and maintenance of railway tracks, with ballast playing a vital role in ensuring track stability and performance. Ballast, typically made of crushed stone, provides support for the track structure ...

In December, it announced a six-year, one-million-tie contract from the Union Pacific Railroad valued at more ... pattern on the back helps grip the ballast rock. Union Pacific said the ties ...

But they hardly expected to see, even on the eccentric Rock Island, the automobile, equipped with railroad wheels ... flashing over its new, heavy-ballast rails. The war boom which helped all ...

Ballast washed away on the Conwy Valley line ... repaired the worst-hit areas of the line and made them resilient by installing rock armour – but resilience is not about being resistant. Unfortunately ...

Sometimes, to fully appreciate the sight of a towering red rock canyon, you have to travel through it. Aboard the Verde Canyon Railroad, passengers traverse a track that takes them through the ...

About $1.2 million will be used for a railroad crossing study in Jonesboro and $720,000 will be doled towards a study of the Fourche Dam Pike crossing in Little Rock. This funding is part of a $1.1 ...

Featuring members of Yes, ELP and King Crimson, Asia were billed as a prog rock supergroup but kept it concise, to enormous success ...

Fortunately, the train only sustained a bent rail guard, and no injuries were reported among passengers. Swift action by railway and local authorities included filing an FIR and initiating an ...

Following Storm Ciara in 2020, 16,000 tonnes of rock armour were installed alongside almost 2km of railway between Tal-y-cafn and Llanrwst in an attempt to stop stone ballast washing away from the ...