TODAY

August 2012

A monthly newsletter for employees of RailWorks Corporation and its subsidiaries

Norfolk Southern Railway’s Birmingham Regional Intermodal FacilityMcCalla, AL

RailWorks Track Systems has been busy installing nearly 70,000 track feet of rail in Norfolk Southern’s regional intermodal yard under construction near Birmingham, Ala. Laborer Derek Goldade marks holes to drill in preparation to install joint bars. Foreman Larry Cork leads this project, which should be completed in September, in time for the terminal to open later in the year.

This special issue of RailWorks Today is dedicated to the hard-working, capable employees of RailWorks Corporation and its subsidiaries. Together they construct extraordinary rail transportation projects that are moving Canada and the United States ahead. This issue highlights images of RailWorks at work throughout North America during late-June and July. It celebrates the diversity of our work and the exceptional contributions of our employees.

Thank you to all the employees who take pride in their work and submitted the images featured in this issue.

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Church Avenue Interlocking Signal ModernizationBrooklyn, NY

Electrician Al Barisano installs rack-to-rack wiring at the central instru-mentation room (CIR) for the Church Avenue interlocking. N.Y. Transit, comprised of L.K. Comstock & Co. and RailWorks Transit, is installing a new, modern, relay-based signal system and constructing track and enclosures for the new interlocking. Project Director John Hamilton and General Foreman Frank DeLuca are leading this project, which is scheduled to be completed in August 2014.

No. 7 Line Extension Manhattan, NY

L.K. Comstock & Co. installed more than 350,000 linear feet of fiber reinforced epoxy (FRE) conduits for traction power and signal and com-munication cabling in duct benches. After installation the conduits and duct benches will be encased in concrete along the tunnel walls for the No. 7 Line Extension. RailWorks is working in a joint venture with Skanska to furnish and install finishes and systems on the subway extension from Times Square to West 25th Street and 11th Avenue in Manhattan. RailWorks Transit and L.K. Comstock are working in the running tunnels to install a new signal system, traction power, track and plumbing. Project Director Joe Maikisch and General Foreman Thomas Tinebra are leading the project, which is scheduled to be completed in mid-2014.

Flushing CBTCQueens, NY

To upgrade the signal system on the Flushing Line, N.Y. Transit, comprised of L.K. Comstock & Co. and RailWorks Transit, is installing communications-based train control (CBTC) throughout the Flushing Line. The contract also includes installing one new solid state interlocking, one new conventional interlocking, updating the signal power, security and fire alarm systems throughout the line and constructing new enclosures and rooms. They also are performing all track work and provid-ing HVAC for all new and renovated rooms. Project Director Dave Lozipone, General Foreman Peter O’Malley, Civil Project Manager John McLaughlin, Civil Foreman Joseph Ferentini and Track Foreman Courtney Davis are leading the project. Using a 400-ton hybrid crane, N.Y Transit positioned two, 50,000-pound sections of the prefabricated central instrument room (CIR) onto the elevated structure at one of the highest points on the Flushing CBTC project in Queens. Using a prefabricated, lighter-weight CIR saved time and money by reducing service delays by more than half the original plan.

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GCRTA Grade Crossing RehabilitationCleveland, OH

RailWorks Track Services crews from the North Jackson, Ohio, office completed the first phase of grade crossing rehabilitation for the Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority (GCRTA). They worked on the light rail system during seven weekend outages to remove and rebuild eight crossings, including these two near the South Woodland station in Cleveland/Shaker Heights. RailWorks served as general contractor on the project, valued at over $2 million, upgrading full-depth rubber style crossings with a StarTrack® concrete panel design to facilitate smoother travel and crossing longevity. Project Manager Jim Ryhal sent this image of rebuilt crossing. Sean Gleydura serves as the on-site superintendent.

American MillingCahokia, IL

Laborers (l to r) Paul Shinabarger, Justin Miller, Brandon Smith and Josh Hannah fasten the rail to the ties using e-clip fasteners and a walk behind e-clip machine. They are part of the crews from the Bridgeton office who are busy at work on a multi-million-dollar project at American Milling, located on the Mississippi River in Illinois across from downtown St. Louis, Mo. Using concrete ties, crews are constructing 21,756 feet of track to support a new coal-loading facility connected by both rail and barge. Led by Project Manager Buddy Smith, work is scheduled to wrap up shortly after Labor Day.

