Railroading Supplier Spotlight Article
Supplier Spotlight (March 2008)

The Greenbrier Cos. signed an agreement to acquire substantially all of the operating assets of American Allied Railway Equipment Co. and its subsidiaries for $83 million cash.
New York Air Brake Corp. acquired the assets and business of Klasing Hand Brake Co., adding freight-car hand brakes to the company’s product line.
European rail logistics firm VTG Aktiengesellschaft has acquired Texas Railcar Leasing Co. (TRLX). Citi Capital Strategies served as the exclusive financial advisor to TRLX.

ERICO^® introduced a range of track care products designed to improve track performance and lower maintenance costs.
Behlman Electronics Inc. introduced the Behlman SQ300 Square Wave Inverter, a 300 VA inverter that supplies 120 VAC from a 12 VDC source to power railroad signal equipment.

Sensor Products Inc. has been named a U.S. distributor for Lenord + Bauer, which supplies motion sensors to most major rail vehicle manufacturers.

FreightCar America Inc. and Titagarh Wagons Ltd. entered into a joint venture to develop freight cars for the Indian rail market.
Alstom Transport unveiled a prototype of the AGV, the company’s next-generation very high-speed train designed to reach cruising speeds of 225 mph. Italian railway Nuovo Trasporto Viaggiatori has ordered 25 of the trains.

An Alstom-led consortium including Ansaldo STS subsidiary Ansaldo Segnalamento Ferroviario won a $26.7 million contract to provide signaling and command/control systems for Tunisian national railway SNCFT.
RailAmerica Inc. subsidiary Missouri & Northern Arkansas Railroad installed four of Global Rail Systems Inc.’s FAS-PAS systems at two passing sidings along a route that handles large coal consists.
RailComm Inc. obtained a contract to provide its Domain Operations Controller (DOC®) train-control system for Virginia’s Commonwealth Railway.

Simmons Machine Tool Corp. obtained a contract to provide a fully automated railway axle roughing line in Paragould, Ark., for AXIS L.L.C., a joint venture comprising Amsted Industries, American Railcar Industries Inc. and other entities.

Amsted Rail and European Bearing Corp. signed an agreement to establish a Russian Federation joint venture to assemble, produce and distribute cartridge tapered roller bearings for the Commonwealth of Independent States rail market.