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SUPPLIER NEWS Axion International received an initial purchase order for specialty-engineered composite railroad switch ties from the Toronto Transit Commission. The advanced Telecommunications Engineered Laboratory at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln selected the ACE™ 400WB emulator from Azimuth Systems, Inc., to perform a comprehensive WiMAX technology study funded by the Federal Railroad Administration to investigate the performance and reliability of standards-based wireless networking technologies for the North American railroad industry. designer on Phase II of the project, which included $40 million in design-build improvements to the Croton-Harmon rail yard in Crotonon-Hudson, N.Y. several contracts for general engineering consultant services to Parson Brinckerhoff. The contract calls for PB to provide GEC services on an on-call basis for transportation projects on CSXT’s entire railroad with a focus on the railroad’s northwest region, which encompasses Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, Kentucky and Tennessee. Alton & Southern continued to expand its existing Domain Operations Controller System from RailComm, Inc., by adding 14 remotely-controlled solar-powered switches at the Bowl and Crest sections of its yard. Hirschmann Automation and Control (PAT) named Columbus Equipment Co. its new Premier Dealer for Ohio. Lockheed Martin received a A$74.8-million (US$72-million) contract from the Australian Rail Track Corporation, Ltd., for the “Proof of Concept” phase of the Advanced Train Management System, a new communications-based train management technology for Australia’s national interstate freight rail network. During this phase, Lockheed Martin will design, develop, construct and test an ATMS prototype on a 120-km (80-mile) section of the interstate rail network in South Australia. Bentley Systems, Inc., has acquired the global business of Common Point, Inc., which makes software products for construction simulation and operations simulation. Also, Bentley Systems’ recently-published 180-page yearbook, The Year in Construction 2007, has won the Graphic Arts Association’s Neographics 2008 award for Best of Book Category. Extreme CCTV’s EX82 cameras recently marked five years of providing maintenancefree surveillance at Eurotunnel despite the dusty, saline environment. MTA Metro-North Railroad’s Croton-Harmon Shop Replacement Project received a Gold Award in the Transportation Category of the American Council of Engineering Companies of New York’s 2008 Engineering Excellence Competition. Gannett-Fleming was the lead The Railway Tie Association has gone live with its new Web implementation at www.rta.org featuring new design and new functionality. Midwest Industrial Supply Inc. received notification from the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office that Synthetic Organic Dust Control® was granted registered trademark status, which grants exclusive rights to the company to use the name in marketing its new technology. Skelly and Loy has relocated its Western Pennsylvania office from Monroeville to 3280 William Pitt Way, Pittsburgh. Sperian Hearing Protection, LLC, has formed a Hearing Conservation Department to act as a focal point for the company’s multifaceted initiatives in research, training and education and to enhance its advisory role in standards regulation. Vossloh AG is considering selling its Infrastructure Services business unit to Eurovia S.A., which has submitted a binding bid to be reviewed by Vossloh’s Executive and Supervisory Boards. NOMAD Digital has partnered with the Utah Transit Authority to launch what it says is the first free to all passengers on-board WiFi wireless broadband network on a U.S. railroad. CSX Transportation has awarded one of www.rtands.com Railway Track & Structures July 2008 7 http://www.axionintl.com http://www.pbworld.com http://www.pbworld.com http://www.hirschmann-usa.com http://www.hirschmann-usa.com http://www.azimuthsystems.com http://www.lockheedmartin.com http://www.railcomm.com http://www.bentley.com http://www.rta.org http://www.rta.org http://www.skellyloy.com http://www.midwestind.com http://www.sperianprotection.com http://www.extremecctv.com http://www.uknomad.com http://www.vossloh.com http://www.gannettfleming.com http://www.rtands.com

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