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Invensys Rail is no more.
Posted: Fri May 03, 2013 10:46 am
by SantaFebuff
http://www.railjournal.com/index.php/si ... hannel=532
The official Invensys website is now redirected to here:
http://www.mobility.siemens.com/mobilit ... ation.aspx
I think, basically, this is the end of Safetran?
Funny to think that Griswold ended up with Siemens.
Cheers,
Joshua
Re: Invensys Rail is no more.
Posted: Fri May 03, 2013 8:14 pm
by LARDLOGO
R.I.P SafeTran
Re: Invensys Rail is no more.
Posted: Thu May 09, 2013 2:38 am
by Nimhster
Oh, well crap.
Re: Invensys Rail is no more.
Posted: Fri May 10, 2013 12:31 am
by TrainmanKight
Safetran hasn't been around for a long time, I have catalogs from 1999 that says Safetran signal corp an invensys company.
Siemens is a really good company, they built the light railcars for MetroLink Bi-State Development Agency.
Re: Invensys Rail is no more.
Posted: Tue Jul 02, 2013 1:16 am
by freedomtowerman
So does mean that any new crossing installations won't have any Safetran parts?
Re: Invensys Rail is no more.
Posted: Thu Jul 30, 2015 6:59 am
by SignalEngineerBob
Worked at Safetran / Invensys for 16 years...8 years at Harmon Industries (now GE) before that. Safetran was a great company to work for back in the 90's. Ended up leaving and going to Siemens...who bought Invensys 4 months later...
Siemens, as of now, is keeping the Safetran brand. Safetran's relays are well known, along with their crossing warning detection systems (GCP 4000, GCP 3000, etc.). Siemens is new in the freight railroad business, especially in North America and this is a good business model. They may change the branding...not sure.
Harmon did this when they bought EPC (Electro Pneumatic Corporation) back in the late 80s.
Re: Invensys Rail is no more.
Posted: Thu Jul 30, 2015 10:16 pm
by freebrickproductions
SignalEngineerBob wrote:Worked at Safetran / Invensys for 16 years...8 years at Harmon Industries (now GE) before that. Safetran was a great company to work for back in the 90's. Ended up leaving and going to Siemens...who bought Invensys 4 months later...
Siemens, as of now, is keeping the Safetran brand. Safetran's relays are well known, along with their crossing warning detection systems (GCP 4000, GCP 3000, etc.). Siemens is new in the freight railroad business, especially in North America and this is a good business model. They may change the branding...not sure.
Harmon did this when they bought EPC (Electro Pneumatic Corporation) back in the late 80s.
I know for a fact that they've changed the branding on the gate mechanisms. Other than that, I haven't seen any changes to the equipment.
http://www.rxrsignals.net/Alabama/Decatur/Beltline/