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The COBRA® TreadGuard® Brake Shoe has a special composition material and cast iron insert(s).
 
TreadGuard is a value-added brake shoe that:
  • Minimizes wheel replacement and turnings
  • Conditions and cleans the wheel tread
  • Improves rail to wheel adhesion
  • Provides longer brake shoe life
Additional TreadGuard Freight Brake Shoe Features:
  • AAR approval to M-926
  • AAR job code approval (1842 & 1843)
  • Dual faced radius and chamfered edges
  • AP design
  • Painted red for immediate identification
Additional TreadGuard Locomotive Brake Shoe Features
  • Meets AAR RP-599
  • Offset and AP configurations
  • Two inserts for optimum wheel conditioning
  • Painted red for immediate identification

TreadGuard Standard Freight Brake Shoe  
TreadGuard DayOne Freight Brake Shoe
with exposed insert for immediate effectiveness
Note: Shoes shown with side cutaway are for illustrative purposes only.
TreadGuard DayOne Locomotive Brake Shoe
with exposed insert for immediate effectiveness.
 
 
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COBRA® is a registered trademark of Railroad Friction Products Corporation.
TREADGUARD® is a registered trademark of Railroad Friction Products Corporation.