Article: Iowa-Based Wabtec Railway Electronics Wins Burlington Northern Contract.

By George C. Ford, The Gazette, Cedar Rapids, Iowa Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News

Jul. 18--CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa--A train control system developed in Cedar Rapids has been selected for pilot testing by the Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Railroad Co.

Wabtec Railway Electronics has been awarded a contract for a train control pilot program using the company's electronic train management system. Work will begin immediately to install and test the system on 50 locomotives that operate along a 135-mile corridor between Centralia and Beardstown, Ill.

The system passes movement-related information, such as authority limits, speed limits and ...

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