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Here you will find recent news, reviews and articles. All of thes articles and more can also be found in our recent issues of Commuter Rail News
Colorado Railcar Manufacturing
May, 15 2006 - Colorado Railcar is pleased to announce changes to its Sales team that will take immediate effect. Norman Forde, who is currently Vice President of Program Management, will take on the additional responsibility of the Sales team. Norman replaces Mr. Tom Janaky who has served as Colorado Railcar’s Vice President of Sales and Marketing for the last sixteen years. Tom, who is a well known character in the Industry, is going to pursue other activities with Colorado Railcar’s sister company, a venture that will be launched later this month. As part of the re-shaping of CRM’s Sales Department – Arthur Rader will be promoted to Director of Sales and Marketing. Arthur has been with the company for the last two years in a Sales role and he will assist in making this transition seamless to CRM’s customers.
Colorado Railcar Launches Maintenance Division
New Double Deck DMU and Coach Wow the Transit Industry at APTA EXPO 2005
Attendees Awed by Clean,
Quiet, September 25-28 2005, Dallas, TX -
Colorado Railcar has amazed the transit industry by bringing the world’s
largest railcars onto the exhibit floor at the triennial APTA EXPO show.
On display were the self-propelled Double Deck DMU seating up to 188 and
the Double Deck Low Floor Coach seating up to 218. Both cars drew admiring
crowds, creating quite a buzz throughout the EXPO.
FRA and SFRTA/Tri-Rail View Progress
of DMU Demonstration Project at Ft. Lupton Plant
After closely reviewing the complex wiring and
welded piping on the underside of the DMU and the finished details
of the Double Deck’s interior, Brad Barkman asked that Colorado
Railcar’s line workers and fabricators accept his personal
thanks for care taken in the execution of their craft. The Colorado
Railcar employees involved were extremely proud to have their work
praised by a railroad expert with such a broad base of technical
knowledge and experience. The Double Deck DMU is in its final stages
of construction as ADA lifts are being installed in the doorways
on each side of the car. Both the Double Deck DMU and Coach will
proceed to the TTCI in Pueblo, Colorado for running tests.
First Double Deck DMU Passes FRA 800,000 Lb. Compression Buff Load Test Ft.
Lupton, Colorado August 27, 2004 – For
the first time in transportation history, a double
deck DMU has met the FRA 49 CFR Part 238 structural
requirement, an 800,000 pound structural buff load
test. Harnessed in a steel fixture with huge hydraulic
rams compressing at both ends, clusters of strategically
placed sensors record the stress. The double deck structure clicked
past the 800,000 pound mark passing the first and most important
load test.
Heralded as the “Train of the Future” for
commuter rail, the DMU had just completed its inaugural nationwide
tour when
it was purchased and called into revenue service. The DMU demonstration
project was initially made possible by the stalwart efforts of Florida
Congressman John Mica. Representative Mica was intent on finding
a cost effective commuter rail transportation solution for his district
in Central Florida, which could serve as a model for the entire country.
The federal appropriation and Florida DOT matching funds were put
in place to initiate the project. SFRTA/Tri-Rail was selected to
administer the DMU Demonstration Project and start the DMU in revenue
service. The DMU is currently in daily revenue service for SFRTA/Tri-Rail
from Miami International Airport to Boynton Beach.
DMU In First Revenue Service December
31, 2003 — Colorado Railcar’s
DMU completed its first “revenue service” run
today kicking off the DMU Demonstration Project sponsored by
the Florida Department of
Transportation (FDOT) and the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA).
The Florida press gave the new railcar extensive, very positive
coverage. Tri-Rail, now known as the South Florida Regional Transportation
Authority (SFRTA), officially placed the DMU into revenue service
on their P608 northbound trip at 9:33 am on Wednesday, December
31,
with the Boca Raton Station as its initial stop.
Colorado Railcar Develops World’s First Double Deck DMU that Seats 188
Colorado
Railcar’s DMU was recently invited by Tri-Rail – now
known as the South Florida Regional Transportation Authority (RTA) – for
a test simulating their system’s requirements. The test was
conducted on Sunday, September 21 on a 72-mile route from Miami
International Airport to Mangonia, just north of West Palm Beach,
with 18 station stops. Tri-Rail currently runs this route with
a locomotive-hauled train set.
DMU Proves Its Power -
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Pompano,
Florida March 26, 2004 –March
26, 2004 — The South Florida Regional Transportation Authority
(SFRTA/Tri-Rail), representing the FRA and Florida DOT in a joint procurement
agreement, approved the contract for the DMU Demonstration Project
and authorized the acquisition of three commuter railcars, including
a double deck DMU, a single level DMU, and a double deck low floor
coach from Colorado Railcar Manufacturing in Fort Lupton, Colorado.
The purchase includes the existing single-level DMU, which entered
revenue service this past February, the newly designed double deck
DMU and the new double deck low floor commuter coach. The new double
deck DMU is currently in production at Colorado Railcar’s plant
in Ft. Lupton, Colorado and will be delivered in April of 2005. 
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