Cardwell Westinghouse designs and manufactures Mark-series draft gears; truck-mounted brake assemblies, such as TMX and UBX SAC-1 spherical articulated connectors; self-adjusting slack adjusters; and Universal-brand lever- and wheel-type freight car handbrakes for the rail industry. Maintaining a location in Chicago, Cardwell Westinghouse is a part of Wabtec Corporation, which is a global provider of value-added, technology-based products and services for the rail and transit industry. Through its subsidiaries, Wabtec Corporation manufactures a range of products for locomotives, freight cars and passenger transit vehicles. The parent company also builds new switcher and commuter locomotives and provides aftermarket services.