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Intangible Assets Other Than Goodwill and Trademarks (Detail) (USD $)
In Thousands, unless otherwise specified
Dec. 31, 2014
Dec. 31, 2013
Finite Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]    
Intangible assets, net of accumulated amortization $ 252,705us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsNet $ 228,885us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsNet
Patents And Other    
Finite Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]    
Intangible assets, net of accumulated amortization 14,722us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsNet
/ us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsByMajorClassAxis
= wab_PatentsAndOtherMember
15,561us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsNet
/ us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsByMajorClassAxis
= wab_PatentsAndOtherMember
Customer Relationships    
Finite Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]    
Intangible assets, net of accumulated amortization $ 237,983us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsNet
/ us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsByMajorClassAxis
= us-gaap_CustomerRelationshipsMember
$ 213,324us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsNet
/ us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsByMajorClassAxis
= us-gaap_CustomerRelationshipsMember