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Transportation Solutions

Penn-Union’s decades of experience in transportation manufacturing is enhanced by our established relationships with major manufacturers, including our capability to help rewrite industry specifications for locomotive connectors. Our domestic manufacturing and extensive pattern library enable us to support both current production and legacy system maintenance, particularly valuable when working with older equipment where only partial documentation exists.

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Industry Challenges & Solutions Supplied by Penn-Union

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Buy America Requirements

Certain local or regional transportation projects frequently require domestic manufacturing compliance.

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U.S.-based manufacturing facilities maintain complete production control from raw materials to finished products, ensuring full compliance with Buy America requirements for public transit projects.

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Legacy System Support

Older equipment requires identical replacement parts yet often has minimal documentation.

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Extensive pattern libraries dating back decades enable precise reproduction of legacy components, supported by reverse engineering capabilities when documentation is limited.

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Vibration Resistance

Components must maintain integrity under constant movement and operational stress.

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Specialized locking mechanisms and reinforced designs ensure reliable performance under continuous vibration, validated through extensive field testing in operational conditions.

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Technical Documentation

Projects require comprehensive certification and testing verification.

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Detailed documentation packages include full material certifications, test results, and compliance records, supported by digital archiving for quick reference and retrieval.

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Quality Standards

Transportation applications demand rigorous quality control and testing.

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Dedicated quality control teams maintain specialized testing protocols for transportation components, including enhanced inspection procedures and comprehensive performance validation.

Market Solutions

Penn-Union combines domestic manufacturing capabilities with extensive technical expertise to serve transportation manufacturers and maintenance operations. Our pattern library, dating back decades, enables us to support both new construction and legacy system maintenance, while our quality control processes ensure reliable performance in demanding applications.

Locomotive

Leveraging our relationship with major manufacturers and our extensive pattern library, we provide both standard and custom components for locomotive applications. Our ability to identify and manufacture parts from legacy documentation, combined with our domestic production capabilities, makes us particularly valuable for both new construction and maintenance operations.

Light Rail

Our domestic manufacturing capabilities ensure compliance with Buy America requirements crucial for municipal transit projects. We maintain a comprehensive catalog of components specifically designed for light rail applications, supported by our engineering team’s ability to modify existing patterns or develop custom solutions as needed.

Aerospace

Penn-Union maintains dedicated manufacturing staff and specialized quality control processes specifically for aerospace applications, ensuring the highest standards of precision and reliability. Our secure processes and focused quality control protocols meet the industry’s demanding requirements.