Communications

SYSTRA’s Brandon Swartley honored by IEEE

Brandon Swartley, P.E., SYSTRA’s Sector Manager for Traction Power and Chair of IEEE’s (Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers) VTS (Vehicular Technology Society) Philadelphia Chapter, last month accepted the IEEE Philadelphia Section’s 2013 Chapter of the Year Award, on behalf of his chapter.

GE, Australia’s Aurizon sign agreement

GE Transportation’s Optimization Solutions division has signed an agreement to implement an integrated rail network planning and optimization system with Aurizon (formerly Queensland Rail National), Australia’s largest freight rail company.

RailComm tapped for Alliance Yard

Fairport, N.Y.-based RailComm said Friday it has provided a yard control system, as well as remote control blue flag protection, to a yard in Alliance, Neb.

NYCT expands underground wireless territory

MTA New York City Transit Thursday officially established 30 subway stations on Manhattan’s West Side as accessible to Wi-Fi needs. MTA officials were joined by executives from four companies in making the announcement at the Times Square subway stop: AT&T, Boingo Wireless, Transit Wireless, and T-Mobile USA.

Info kiosks to grace New York subway stations

Key subway stations in New York have begun acquiring touchscreen information kiosks, to be activated this summer, as the Metropolitan Transportation Authority continues to layer 21st century technology over its 20th century subway infrastructure.

Denny Boll, 1947-2013

Dennis Glenn Boll, retired Assistant Vice President-Signals, BNSF Railway, died Wednesday, March 20, 2013 at Rice Memorial Hospital in Willmar, Minn., after a long battle with cancer. He was 65.

NS selects Avtec VoIP consoles

Gilbert, S.C.-based Avtec, Inc. says Norfolk Southern has chosen the company’s Frontier-enabled Scout™ Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) consoles to replace aging equipment.

ABB wins order to supply TTC

ABB said Friday it has received a contract from Toronto-based electrical contractor Ozz Electric, Inc. to supply and commission rail traction power equipment for the Toronto Transit Commission (TTC).

NOPB Railroad taps GE Transportation

Erie, Pa.-based GE Transportation said Thursday New Orleans Public Belt Railroad has signed an agreement to use GE’s software applications for railroad transportation management and railcar repair and maintenance.