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Press Releases 2009

Keeping Your Trains on the Track – Strategies for Preventing Derailments

Jun 01, 2009 – At ENSCO, Inc. our 35 years of experience in track measurement and vehicle/track interaction consulting has provided us with a thorough understanding of both the causes of derailments and mitigation strategies that can be employed to significantly reduce the potential of future derailments. This article reviews the causes and potential preventative measures of most derailments.

Increasing Railroad Safety – ENSCO Delivers Track Inspection Systems for Canadian National Test Car

Apr 02, 2009 – ENSCO, Inc. today announced that it delivered state-of-the-art track inspection systems for Canadian National’s (CN) new test car. These safety-enhancing technologies will be used for the automated inspection of track geometry, rail profile and joint bars across CN’s rail line network. The systems will assist CN with inspection of 75,000 track miles per year.

ENSCO to Deliver MicroSearch® Human Presence Detection Systems to Scottish Prison Service

Mar 04, 2009 – ENSCO, Inc. announced today that it has been awarded a two-year umbrella contract with an option for two additional years by the Scottish Prison Service (SPS) to provide MicroSearch® Human Presence Detection Systems for detection of hidden persons in vehicles entering and departing its establishments.

ENSCO’s Boris Nejikovsky Promoted to Vice President, Rail Technologies Division

Feb 25, 2009 – ENSCO, Inc. announced today that Boris Nejikovsky has been promoted to Vice President of ENSCO’s Rail Technologies Division.

Rail Safety Enhanced with ENSCO’s Joint Bar Inspection System

Feb 16, 2009 – To decrease the number of derailments due to broken joint bars, ENSCO worked in partnership with the FRA Office of Research and Development to develop the Joint Bar Inspection System (JBIS), a machine vision joint bar inspection system.

Weather Services and NextGen – ENSCO Leading the Pack

Jan 14, 2009 – Incorporating weather and the other relevant factors will be critical to creating a new ATC system and on the weather front, ENSCO is leading this effort.

ENSCO Rail Group to Build and Deliver Instrumented Wheel Sets to Hyundai Rotem

Jan 08, 2009 – ENSCO, Inc. has been awarded a contract by the Hyundai Rotem Company to manufacture and deliver two pairs of instrumented wheel sets.

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