UP investing $13.5 million for track improvements in Kansas, Nebraska
Written by jrood
Union Pacific will improve Nebraska's transportation infrastructure with a $7.5-million investment to improve the rail line that runs from North Platte to O'Fallons, Neb. Work on the nearly 10-mile stretch of railroad track began April 16 and is scheduled to be completed in early May. The project includes removing and installing new rail and more than 23,600 concrete ties. Crews also will spread more than 31,000 tons of rock ballast and renew the roadway surfaces at six crossings.
UP will use a modern track
renewal train, the TRT 909, which installs rail and concrete ties in one pass.
The TRT can install up to 5,000 ties in a 12-hour day.
Union Pacific will also
spend nearly $6 million on its rail line from near Bunker Hill to Walker, Kan. The
projects include removing and installing more than 20 miles of rail and more
than 10,000 ties, spreading more than 10,000 tons of rock ballast and renewing
the surfaces in 28 road crossings. The tie replacement part of the project
began April 1 and is scheduled to be completed May 16. The rail in curves
renewal project will begin July 31 and is to be completed by mid-August.
