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 #201852  by communipaw
 
Wabtec (NYSE: WAB) today announced that it has signed some $65 million of contracts to supply components for the Port Authority Trans-Hudson (PATH)’s new subway cars. The PATH rapid-transit system serves New York City and northern New Jersey.

The contracts inked with the PATH are related to the transport authority’s base order of 340 new subway cars, which are to be built by Kawasaki Rail Car. If the PATH exercises its option of ordering up to 125 more cars, the value of the contracts would increase to about $80 million.

Wabtec's WABCO Transit and Vapor Rail units will supply brakes, couplers, door operators, and controls for the cars. Wabtec expects to deliver its components later this year. "We're pleased to play an important role in the revitalization of the PATH fleet," said William E. Kassling, Wabtec's chairman, president and CEO.

The rail-car brake maker also has orders to supply parts for subway cars in New York City, and to build locomotives for the Toronto and New York transit authorities. Wabtec shares climbed $0.54 to $47.60 in early afternoon trading.
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 #202492  by Head-end View
 
Ya know I was thinking today, we shouldn't leap to conclusions about the new cars based on the artist's rendering of the PA-5. Many times in the past, the final product differed noticably from the original drawing. This was true 35 years ago with NYC subway's R-40, and more recently with LIRR's M-7. The first drawing I saw of the proposed M-7 in 1999 looked like an M-1 with different windows and single-leaf doors. But the finished product is much different. For better or for worse........ :wink: