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

Springfield, Va., April 1, 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.

This delivery represents the first installation in which ENSCO integrated its Joint Bar Inspection System (JBIS) and Track Geometry Measurement System (TGMS) on the same vehicle. The combination of these two technologies results in an extremely strong, capable and efficient inspection system.

ENSCO delivered the following technologies on the car:

TGMS – using non-contact sensors, measures track gage, crosslevel, alignment, profile, and curvature
JBIS – high-speed optical system that detects joint bar cracks as small as 1 mm, identifies the location, while moving at speeds of up to 60 mph
Rail Profile – measures cant and rail wear
Right-of-way video – captures right-of-way images every 30 feet to allow users to visually correlate track features with potential exception locations
Navigator – an inertial, differential Global Positioning System (GPS)

“We’re proud to help CN further improve their safety performance,” said Gary Martin, ENSCO’s Project Manager for the CN system. “Making track measurement more efficient and easier for the railroads is one of our top priorities.”

About ENSCO’s Rail Technologies Group

ENSCO is a leading provider of track measurement systems and cars throughout the world, supplying the rail industry with new and advanced technologies for more than 30 years. As an active member of the railroad and transit research communities, ENSCO is committed to the creation, development and application of new technology to improve rail safety and performance and is the rail industry’s premier source for track inspection, vehicle/track interaction monitoring and railroad asset management technology. ENSCO‘s product and service lines cover technologies for every phase of rail operations.

About ENSCO, Inc.

ENSCO, Inc. provides engineering, science and advanced technology solutions for the defense, security, transportation, and aerospace industries. A privately held company with a history of innovation spanning four decades, ENSCO’s revenue exceeds $100 million annually. ENSCO is headquartered near Washington, D.C., with field offices throughout the United States and representatives across the globe. More About ENSCO