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The board of directors of Sound Transit, the transit agency for the Seattle area, has chosen HDR Engineering, Inc. to provide final design services for the Tacoma Link Expansion and an expanded maintenance fac
Wabtec Corporation has acquired Gerken Group SA, a manufacturer of specialty carbon and graphite products for rail and other industrial applications. Gerken has annual sales of approximately $40 million, which are primarily in the aftermarket and outside of North America.
Sound Transit, which provides commuter rail service to the Seattle area, has named Rhonda Marie Carter chief of staff, effective mid-August. Carter, a Federal Way native, currently serves as deputy chief of staff at the U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT).
The Timken Company has reported its financial results for the 2016 second quarter, with sales at $674 million, a 7.5 percent drop from last year’s second quarter. Excluding currency impact of 1.7 percent, sales were down approximately 5.8 percent.
The U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) is accepting applications for $199 million in competitive grant funding for Positive Train Control (PTC) implementation on commuter railroads for Fiscal Year 2017.
RailPros has been named subconsultant for the San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District’s (BART) multimillion dollar Transbay Tube (TBT) project, assisting Jacobs Engineering. RailPros will provide construction management services to BART for the TBT project.