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• HDR obtained a contract from the Utah Transit Authority (UTA) to provide preliminary engineering services for the Sugar House Streetcar project in Salt Lake City and South Salt Lake City. The contract includes an option to provide final design and design services during construction. To open in 2013, the proposed $37 million, two-mile streetcar line is jointly owned by the UTA and cities of South Salt Lake and Salt Lake City. HDR will provide preliminary engineering and final design services for the track work, structures, drainage, utility relocations, stations, street reconstruction and grade crossings.

• UGL Ltd.’s rail business has obtained two new orders valued at $88 million to supply freight locomotives in the Australian market. The orders include the supply of seven C44ACi locomotives and a five-year maintenance program for rail haulage services for a “leading resources company” in New South Wales, and the supply of 13 new GE Transportation Evolution® Series locomotives to support Rio Tinto’s Pilbara iron-ore operations in western Australia, UGL officials said in a prepared statement.

• Georgetown Rail Equipment Co. (GREX) has named Gregory Grissom vice president of engineering. He has extensive railroad experience managing high-profile industry projects and is an active American Railway Engineering and Maintenance-of-Way Association (AREMA) member, according to GREX. Grissom currently is vice chairman of AREMA Committee 30 (Ties).

• James Ormrod has joined Invensys Rail as senior vice president of legal. He most recently was vice president and associate general counsel for Hewlett Packard’s software and services division. Ormrod has more than 20 years of experience and has held senior positions in leading technology organizations in the United States and United Kingdom, including stints at Compaq Corp., Bell South Corp. and S.J. Berwin and Co.

• Railhead Corp. recently won a contract to provide locomotive LED lighting to North American Class Is, according to a press release. The company responded to a bid sought by the railroads after a Class I study determined the benefits of applying LED technology to everyday locomotive use. The study concluded that “implementation results in significant maintenance savings, lower carbon footprint, fuel savings, improved safety and better light quality,” Railhead officials said.

• Brookville Equipment Corp. has introduced a new logo and website as part of an effort to expand the company’s capabilities in streetcar manufacturing and remanufacturing, and commuter and industrial locomotive industries. The new branding will provide a “universal identity that more completely spans all of the product lines and markets” served by the company, Brookville Equipment officials said in a prepared statement.

• L.B. Foster Co.’s Pueblo, Colo., rail products facility has been selected by IndustryWeek as a finalist in the magazine’s search for North America’s top manufacturing plants. The plant, which manufactures insulated rail joints and epoxy bonded rail joint bars, was chosen for “demonstrating extraordinary continuous improvement in the workplace and sustained efforts to provide customer satisfaction,” L.B. Foster officials said in a prepared statement.