Communications

LACMTA selects ARINC AIM

Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (LACMTA) has awarded Rockwell Collins a contract to develop the supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) system for LACMTA’s Foothill Gold Line Extension and the Exposition Line Phase 2 light rail systems.

Alabama State Docks taps RailComm

Fairport, N.Y.-based RailComm says it has been selected “to provide and install a state-of-the-art car tracking and inventory management solution at Terminal Railway Alabama State Docks (TASD).”

Thales Chairman and CEO steps down

Thales Chairman and CEO Jean-Bernard Levy has tendered his resignation to the company’s Board of Directors, ending a stint at the helm of the company that began in 2012.

Hitachi Rail Europe taps Huber+Suhner

Huber+Suhner says it has been awarded a contract by Hitachi Rail Europe to supply a range of its RADOX® cables and SENCITY® Rail antennas for use in the train control and safety systems of the Intercity Express Program (IEP) Class 800/801 trains in the United Kingdom.

RailComm tapped for North Carolina yard work

Fairport, N.Y.-based RailComm said Thursday, Nov. 13, 2014 it has been selected to provide remote control to multiple switch locations and install a shove track protection system at a Class I hump yard located in North Carolina.

Newest RECo switch mode charger debuts

Railway Equipment Co. (RECo) has announced additions and improvements to its high-efficiency, reliable Cragg Railcharger switch mode power supply battery charger line, including a new 60 amp Switch Mode Charger (SMC) that is one of the first SMC battery chargers that can produce 60 amps at voltage ranging from 7 to 19.6 volts.

Long Beach container terminal taps RailComm

Fairport, N.Y.-based RailComm said Thursday, Oct. 16, 2014 that a large Long Beach, Calif.-based container terminal selected the company “to provide remote automation to a new facility installation.”