Maintenance of Way Archives

October 24, 2014
M/W

AXION receives order for rail transit switch ties

AXION International Holdings, Inc. (AXIH), a supplier of recycled-plastic and plastic-composite ECOTRAX® ties and STRUXURE® building products, and a vertically integrated re-processor and supplier of recycled plastic, has received an order worth approximately $377,000 from a West Coast rail transit system for switch ties to upgrade 26 wood-tie turnouts. The customer was not disclosed.

October 17, 2014
Light Rail

London Trackwork lands Ottawa contract

The Rideau Transit Group consortium, designers and builders of the OC Transpo Confederation Line (Ottawa Light Rail Transit Project), has awarded a contract to London Trackwork Inc. for the supply of special trackwork. Terms of the contract, which will take 1.5 years to complete, were not disclosed.

October 16, 2014
Class I

New Mexico Border Authority awards feasibility study to HNTB

The New Mexico Border Authority has selected HNTB Corp. perform a comprehensive study determining the feasibility of a new rail bypass and international rail border crossing near the Santa Teresa, N.Mex., Port of Entry into Mexico. The results of this initial work, if deemed feasible, will guide the state of New Mexico and its associates in developing the new bypass and border crossing.

October 07, 2014
M/W

Axion lands another Russian tie order

Axion International Holdings, Inc. said Tuesday, Oct. 7, 2014, it has “received a purchase order for ECOTRAX® rail ties to be shipped and installed in Russia’s [rail] system. This is the company’s fourth order from Russia, signifying strong international demand.”

October 03, 2014
C&S/IT

Railway Interchange 2015 exhibit space available

Booth space reservations are now open for the indoor and outdoor exhibitions at Railway Interchange 2015, the U.S.-based combined exhibition and technical conference taking place Sunday, Oct. 4 through Tuesday, Oct. 7 at the Minneapolis Convention Center and BNSF’s Northtown yard. Exhibits will be held Oct. 4-6.

October 03, 2014
Commuter/Regional

On New Haven Line, catenary work continues

Metro-North Railroad’s decades-long catenary replacement project on its New Haven Line is “heading down the home stretch, with the finish line in sight,” the railroad said.

October 01, 2014
Class I

CP’s Harrison sets 2018 financial goals

At Canadian Pacific’s 2014 Investor Conference, CEO E. Hunter Harrison unveiled new growth targets out to 2018, and “a multi-year strategy to drive superior service and financial profitability, including more than doubling the company’s earnings per share.”

October 01, 2014
Commuter/Regional

Metra reopens Downers Grove Station platforms

Metra reopened station platforms at its Downers Grove (Ill.) Main Street Station Wednesday morning, Oct. 1, 2014.

September 30, 2014
Commuter/Regional

Metro-North eyes more bridge repairs

Mount Vernon, N.Y., and Metro-North Railroad have agreed to repair or replace three rail bridges on the New Haven Line at a cost of $10 million.

September 29, 2014
Light Rail

M1 rails begin appearing in Detroit

Welded rail is scheduled to begin apparing on Detroit’s Woodward Avenue as rail infrastructure begins appearing for the city’s M1 (or M-1) streetcar project.