Picton Technologies - New Safety Technology for Railroads and Transit

Online, March 15, 2010 (Newswire.com) - The Picton Ballast Integrity Sensor detects erosion or any shifting of ballast beneath railroad tracks and roadways and then sends out instant notification to approaching trains and railroad dispatchers, alerting them to the danger before it's too late. It is designed to eliminate life threatening hazards caused by:

• Washouts created by flooding or plugged culverts
• Sinkholes and side-scour
• Track buckling due to sun kinks and other factors
• Damage to bridge structures over highways and waterways
• Lateral movement of track caused by heavier axle loads
• Homeland security threats

The Picton Ballast Integrity Sensor provides a simple and inexpensive solution to a costly, complicated and currently unsolved global problem. Installation of this device could mean incalculable savings each year in:

• Passenger lives
• Rail worker lives
• Litigation costs
• Equipment loss
• Roadbed damage
• Freight destruction and loss
• Costs for cleanup of hazardous waste spills
• Evacuation of civilian populations

The Picton Ballast Integrity Sensor is:

Affordable and cost effective, so you can guard every culvert, bridge, irrigation canal, river and stream bed, or any other potential trouble spot, for maximum protection. Current testing projects a minimum life expectancy of fifteen years.

Quickly and easily installed using existing tools and requiring minimal traffic delays. Mounting brackets can be modified to comply with installation requirements for a variety of railroad and highway applications.

Attaches easily to:
• Concrete or wood ties
• Abutments and ballasted bridge decks
• Asphalt or concrete roadways