Communications

Siemens to equip Metrorrey Line 3

Siemens has been awarded a contract worth approximately €25 million (US$32 million) by the state government of Nuevo León (Secretaría de Obras Públicas del Estado de Nuevo León) to equip Metro Line 3 in Monterrey, Mexico with telecommunications, signaling, and operations control systems. This roughly four-mile-long new line will connect residential areas and the metropolitan hospital in the northeast of the city with the city center. Metrorrey Line 3 is scheduled to be commissioned in autumn 2015.

Siemens equipping Amtrak NJHSRIP project

Amtrak has contracted with Siemens to build a new Sitras SFC Plus static frequency converter for upgrading its Metuchen traction power facility in northern New Jersey, along the Northeast Corridor. The order includes the delivery, installation, commissioning, and integration of two 30-megawatt multilevel converters into the existing Amtrak 25-Hz traction power supply network to enable parallel operation with Amtrak’s existing converters.

RailComm provides its DOC system to Ferromex

Ferromex railroad has chosen RailComm to provide yard automation to 80-plus newly-installed switch machines, which will be controlled via the RailComm Domain Operations Controller (DOC) in Torreon City, Mexico.

Thales to unveil new revenue collection system

Thales Group announced Friday, Oct. 10, 2014 it will unveil its Thales’ latest generation Platform Gate Family revenue collection system” at the American Public Transportation Association Expo, being held next week in Houston.

Multi-purpose monitoring technology

Locomotives are valuable mechanical assets. Here’s how four railroads, working with an innovative supplier, are getting the most out of these complex machines.

Railway Interchange 2015 exhibit space available

Booth space reservations are now open for the indoor and outdoor exhibitions at Railway Interchange 2015, the U.S.-based combined exhibition and technical conference taking place Sunday, Oct. 4 through Tuesday, Oct. 7 at the Minneapolis Convention Center and BNSF’s Northtown yard. Exhibits will be held Oct. 4-6.

InStep Software and Wi-Tronix in collaboration

Wi-Tronix, LLC has announced “a new collaboration” with InStep Software “allowing Wi-Tronix to utilize InStep’s PRiSM predictive asset analytics software in the company’s locomotive remote monitoring services.”

Seeing Machines, EMD sign pact

Seeing Machines Ltd. said Monday, Sept. 22, 2014 it “has signed a strategic agreement with Electro-Motive Diesel, Inc. (EMD), a subsidiary of Progress Rail Services Corporation, a Caterpillar Co., related to in-cab operator fatigue and distraction monitoring systems for use in locomotives.”

CN inaugurates Winnipeg training center

CN on Sept. 9, 2014 officially opened its new employee training center in Winnipeg. The 100,000-square-foot facility is currently hosting 350-plus CN students from across Canada on a weekly basis, with hands-on training for all key railway jobs.
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