Encore Rail Systems Unveils EnduraPlug Name for Tie-Plugging Compound
Encore Rail Systems has been in the tie-plugging compound business for some time, but now they have a name behind the product.
Railway Interchange
ThermOmegaTech at Railway Interchange 2019: Video
RAILWAY AGE at RAILWAY INTERCHANGE 2019: ThermOmegaTech Rail Product Manager Dana Logue describes the company’s Guru Plug to Editor-in-Chief William C. Vantuono. The Guru Plug, available in new or rebuilt, protects diesel engine blocks from freeze damage in cold weather conditions.
FreightCar America: New Coil Covers, Forged Knuckles
RAILWAY AGE at RAILWAY INTERCHANGE 2019: FreightCar America is on hand at Railway Interchange 2019 with its new Coil Covers and Diamond Forged Knuckle.
Going Up? G3 Pasqua Earns CP’s Elevator of the Year Award
Canadian Pacific (CP) recently presented G3 Pasqua with the 2018-2019 crop-year Elevator of the Year award. CP presents this award annually to the grain elevator that achieves high volumes from a single loading point while consistently demonstrating efficient railcar loading and a strong commitment to safety.
CNGMotive Moves to the Next Level
Following seven years of painstaking research and development, CNGMotive, Inc., has rolled out the rail industry’s first compressed natural gas (CNG) locomotive fuel tender. The company co-founded in 2015 by David I. Scott and Pedro Santos has partnered with Norfolk Southern for a revenue service test. Kasgro Rail Corp. of New Castle, Pa., best known for building and operating Schnabel railcars, constructed the tender, which externally looks something like a combination of an intermodal well car and hi-cube boxcar. The Hale Hamilton Valves Ltd. business unit of U.K.-based CIRCOR provided the CNG pressure reduction and control systems.
Siemens Mobility to Showcase Latest “IT” Tech at Railway Interchange 2019
For the first time in the U.S., Siemens Mobility will be showing at Railway Interchange 2019 (RSSI Booth #4137) its TPS Online Movement Planning Solution, currently “one of the most talked-about technologies since successful deployment across Europe including the U.K., Germany, France and Scandinavia, where it is currently supporting Norway’s autonomous train operations.”
Hitachi Rail USA Donates MicroLok to Penn State Altoona
Pittsburgh-based Hitachi Rail STS USA has partnered with the Rail Transportation Engineering (RTE) program at Penn State Altoona to donate a MicroLok® Wayside Control System.
Commentary
STB May Reach Full Strength in 2020
Two vacant seats on the five-member Surface Transportation Board (STB) could be filled by early 2020, as a Democrat—to be paired with an already nominated Republican—has emerged as a likely nominee.
Nexxiot expanding into the U.S.
Nexxiot, a Zurich, Switzerland-based digitized supply chain company, is expanding into the U.S. and has established Dallas, Tex., headquarters with a newly formed management team. Nexxiot will exhibit at Railway Interchange in Minneapolis (Booth 2926).
Wabtec Taps Septentrio for PTC GPS Receivers
Wabtec has partnered with Septentrio, a Belgian manufacturer of GNSS (Global Navigation Satellite System) equipment, to supply GPS receivers for its GoLINC™ Edge locomotive onboard mobile data center platform, “providing positioning, connectivity and data storage, and enhancing Positive Train Control (PTC) with the adoption of even higher-precision positioning technology.”