L.B. Foster Rail Products Awarded $6.5 Million Chicago Transit Authority Contract

PITTSBURGH, July 2 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- The Rail Products business unit of Pittsburgh, PA based L.B. Foster Company has received a $6.5 million contract for transit rail and associated rail products for use on Chicago Transit Authority's (CTA) Dearborn Subway Project. L.B. Foster has begun delivery of 80ft rail sections, direct fixation (DFF) fasteners, insulated joints and contact rail insulators for the construction on the long delayed project which will modernize the subway to eliminate slow zones on CTA's Blue Line.

The Dearborn Subway Project is being fast tracked with deliveries of L.B. Foster's 115RE HH rail, DFF and other rail products to be completed by September 2009. "We quickly gained materials approval and expedited product manufacturing to meet the critical construction schedule," said Joe Mahoney, L.B. Foster Rail Products Regional Manager, Midwest District. The Rail Products group is successfully employing just in time deliveries from its various facilities to meet all project deadlines.

The project is scheduled to complete construction in December 2009. The Dearborn Subway is one of many major Chicago Transit-Authority projects to use L.B. Foster products.

About L.B. Foster Rail Products

L.B. Foster Rail Products offers new rail and accessories, used rail (relay rail), crane rail, crane conductor systems, insulated rail joints (Allegheny Rail Products), rail lubrication systems, passenger transit rail systems products, trackwork materials, rapid response/emergency track panels and experienced professional rail project management services.

About L.B. Foster Company

L.B. Foster Company is a leading manufacturer, fabricator and distributor of products for rail, construction, utility and energy industries. website: www.lbfoster.com

    L.B. Foster Company Media Contacts: 
    Joe Mahoney, L.B. Foster Rail Products Regional Manager, Midwest District
    800.253.5050 ext. 116   jmahoney@lbfosterco.com

    Jake Fuellhart, Marketing Communications Manager
    412.928.5645   jfuellhart@lbfosterco.com