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• Safetran Systems Corp. has become the first signal supplier to meet interoperability requirements for the Federal Railroad Administration's demonstration project for Interoperable Communications-Based Signaling (ICBS). Safetran will be the first supplier to integrate their wayside, communication and onboard subsystems into the ICBS test system. The ICBS project aims to demonstrate the ability of multiple signaling suppliers to achieve interoperability of their communications-based systems by following newly issued AREMA recommended practices on communications-based signaling.

• Union Switch & Signal Inc. (US&S) promoted Jack Wilson from director of component sales to assistant vice president, account management for North America. Due to a merger of the project management and sales departments, Wilson will oversee all functions of account management and project management, including component and system sales. He has 21 years of industry experience and has served US&S the past 13 years.

• A federal court has granted class-action certification for a U.S. shareholder lawsuit against Alstom alleging inappropriate financial information regarding the accounting of the company's U.S. subsidiaries. However, the court narrowed the possibilities of non-U.S. shareholders joining the class action, Alstom said. The plaintiffs purchased Alstom shares between 1999 and 2003. In June 2007, the plaintiffs filed a motion for class certification, seeking to include all Canadian, French, English and Dutch shareholders. In January, Alstom filed a response to the motion contesting the inclusion of non-U.S. stockholders. The recent court decision "dramatically limits" the company's financial exposure, Alstom said.