On July 23, 2025, the Coalition of Freight Coupler Producers (“Petitioners”), filed a petition for the imposition of antidumping duties on U.S. imports of Certain Freight Rail Couplers and Parts ...
On September 28, 2022, domestic producers filed petitions with the U.S. Department of Commerce (DOC) and the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC), seeking antidumping (AD) duties on imports of ...
As background, in 1980, there were 16 steel foundries in North America producing side frames, bolsters, couplers, yokes and knuckles for freight railcars and locomotives. Two producers were in Canada, ...
RAILWAY AGE, MARCH 2023 ISSUE: Critical components like couplers, draft gears and end-of-car cushioning units must be capable of managing thousands of tons of force. In-train forces—buff and draft—can ...
WASHINGTON, Sept. 28, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The U.S. Freight Railcar Coupler Coalition, a coalition of U.S. freight railcar coupler manufacturer and workers, today filed petitions to counter unfairly ...
AUSTRIA: ÖBB Rail Cargo Group has undertaken endurance testing with its digital automatic coupler demonstrator train in winter conditions including temperatures down to -15°C, freezing rain and fresh ...
BB is advancing the modernisation of European rail freight through continued development and testing of Digital Automatic Coupling technology. Using its DAC demo train, ÖBB Rail Cargo Group has ...