(Canac distributed the following press release on March 19.)
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — CANAC Inc, today announced that CSX Transportation Inc. (CSXT) has ordered and will take delivery of seventy-five (75) BELTPACK(R) locomotive remote control (LRC) systems during the coming year.
Commenting on the purchase, Mike Cantrell, senior vice president-advanced operations technologies, CSXT, said, “We are pleased with the addition of the CANAC BELTPACK(R) remote control technology. Remote control technology continues to be a key factor in improving the safety of our yard and industrial service as well as making our operations more efficient.”
Frank Trotter, President and CEO of CANAC, added, “BELTPACK(R) remote control technology has been adopted in significant numbers on every North American Class I railroad. We are extremely pleased to have CSXT choose the proven safety, reliability and operational benefits of our BELTPACK(R) technology.”
The state-of-the-art BELTPACK(R) system uses an advanced onboard computer programmed with the industry’s best train handling practices. This ‘Brain in the Train(TM)’ is one of the keys to BELTPACK(R)’s superior contribution to the safety and efficiency of rail yard operations. With more than 4 million hours of yard service on Class I railroads across North America, data from actual operations demonstrate that BELTPACK(R) has made yard switching operations more than twice as safe for railroad workers compared to traditional manual operations.
With more than 500 systems already in use on Class I railroads, BELTPACK(R) is the premier product in CANAC’s portfolio of remote control systems for railroads and industry, all produced at the company’s ISO- certified facility in Pittsburgh, PA. Founded in 1971, CANAC provides knowledge-based products and services to freight and passenger railroads, industries operating their own railroads, investors and governments throughout the U.S., Canada and Mexico.