Highlights The typical cost range to build a railroad tie retaining wall falls between $2,000 and $2,400, while the national average cost is $2,200. The main factors that affect the total cost of this ...

CSX has agreed to remove creosote-treated railroad ties from the Dunnellon area following resident complaints. The railroad ...

A composite railroad tie maker in Louisiana with new management is looking to the past to help chart a course for the future. Sarepta, La.-based IntegriCo Composites Inc. has installed new management ...

Japanese trading house Sumitomo Corp. has made a strategic investment in Evertrak, a St. Louis, MI–based manufacturer of composite railroad ties — also known as sleepers — for the North American ...

In High Decay Zones, primarily located in the southeastern United States, heat and high humidity accelerate the early decay of wood railroad ties, posing challenges from both cost and environmental ...

A tie plate, also known as base plate or sole plate, is a steel plate that is used between the steel rail and railway sleeper. Tie plates basically have some holes and shoulder(s). But there is no ...

Workers unload old railroad ties from a box car at the Track Line operation in Newberry. (Courtesy of Suzette Cook) NEWBERRY – A fine, woody dust floated onto Jeremiah McIntosh’s property near the ...

A state grant will provide half the funding for 43,000 new railroad ties in the Poconos, an infrastructure upgrade that is necessary if Amtrak is to add a passenger route between Scranton and New York ...

Marion County and the city of Dunnellon have issued code violation notices to railroad companies over stockpiled creosote-treated railroad ties. Local officials and residents express concerns that the ...

A 124-MILE STRETCH of rail from the New Hampshire-Massachusetts state line to Maine is getting a facelift, as more than 130,000 railroad ties are being replaced in an effort to maintain operating ...

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