RailWorks Corp. Acquires H&H Engineering Construction, Inc.
New York, N.Y. - RailWorks Corp., the leading North American specialty construction and maintenance rail contractor, has acquired California based H&H Engineering Construction, Inc. (H&H), a rail maintenance and construction contractor for the Western United States providing services for transit, ports, freight railroads, and rail served industrial companies.
NARSTCO Celebrates Safety Milestone
NARSTCO, North America’s leading manufacturer of steel ties and turnout sets, has reached an incredible safety milestone at its Midlothian, Texas facility. On Sept. 14, the plant reached two years without an OSHA-recordable injury. The Midlothian location manufactures steel ties, and most…
Read MoreRailWorks 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…
Read MoreNARSTCO 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…
Read MoreEmployees 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…
Read MoreRailWorks 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…
Read MoreRailWorks 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…
Read MoreRailWorks 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…
Read MoreRailWorks Celebrates Launch of El Paso Streetcar Service
On Nov. 9, the City of El Paso inaugurated the El Paso Streetcar service. RailWorks is proud to have been part of this game-changing transit service for the city. Paso Del Norte Trackworks — a joint venture of Granite Construction and RailWorks Track Systems, along with L.K. Comstock National…
Read MorePNR RailWorks Recognized for Safety
PNR RailWorks has again been recognized by the Infrastructure Health and Safety Association (IHSA) in Ontario. At its annual general meeting Oct. 3, IHSA awarded the GO Transit Maintenance Division its Certificate of Recognition™ (COR™) for working three years without a lost-time injury.…
Read MoreCrew Steps Up for Tie Installation
On Oct. 17, a RailWorks tie gang installed 4,004 ties on the Canadian National Railway’s Osage Subdivision near Charles City, Iowa. The crew operated 25 pieces of on-track equipment to install the ties in 10 hours — a rate of 400 ties an hour, or more than six ties a minute. “That’s an excellent…
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