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Railserve, FTS Partner on Derail Light April 20, 2021 Railserve, FTS Partner on Derail Light Written by Marybeth Luczak, Executive Editor Railserve and Focused Technology Solutions (FTS) have developed the solar-powered Derail Light, 150 of which Railserve will install this quarter to improve derail device visibility in rail yards. Compatible with both sliding and hinge derails, the light identifies derail location and offers a patent-pending, cloud-based interface that allows for “automatic reporting to any smart device to detect the positi...

Focused Technology Solutions hires Robert Fletcher as sales executive Peter Bartek, president of Focused Technology Solutions (left) welcomes Robert Fletcher to the team. Focused Technology Solutions Focused Technology Solutions —a Marmon/Berkshire Hathaway Company— has announced the hiring of rail and transit industry leader Robert Fletcher as the company’s Sales Executive. A life-long AREMA member, Fletcher has spent over 40 years making a mark on the rail and transit industry. Fletcher began his career building and servicing equipment at his family’s rail equipment business.  His...

  Unlike most industries who have had major technological breakthroughs over the last one hundred years, the railroad industry has been stagnant in a lot of ways. Especially when it comes to track maintenance and repair; rail crews have been using the same technology –namely hydraulics and hand tools–to do the job. Although these methods have been industry-standard to this point, they come with severe negative factors working against them. From a pure production standpoint, both hydraulic and hand tools are extremely inefficient. Hydraulic tools require multiple people to operate; one pe...

Robert Fletcher (right) with Focused Technology Solutions President Peter Bartek. Industry veteran Robert Fletcher has Focused Technology Solutions (a Marmon/Berkshire Hathaway Company) as Sales Executive. A life-long AREMA member, Fletcher has spent more than 40 years in the rail and transit industry. He began his career building and servicing equipment at his family’s rail equipment business. “His wide range of industry expertise has allowed him to manage major railroad accounts in large national companies and own and operate an equipment company that has both developed and sold revolu...

For Focused Technology Solutions, ‘A Big Year’ Written by Marybeth Luczak, Executive Editor Focused Technology Solutions, a Marmon/Berkshire Hathaway Company, reported that 2020 was a ‘big year’ with strong financials and product announcements. Three-year-old Focused began offering its battery-operated tool platform (DrillEase, LagEase, SpikeEase) and launched its battery-operated spike driver, SpikeForce, which is expected to hit the market in January 2021. Additionally, SpikeEase, a battery-operated spike puller, “won an industry ...