SEC Form 5 

FORM 5

UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

ANNUAL STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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| Form 3 Holdings Reported. | |
| Form 4 Transactions Reported. | |

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person^*
GARCIA TUNON ALVARO

(Last) | (First) | (Middle)
1001 AIR BRAKE AVENUE

(Street) 
WILMERDING | PA | 15148

(City) | (State) | (Zip)

2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol 
WESTINGHOUSE AIR BRAKE TECHNOLOGIES CORP [ WAB ]

5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer 
(Check all applicable) 
| Director | | 10% Owner
X | Officer (give title below) | | Other (specify below)
Sr. VP, CFO & Secretary

3. Statement for Issuer's Fiscal Year Ended (Month/Day/Year)
12/31/2005

4. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)

6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line) 
X | Form filed by One Reporting Person
| Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security (Instr. 3) | 2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) | 2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) | 3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8) | 4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed Of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) | 5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned at end of Issuer's Fiscal Year (Instr. 3 and 4) | 6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4) | 7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4) |
| | | | Amount | (A) or (D) | Price | | | |
Common Stock - ESOP | 12/31/2005 | | J | 19.805^(1) | D | ^(1) | 3,046.889 | D | |

Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)

1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3) | 2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security | 3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) | 3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) | 4. Transaction Code (Instr. 8) | 5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) | 6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year) | 7. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 3 and 4) | 8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5) | 9. Number of derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4) | 10. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4) | 11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
| | | | | (A) | (D) | Date Exercisable | Expiration Date | Title | Amount or Number of Shares | | | |
Explanation of Responses:
1. Fluctuations in share amounts throughout the year are a result of an Employee Stock Option Plan maintained in units; the fluctuation carries no dollar value.
Remarks:
| David M. Seitz, POA for Alvaro Garcia-Tunon | 02/13/2006
| ** Signature of Reporting Person | Date
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 POWER OF ATTORNEY

To Sign and File Reports under Section 16(a)

of
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
With Respect to Equity
Securities of

Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies Corporation

LIMITED POWER OF
ATTORNEY FOR
SECTION 16 REPORTING OBLIGATIONS

        Know all by these
presents, that the undersigned's hereby makes,
constitutes and appoints
David M. Seitz as the undersigned's true and
lawful attorney-in-fact, with
full power and authority as hereinafter
described on behalf of and in the
name, place and stead of the
undersigned to:

(1)     prepare, execute,
acknowledge, deliver and
file Forms 3, 4, and 5 (including any amendments
thereto) with respect to
the securities of Westinghouse Air Brake
Technologies Corporation, a
Delaware corporation (the "Company"), with the
United States Securities
and Exchange Commission, any national securities
exchanges and the
Company, as considered necessary or advisable under
Section 16(a) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules and
regulations promulgated
thereunder, as amended from time to time (the
"Exchange Act");

(2)     seek or obtain, as the undersigned's
representative and on the
undersigned's behalf, information on transactions
in the Company's
securities from any third party, including brokers,
employee benefit plan
administrators and trustees, and the undersigned
hereby authorizes any
such person to release any such information to the
undersigned and
approves and ratifies any such release of information; and

(3)     perform any and all other acts which in the discretion of such

attorney-in-fact are necessary or desirable for and on behalf of the

undersigned in connection with the foregoing.

The undersigned

acknowledges that:

(1)     this Power of Attorney authorizes, but does
not
require, such attorney-in-fact to act in their discretion on
information
provided to such attorney-in-fact without independent
verification of such
information;

(2)     any documents prepared
and/or executed by such
attorney-in-fact on behalf of the undersigned
pursuant to this Power of
Attorney will be in such form and will contain
such information and
disclosure as such attorney-in-fact, in his or her
discretion, deems
necessary or desirable;

(3)     neither the Company
nor such
attorney-in-fact assumes (i) any liability for the undersigned's

responsibility to comply with the requirement of the Exchange Act, (ii)
any
liability of the undersigned for any failure to comply with such

requirements, or (iii) any obligation or liability of the undersigned for

profit disgorgement under Section 16(b) of the Exchange Act; and

(4)     this Power of Attorney does not relieve the undersigned from

responsibility for compliance with the undersigned's obligations under
the
Exchange Act, including without limitation the reporting requirements
under
Section 16 of the Exchange Act.

        The undersigned hereby
gives and
grants the foregoing attorney-in-fact full power and authority
to do and
perform all and every act and thing whatsoever requisite,
necessary or
appropriate to be done in and about the foregoing matters as
fully to all
intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do if
present,
hereby ratifying all that such attorney-in-fact of, for and on
behalf of
the undersigned, shall lawfully do or cause to be done by
virtue of this
Limited Power of Attorney.

        This Power of Attorney
shall remain in
full force and effect until revoked by the undersigned in
a signed writing
delivered to such attorney-in-fact.

        IN WITNESS
WHEREOF, the
undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to be executed
as of this
25th day of January, 2006.

 /s/
Alvaro
Garcia-Tunon
_____________________________
Signature

COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA

COUNTY OF ALLEGHENY

        On this 25th day of January, 2006 personally appeared before
me, and
acknowledged that he executed the foregoing instrument for the
purposes
therein contained.

        IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto
set my hand
and official seal.

/s/ David M.

Seitz                                           _________________________________
Notary Public

October 21, 2006
_________________________________
My

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