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Equipment & Materials Guide removal for track maintenance. The shunt-resistant steel frame surrounding the concrete panel is powder coated to give maximum protection from the elements. The panels feature 7,000 psi and are available for rail sizes from 115 lbs. to 140 lbs. Engineered in accordance with AASHTO HS20-44 loading specifications. Each panel has a non-skid surface and protection from freeze/thaw cycles. Phone: 563-852-7794. StarTrack Railroad Crossings—The StarTrack II modular precast-concrete platform grade-crossing system uses no ties and is set on a prepared subgrade to form a self-supporting slab system free of vertical or lateral movement. Rail lays on UHMW polyethylene strips, which cushion impact loadings and protect the underlying concrete surface from abrasion. This new design incorporates one-piece construction with Pandrol fasteners for ease of installation and easy access to rail without disturbing the crossing. Each panel is cast of 6,000-psi concrete and is 14 ins. thick by 8 ft wide by 5 ft (or 7 ft, 6 ins. and 17 ft, 6 ins.) along the track. StarTrack panels are precast at regional Oldcastle plants to facilitate delivery, quality and professional supervision. Phone: 800-316-1660. transit, trolley, light rail and slowspeed, low-tonnage freight. It features an open rail groove to accommodate the rail and its rubber support system. It is available in all existing StarTrack versions and offers improved economy, adaptability, electrical insulation, rail isolation and vibration and noise dampening. Phone: 800-316-1660. Communications and signaling equipment and warning devices ALSTOM—The Microchron Vital Timer eliminates the need to stock separate timers with different voltages and time ranges. It features a wide voltage and selectable time range. Input operating range is +8V d.c. to +35V d.c. Vital Time delays one second to 19 minutes, 59 seconds may be configured in one-second increments. Time-delay accuracy is +0.1% of the thumbwheel setting. Vitality is ensured through the use of Safety Assurance Logic Software. Phone: 800-717-4477. ALSTOM—New and improved AURORA™ LED Signal offering. ALSTOM is continuously improving its offering to meet our customers’ changing needs and to take advantage of evolving technologies, as they become available. ALSTOM has recently introduced two 12-in. retrofit kits for the highway crossing signals: the AURORA 300 and the AURORA 160. The new AURORA 300 signal (300 LEDs) provides superior light output. With 1,600 candela on axis, it is the brightest LED signal in the market today. The new AURORA 160 signal (160 LEDs) offers not only improved brightness but is also the most-cost-effective signal. Both signals feature regulated light output and come in completely sealed enclosures. Phone: 800-717-4477. able as an EZ Kit, which contains everything for a quick and easy oneman, one-tool, 10-minute installation. Plus, its unique design utilizing plug-in quick connectors and coil cord allows for an easy positioning of the lights on the gate arm. Just plug and connect. Phone: 800-717-4477. ALSTOM—Genrakode™ Code T provides an additional non-vital communications channel at no additional cost. Using the rails as the communications medium, non-vital communications can be received at the ends of the signaling block from all locations within the block. A unique location ID as well as a specific message identification allows the source of each message to be precisely pinpointed. By interlacing the non-vital messages with the existing vital train detection and vital signaling, remote monitoring of various types of wayside equipment can now be accomplished. This eliminates the need for trenching cable or expensive radio communications systems. Potential uses include remote monitoring of grade-crossing health, status of commercial power, signal filament status, and intrusion alarm reporting. Phone: 800-717-4477. Astro-Tek Associates—Adjunct or primary controls for public and private grade-level crossing-warning systems where loss of shunt is a problem. The warning systems use test-proven logic control and lowpower buried magnetometer sensors that provide constant warning time and data activation logging as options. Phone: 203-755-2323. Astro-Tek Associates—The Four Quadrant Exit Gate Control System consists of an array of special magnetic detection sensors strategically placed within an island crossing that are hard-wired to a central controller located adjacent to the track. Upon receipt of a signal from the standard track circuit that a train is approaching the crossing, the sensor array is interrogated to determine if a vehicle presence is detected within the island. In addition to the detection and control system, a data-gathering and dataretrieval system has been developed to provide real-time information on each train’s passage. Such data provide a valuable tool to evaluate performance and reliability analysis for the design of operating algoJune 2008 31 Steel Crossings, Inc.—SCI manufactures heavy-duty, diamond-plate, custom-designed steel railroad crossings for heavy crossing areas. Steel crossings are easily installed, easy to maintain, and ideal for severe weather conditions, with no tearing, chipping, splintering or cracking. Phone: 412-820-7030. StarTrack Railroad Crossings—The StarTrack II-HD design is a one-piece module with Pandrol clips. Heavytruck or industrial loads are accommodated by larger and thicker modules, with additional reinforcing. The size of these modules is 16 ins. thick by 11 ft wide by 5 ft along the track. Special design mixes are available for deicer-corrosion and freeze-thaw problem areas. Phone: 800-316-1660. TRANSPO® INDUSTRIES, Inc.—BODAN® grade-crossing systems are designed for heavy truck traffic. Polymer concrete panels with internal steel reinforcing supports are designed for HS 25 traffic loads. Modular panels accommodate wood, composite and concrete crossties. Panels remove/reinstall easily for routine track maintenance. Lifetime skid and wear-resistant surface. Optional imbedded LED warning lights. Phone: 800-321-7870. StarTrack Railroad Crossings—StarTrack II-TS is an all-new Transit Light Rail Support System designed for www.rtands.com TRANSPO ® INDUSTRIES, Inc.— STEP-SAFE® ADA-compliant tiles have been used for ramps, crosswalks, train/subway station platforms since 1993. The polymer concrete material resists the effects of weather, wear and cleaning solutions. Tile backsides have tightly bonded exposed coarse aggregate, enabling it to obtain a strong bond to wet concrete or mortar surfaces. Phone: 800-321-7870. ALSTOM—ALSTOM’s new AURORA Gate Arm Light also benefits from the new LEDs and is three times brighter than the previous generation. With its 36 ultra bright LEDs per unit, it is actually the brightest LED gate-arm light with the widest viewing angle (30-degree) available in the market today. It exceeds the AREMA-recommended 70-degree beam spread and is compatible with all suppliers’ highway crossing products. Tested over 200,000 operations, it has not had one single LED failure. The new AURORA Gate Arm Light is also avail- Railway Track & Structures http://www.rtands.com

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