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Article: CN Orders High-Productivity End-of-Train Devices From Wabtec Railway Electronics.
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- May 4, 2005
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WILMERDING, Pa., May 4 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Wabtec Corporation today announced that its Wabtec Railway Electronics unit has received a $5 million order for more than 500 high-productivity end-of-train (EOT) devices and related equipment from CN, the largest railroad in Canada.
These EOTs, called TrainLink(TM) ATX ES, enable locomotive engineers to perform braking applications simultaneously at the front and the rear of the train for both emergency and service (regular) braking. Delivery of the devices began in the fourth quarter of 2004 and will be completed in 2005.
"After testing this model of EOT for several years, CN is making a major ...