Rail supplier news from Danella, PST, Cambridge Architectural, USDG, Railserve, Alstom and Jacobs (March 11)

Danella Rental Systems Inc. acquired Aspen Equipment Co.’s rental division. Danella provides hi-rail vehicles construction rental equipment and Aspen Equipment builds hi-rail vehicles. Aspen Equipment will remain in the industry, focusing its resources on production and service of new railroad truck equipment, Danella officials said in a press release.

Genesee & Wyoming Inc. will implement PS Technology’s (PST) CrewPro Short Line™ railroad crew management and hours-of-service (HOS) system, and the QualPro™ qualification and training management solution across its rail network. CrewPro Short Line automates much of the crew calling process while simultaneously tracking HOS to prevent inadvertent violations of Federal Railroad Administration regulations, PST officials said in a press release. The QualPro tracks all employees’ qualifications and pushes that information to the CrewPro scheduling system ensuring only qualified employees are presented as options to select from.

Cambridge Architectural provided 2,400 feet of its Mid Balance open metal mesh for a new 110-foot pedestrian bridge over the Northern Pacific Railroad tracks at the Amtrak station and intermodal facility in Martinez, California. In partnership with Metal-Arch, Cambridge Architectural etched the town’s name and others designs into the stainless steel fabric. The mesh  was affixed to the pre-fabricated structure with Cambridge’s Eclipse attachment system.

USD Group LLC (USDG) and Railserve Inc. announced their intent to form a strategic alliance to provide rail shippers and receivers with new service options, such as car inspections, car repairs and car washing. USDG and its affiliates develop, own and manage multimodal logistics centers and energy-related midstream infrastructure. Railserve provides on-site rail services, including third party rail switching, in-plant logistics, locomotive service, track maintenance, locomotive sales and leasing, and car repair inspection, cleaning and maintenance services through Union Tank Car.

Alstom announced it will supply 17 additional Citadis trams to the Strasbourg Transport Company (CTS) and the Eurometropole of Strasbourg in Germany. The $58.7 million order will complete CTS’s fleet of 63 trams delivered by Alstom between 2003 and 2019. Also, Alstom completed 10 days of testing of its Coradia iLint hydrogen fuel cell train in the Netherlands as part of a pilot program with the Province of Groningen, Arriva, ProRail and Engie. Meanwhile, the Asocierea RailWorks consortium, lead by Alstom, has been awarded a contract with CHR SA, the national rail carrier of Romania, to modernize 105 miles of rail infrastructure. The consortium will provide digital train control, traffic management and electrification infrastructure on the European Rhine-Danube rail corridor, Alstom officials said in a press release.

The Swedish Transport Administration awarded a contract to Jacobs to provide consultancy services for the construction of three high-speed rail lines between Stockholm, Gothenburg and Malmo in Sweden. Under the contract, Jacobs will provide technical advice and services across planning, system, design and delivery of the ongoing projects. These lines could potentially form part of a 410-mile high-speed rail network connecting the southern parts of Sweden, Jacobs officials said in a press release.