Rail Monthly Update #9

13, September 2006

 

 

 

THREE OF FIVE MAJOR CWR PROJECTS COMPLETED! KANSAS CITY PROJECT AND PRC PROJECT UNDERWAY!! CURVE RAIL AND TURNOUT PROJECTS PROGRESSING ON SCHEDULE!

 

Five major projects now headline the 2006 Rail program that will involve laying more than 85 miles of CWR and over 40 new turnouts.  The first three projects, one of 10 miles on the DM&E near Sanborn, one of 14 miles on the IC&E south of Austin, and one of 11 miles near Bellevue are completed.  Of the last two “major” projects, one on the KC sub is scheduled to start the week of September 18th and the one on the PRC sub is scheduled to begin on October 2nd.  A summary of the rail and turnout projects follows:

 

¨       Manager of Projects Tim Meyer supervised the installation of 10 miles of new 136# CWR near Sanborn in April, and 14 miles of CWR south of Austin in early May.  Switches and crossings have all been installed and both areas have been raised to 40 MPH

¨       Manager of Projects Jack Boxleiter supervised the installation of the 11 miles of CWR near Bellevue and is currently over seeing the installation of the CWR and turnouts on the Kansas City project.

¨       Newly appointed West End Project Supervisor Jim Nemec will oversee the rail and tie projects that have just recently been approved between Wall and Colony WY. This includes 90,000 ties and 60 miles of CWR of which all ties and up to half the rail will be installed yet in 2006.

¨       The LA Colo crew will be installing the CWR on the KC project under Jack Boxleiter’s guidance.  They are scheduled to start the week of September 18th.

¨       Kanza Group, a contractor that is new to the two properties, will install the CWR on the PRC this fall under the direction of Jim Nemec. This crew is scheduled to start the week of October 2nd.

¨       The # 1 major turnout project for the year will be on the double track north of Kansas where over 20 turnouts will be renewed with new premium 136# material.  The power turnouts for this location will be supplied by Progress Rail and the manual turnouts will be supplied by LB Foster Co.  All of these turnouts have been received and several already assembled and installed.  Turnout projects in the other CWR areas in both properties are already completed.

¨       The Davis Jct. Diamond was renewed in July and the speeds in the area will be increased shortly to 25 MPH and then to 40 MPH later in the fall.