cylinder pressures and appropriate braking effort on loaded cars as well as on empty ones.

EL-60
EL-60 SS
SC-1 System

Trouble-Free Performance
The EL-60 empty & load valve protects wheels by reducing braking forces on empty cars. EL-60 is a fully proportioned, body-mounted design that senses loaded or empty conditions, and features a visual indicator showing full or proportional brake condition.

The lightweight, all-aluminum EL-60SS includes an innovative test feature that makes single car testing easy. The valve provides empty / load control for bulk-commodity hopper car applications using the proven EL-60 upstream proportioning technology in a slope sheet package.

NYAB’s SC-1 system uses industry-leading downstream proportioning technology with separate sensing and proportioning modules for configurations when the control valve is mounted in the center of the car.

E₂O: easy single car testing

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