Bungalows

Enduron

The current preferred manufacturer for Canadian Pacific's defect detector bungalows. Their new STC SmartScan NG² units are arriving in the field prebuilt in these bungalows. Enduron is a Canadian manufacturer based in Winnepeg.



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Nick Wilson

Fabricated Metals

Based in Louisville, KY, Fabricated Metals enclosures can often be seen on Amtrak in the Northeast.



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Nick Wilson

General Railway Signal (GRS)

The classic bungalow stemming from the days of CTC installations in the '50s, '60s, & beyond. Typically reused from first generation hotbox detector systems, and still found in active service today.



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Nick Wilson

Harmon Electronics

This style bungalow is common to Harmon Cyberscan 2000 installations on CSX lines.



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Spencer Harman

Heli-Fab

Before Enduron, Canadian Pacific was partial to Heli-Fab bungalows, which can be seen all throughout Canada. Like Enduron, Heli-Fab was based in Winnepeg, but unfortunately was no longer in business as of 2022.



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Nick Wilson

L&W

L&W is a manufacturer of railroad signal equipment based out of Springfield, Missouri.



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Nick Wilson

PTMW

PTMW represents the quintessential modern bungalow, as seen across virtually every Class I railroad in North America. These stainless steel structures have become a major fixture on the railroad scene over the past 15 years.



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Early Style - Nick Wilson

Late Style - Bill Grooms

Safetran

No stranger to the railroad scene, Safetran was manufacturing a variety of railroad signaling products (including bungalows) for many decades. Among their most recognizable trackside structures were Conrail's rust-colored Corten steel bungalows.



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Painted - Spencer Harman

Corten Steel - Nick Wilson

Serrmi (Southeastern Railroad Materials Inc.)

The early style Serrmi bungalows with the distinctive vent on top were common to many eastern railroads.

Late style Serrmi bungalows with their distinctive external pipe piers can be seen across the Norfolk Southern system.



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Early Style - Spencer Harman

Late Style - Spencer Harman

Wabco

Wabco has been a fixture of the railroad industry for many decades. The early 1960s installations along the Seaboard Air Line have an almost art deco look to them, reaffirming their age.