As Progressive Railroading reported in its 2017 MOW Spending Report in April, maintenance-of-way spending is expected to remain essentially flat this year for Class Is, regionals and short lines.

Ballast is a critical component in maintaining track structure by supporting drainage and holding rails and ties in place. Railroads try to manage or replace ballast that’s been fouled due to a build ...

This machine replaces railway ties, all without having to remove any of the railway track. Railroad tracks are made of three parts: the long steel rails that the trains run on, railway ties and track ...

Mecalac offers the 106MRail, a heavy-duty dedicated rail excavator, for the North American market. The tracked 106MRail drives on and off rails by lowering or raising the integrated rail gear. It is ...

SNCF engineers have been using mathematical models for many years to simulate the dynamic behavior of railways. These models have not been able to take into account large portions of the track have ...

On the high-speed line LGV Sud-Est (Ligne à grande vitesse Sud-Est) between Paris and Lyon renewal of the entire ballast bed has been carried out since 2009. Plasser & Theurer machines have been ...

Mathematical models are extremely limited at modeling ballast, the gravel layer located under railway tracks. Researchers have shown that a large part of the energy introduced by a train passing is ...