Wabtec signed a contract worth roughly $22 million to design, install, test and commission Positive Train Control for the Belt Railway Company of Chicago.

Under the contract, Wabtec will provide its Interoperable Electronic Train Management System (I-ETMS) equipment for five locomotives, a back-office server, office hosting, wayside and communications design, a track database, construction, training and system integration.  The contract is expected to be completed in 2018.

Raymond T. Betler, Wabtec’s president and CEO, said, “The scope of our work on this project demonstrates the wide-ranging roles that Wabtec can play in the implementation of PTC for our customers.  We are continuing to invest worldwide in this important segment of our business.”

With complex interoperability requirements, BRC owns and operates about 292 miles of track, with about 27 miles of mainline track encompassed in two subdivisions: Kenton and 59th Street. BRC’s PTC system will be fully interoperable with the PTC system being implemented by all Class 1 owners as well as Metra, Amtrak and five short-line railroads.

Wabtec is a global provider of equipment, systems and value-added services for transit and freight rail.