Passenger Bus, Rail and Motorcoach Industry News

The 11 locomotives, originally built by MotivePower about five years ago, will be equipped with new engines and propulsion systems that meet significantly higher environmental standards.

Tec Tran, which has annual sales of about $10 million, designs and manufactures hydraulic braking systems and related components. The company’s customers include global transit car builders and many North American transit agencies.

Several units will provide the equipment for the cars: Wabtec Passenger Transit (brakes and couplers), Wabtec Railway Electronics (PTC equipment), Bach-Simpson (event recorders) and Vapor Stone (doors).

Will provide the following components for the cars: brakes, couplers and current collectors; door operators and related equipment; and event recorders.

Product lines include AC and DC traction motors and related components; and electronic control systems, including contactors and relays. These capabilities will become part of Wabtec Global Services, which operates a network of eight service centers in North America.

Will manufacture and service brake equipment for the Chinese transit market.

Valued at about $12 million, the contract also includes draft gears and bench test equipment. Wabtec expects to start deliveries later this year.

The supplier, as part of a team led by Parsons Corp., will provide three key subsystems for a Positive Train Control system, the first to be used on a U.S. commuter railroad.

Partnering company, Shenyang CNR Wabtec Railway Brake Technology Co., Ltd., will produce pneumatic control valves and other braking related equipment.

Orders represent components for the second option order of 382 cars, which are to be delivered over the next two years.