Trains of Thought | Wabtec Corporation

Homepage | Wabtec Corporation

Careers | Wabtec Corporation

End of Car Systems | Wabtec Corporation

Cab Components | Wabtec Corporation

Maintenance | Wabtec Corporation

Braking Systems | Wabtec Corporation

Engine Cooling | Wabtec Corporation

Heavy Haul Locomotives | Wabtec Corporation

Newsroom | Wabtec Corporation

Do not link to an anchor on the page that does not exist. For example:
linking to `#content` without a valid destination such as `<body id="content"></body>`.

A common web design pattern is to use a named anchor to show an element via JavaScript, e.g.

```html
<a href="#foo" onclick="$('.bar').toggle();">Click me</a>
<div class="bar">
    This is some content.
</div>
``` 

In these cases, the anchor (`#foo`) should point to the `id` of the hidden element:

```html
<a href="#foo" onclick="$('#foo').toggle();">Click me</a>
<div id="foo">
    This is some content.
</div>
```

This way the semantic intent of the link is preserved, even without JavaScript. 
Note that doing so may require modification to your script, to prevent automatic 
scrolling to the named anchor.

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June 2024

May 2024

Wabtec Corporation

Title / URL	Issues
Trains of Thought \| Wabtec Corporationwww.wabteccorp.com/trains-of-thought	2
Homepage \| Wabtec Corporationwww.wabteccorp.com/invented-url-for-404-page	1
Careers \| Wabtec Corporationwww.wabteccorp.com/careers	1
End of Car Systems \| Wabtec Corporationwww.wabteccorp.com/freight-car/end-of-car-systems	1
Cab Components \| Wabtec Corporationwww.wabteccorp.com/locomotive/cab-components	1
Maintenance \| Wabtec Corporationwww.wabteccorp.com/freight-services/maintenance	1
Braking Systems \| Wabtec Corporationwww.wabteccorp.com/locomotive/braking-systems	1
Engine Cooling \| Wabtec Corporationwww.wabteccorp.com/locomotive/engine-cooling	1
Heavy Haul Locomotives \| Wabtec Corporationwww.wabteccorp.com/locomotive/heavy-haul-locomotives	1
Newsroom \| Wabtec Corporationwww.wabteccorp.com/newsroom	1

Avoid linking to anchors that do not exist

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