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 ...
Supports expanded production, product development and market adoption of Evertrak's sustainable, composite railroad ties made from recycled plastic "Evertrak glass fiber reinforced polymer ...
The agreement will allow St. Louis, Mo.-based Evertrak to expand its production capabilities and scale operations, Evertrak LLC, a U.S.-based manufacturer of composite railroad ties made with recycled ...
The Laurel Tie’s flashier counterpart, the Golden Spike, gets far more attention. On May 10, 1869, at Promontory Summit, Utah, railroad tycoon Leland Stanford gave the final tap of the mallet ...
In December, it announced a six-year, one-million-tie contract from the Union Pacific Railroad valued at more than $55 million. About 87 percent of the content of its ties are recycled plastics ...
It then did something that I have never seen before: it trotted along the tracks using the concrete railroad ties like stepping stones. Railroad ties are used for supporting steel rails, and they ...