Progress Rail acquires Coast to Coast Signal Engineering

Written by jrood

Progress Rail Services has acquired Coast to Coast Signal Engineering, Inc., based in Omaha, Neb. The acquisition marks the third of its kind this year for Progress Rail. Coast to Coast Signal Engineering is a full-service signal engineering business serving Class 1 railroads, shortline railroads and other signal engineering firms. Through its acquisition of Coast to Coast, Progress Rail will once again complement the company's existing Signal Division, allowing even broader service coverage for signal customers. "Progress Rail continues to invest in the signal sector to better meet our customers' growing needs for the latest in signal design and manufacturing. This year alone, we have taken aggressive steps to broaden our signal operations through the acquisition of Coast to Coast, C&S Signaling and earlier this year, the acquisition of GE's Inspection Products business," said Dave Roeder, senior vice president of Engineering and Track Services at Progress Rail. As the latest addition to the Signal Division, Coast to Coast's signal design expertise will allow Progress Rail to focus on increased signal engineering capacity and coordinate customer-focused efforts through Progress Rail's existing Hudson, Wisconsin, signal engineering facility. The company will operate under Progress Rail's Signal Division, as part of the Engineering and Track Services group. The Signal Division currently includes facilities dedicated to signal manufacturing, installation and maintenance, engineering and software programming and Progress Rail's Inspection and Information Systems group. Coast to Coast's headquarters will remain in Omaha in addition to another facility that will remain operational in Jacksonville, Fla.

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