…”Every year, companies that own railroad track across the United States spend millions of dollars maintaining ballast, the crushed rock underneath railroad ties and steel rails. In addition to the high cost, railroads must reroute trains around operations that maintain ballast, delaying the delivery of freight.

“A track reinforced with triaxial geogrid, a mesh material with triangular openings, is used to reinforce the ballast and trap the larger rocks in a layer that could prevent fouling by dust and small particles.”

Please visit this link to read the entire article: http://www.physorg.com/news/2011-11-boost-durability-railroad-tracks.html

“More than three decades after the federal government deregulated freight railroads, the industry is enjoying ‘a new golden age’. Railroads invested nearly $10 billion in themselves last year alone…and they did it without receiving a penny from taxpayer bailouts.”

For the full article, please visit the link below:
http://www.kansascity.com/2011/11/02/3243391/how-railroads-came-back-from-the.html

Click the link below to download the new TRAC Brochure (in PDF format). Discover the full circle of railroad solutions that TRAC has to offer!

Click Here – TRAC Digital Brochure

TRAC has been involved in helping to implement various railroad transload facilities to support the drilling for natural gas throughout PA and NY on the Marcellus Shale gas deposits. Follow this link to an artical reporting on one such site where TRAC has performed design and construction services in support for these drilling and mining operations.
http://thetimes-tribune.com/news/business/rail-yard-dormant-since-king-coal-s-demise-revived-by-shale-1.854031

THE RAILROAD ASSOCIATES NAMED AS ONE OF THE NATION’S TOP SMALL WORKPLACES BY THE WALL STREET JOURNAL

TRAC is among 15 Small Businesses in U.S. selected by WSJ and Winning Workplaces in Annual Report of Best Places to Work.

Mechanicsburg, PA — October 5, 2009 – The Railroad Associates Corporation (TRAC) today announced that it was named in the Wall Street Journal’s third annual report, “Top Small Workplaces in 2009.” The special report is compiled in partnership with Winning Workplaces, Click here to read more.

Pennsylvania Local News — September 29, 2009 Mechanicsburg-based Railroad Associates Corp. named one of 15 top small workplaces in the U.S.
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Jack Kennedy was recently interviewed on News 8 Washington Business Tonight. Jack spoke about how TRAC was awarded the Top Small Workplace Award by the Wall Street Journal.

Safety is a primary focus for railroads and contractors who work around railroads. All TRAC employees are FRA Railroad Worker certified for CSX, Norfolk Southern, and shortline railroads. In addition to safety training, all TRAC employees also have undergone and received E-Rail Safe certification, a security requirement to work on railroad property.