Harsco Corporation said two follow-on orders in its Harsco Rail track maintenance business group are valued at more than $15 million and that both of them continue Harsco's strong presence in providing specialized rail grinding equipment and services to leading U.S. and international railways.

The first order is a follow-on equipment sale in Germany, where the unit will join a growing fleet of Harsco rail grinders that provide precision rail grinding of complex switch and crossing rail surfaces throughout the German railway system. Delivery is scheduled for the latter part of 2011. 

The U.S. contract addresses similar switch grinding work in the U.S., but under a contract service relationship in which Harsco owns, operates and maintains the equipment on the customer's behalf. This latest renewal covers a five-year contract period.

Harsco Rail is the largest provider of railway track maintenance-of-way services and equipment in the U.S. and the second largest in the world, serving customers in virtually every geographic sector. Its operations include facilities in the U.S., U.K. and Australia.