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Keeping our world moving

Our innovative engineering and product development solutions inspire the safety, reliability, and performance of critical transportation and energy infrastructures.

Total Friction Management®

L.B. Foster provides market leading on-board and trackside friction management solutions, delivering extended asset life and improved asset performance

Transit Solutions

We provide trackside and on-board gauge face and top-of-rail lubrication solutions for transits, as well as traction enhancement products

Freight Solutions

We provide friction management solutions for Class 1's, Short Lines and Regionals, and Industrial applications

We provide products and services that increase vehicle fuel efficiency, minimize rail and wheel wear, reduce maintenance costs, reduce noise, and improve track availability

Transit Solutions

Transit Trackside and On-Board Friction Management Solutions

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L.B. Foster is recognized globally as the experts in friction management at the wheel / rail interface. We offer a full portfolio of application systems, friction modifiers, and lubricants, as well as performance validation and field services.

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Freight Solutions

Freight Trackside and On-Board Friction Management Solutions

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Innovation and integrity are core values at L.B. Foster Rail Technologies, and we continue to combine our state-of-the-art wheel/rail interface testing facility with rigorous scientific analysis and on-track field testing to bring you the next generation friction management products. This pursuit of excellence highlights our core objective of providing our customers with the world’s most advanced friction management products in the world.

Performance Validation

Performance of friction management assets

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Understanding Friction Management

Friction management products control the friction at the rail/wheel interface.

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What makes us different

Remote Performance Monitoring

Remote asset management platform provides intuitive insight

Freight Solutions

Learn how we can help implement or optimize your Total Friction Management program

Transit Solutions

Learn how we can help implement or optimize your Total Friction Management program

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Services and Technical Support

Services and Technical Support

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