NARSTCO, The Preferred Sustainable Standard
One of the main initiatives related to sustainability is preserving our planet’s natural resources. Resources like trees, water, and soil are all directly affected by the choices the railroad industry makes when building infrastructure. The use of chemically treated wood ties has been the industry standard for many years.
RailWorks Kicks Off Purple Line Construction
RailWorks was instrumental in a major transit project milestone in Maryland last week – the first track installed on the Purple Line project outside Washington, D.C. RailWorks, through its subsidiaries L.K. Comstock National Transit and RailWorks Track Services, began work on the Purple Line…
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RailWorks to Maintain Key Track in Southern California
RailWorks Corp., North America’s leading rail infrastructure solutions provider, is maintaining and improving rail infrastructure on an important stretch of track in Southern California via a new contract with Alameda Corridor Transportation Authority (ACTA). RailWorks, via its Track Services…
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Bruce Jones Named General Manager of NARSTCO
NARSTCO, a RailWorks company, has named Bruce Jones as its new general manager, based at the NARSTCO headquarters in Midlothian, Texas. Jones has more than 30 years of manufacturing operations experience across North America. Prior to joining NARSTCO, he served as the Managing Director and Vice…
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RailWorks is Onboard for Virgin Trains USA
RailWorks is part of a best-in-class team of contractors bringing new and enhanced transportation options to South Florida. Virgin Trains, formerly Brightline, announced the five teams that will collectively be responsible for the development of 170 miles of new track into the completed state-of-…
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NARSTCO Locations Achieve Safety Milestones
NARSTCO, North America’s leading maker and supplier of steel railroad ties and turnouts and a RailWorks company, has reached new safety milestones at its two Texas manufacturing facilities. As of May 7, employees at the Cedar Hill location, where turnout sets are made, have worked three years…
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Safety Week 2019 Is a Success
An estimated 2,500-plus RailWorks employees across different business units and dozens of project sites and office locations in the United States and Canada celebrated Safety Week May 6-10. Various Operations and Safety leaders visited work sites all week. A goal among leaders was to listen well…
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Employees Stand Down for Safety
May 6-10 is designated as Construction Safety Week in the U.S. and Canada, and RailWorks is among about 70 construction companies that are participating. “Safety Week is about reinforcing a safety culture,” says Greg Coleman, corporate director of Health, Safety & Environmental for RailWorks…
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RailWorks to Construct New Track Infrastructure in Minneapolis
RailWorks Corp., North America’s leader in rail track construction and maintenance services, through one of its operating subsidiaries, is enhancing freight rail and light rail transit infrastructure in metropolitan Minneapolis. RailWorks, teaming with Delta Joint Venture company,will construct a…
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RailWorks Wins Track Contract for Gulf Region SIT Yard
RailWorks Corp., North America’s leader in rail track construction and maintenance services, through one of its operating subsidiaries, has been awarded a contract to build rail infrastructure at a new storage and handling yard in Gregory, Texas. Savage Gulf Rail, LLC is building a large rail…
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RailWorks to Repair Light Rail Track in Minneapolis
RailWorks Track Systems has been awarded a $2.9 million contract in Minneapolis to repair Metro Transit’s Blue Line light rail tracks near the Mall of America. Under the terms of the contract, RailWorks, performing work out of the company’s Lakeville, Minn., office, will replace the rails and…
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