ItalgraniSt. Louis, MO

Under the direction of Project Manager Marshall Latham, the Bridgeton of-fice just completed construction of a multi-million-dollar project for Italgrani USA in St. Louis, Mo. Crews constructed 10,248 feet of track, comprised of six ladder tracks, three crossovers and 16 turnouts. The semolina mill and grain elevator complex, located on the Mississippi River, ships a variety of grain products. The track expansion enables Italgrani to receive unit grain trains and move outbound product more efficiently.

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Montana Refining Company Capacity ExpansionGreat Falls, MT

RailWorks constructed a 40-car storage line and 10-spot loading line for Montana Refining at its oil facility in Great Falls, Mont. Tim Heitzman, Project Supervisor, led the onsite work, which will expand car storage capacity (in turn reducing demurrage fees incurred from offsite stor-age) as the company prepares for increased rail ship-ments. Here, RailWorks installs the main turnout for the new track.

Union Pacific Railroad Glidden Subdivision Siding ExtensionEngle, TX

Project Manager Wes Tuhowski sent this image of a RailWorks Track Systems crew out of the Houston division office unloading ties from rail cars. RailWorks is contracting to Tug Hill Construction on this project for Union Pacific Railroad. At the start of the job in July, employees unload some of the 5,000 concrete ties they are installing on a new siding extension for UP. RailWorks provided the labor and equipment to unload the ties in UP’s Flatonia, Texas, rail yard and transported them to the new siding extension in Engle. The project, valued at more than $400,000, is to wrap in September.

United Grain Corporation Loadout FacilityConrad, MT

In a job for United Grain, RailWorks Track Systems Project Superintendent Tim Heitzman, who submitted this photo, and Operator Josh White distribute and space concrete ties. Their work preceded the August start of switch construction and the laying of 11,000 feet of rail. This RailWorks project is part of a new, mil-lion-bushel-capacity grain elevator that will feature a rail loadout facility. The region’s wheat is bound for dry bulk marine terminals in the Pacific Northwest, for export to Asian markets

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CN Railway Barron Subdivision RehabilitationWestern Wisconsin

With Foreman Kirtus Collins standing by, Laborer Paul Burns cut the end of the rail in preparation to pull the track panel into position at a crossing near Barron, Wis. Production crews, led by Project Man-ager Scott Collins, are rehabilitating approximately 31 miles of CN’s Barron Subdivision. Formerly part of the SOO Line, the track has not been in use since about 2000. RailWorks is installing 78,000 new ties and surfacing approximately 31 miles of track, which includes installing five switches, one diamond crossing and new ballast. They also are reconstructing 66 crossings. Superintendent Jordon Bounds also is supervising.

Georgia Central Railway Bridge ConversionsBetween Macon and Lyons, GA

The RailWorks Bridge Division spent part of July in central Georgia convert-ing seven ballast-deck trestle bridges to open-deck bridges. Thanks to Superintendent J.P. Onhiser for this picture. It captures the bridge crew moving 175-foot stringer chords for one of the bridges, between Macon and Lyons on a Georgia Central Railway line. The crew is on track to finalize its work the first week in September.

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Norfolk Southern Railway’s Memphis Regional Intermodal FacilityRossville, TN

At the new $105 million intermodal facility outside of Memphis, RailWorks Track Systems is constructing 60,000 feet of continuous-welded rail, using mostly steel ties, and also 32 switches. In this image, employees are working on storage tracks and switches in the yard’s south end. Project Superintendent Tommy Summerlin reports that they unloaded 30 cars of ballast earlier in August and plan to finish their work in September. With the new terminal, Nor-folk Southern will improve intermodal service n New Jersey and Pennsylvania. Both the Birmingham and Memphis facilities are part of Norfolk Southern’s initiative to establish a high-capacity intermodal freight route in the “Crescent Corridor” between the Gulf Coast and the Northeast.

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Edmonton North LRT ExtensionEdmonton, AB

Garry Potrebenko, site superintendent, furnished this shot of his PNR RailWorks crew placing switch rails into position. They are working on turnout #701 of the northbound track of the Edmonton North Light Rail Transit Extension, with Churchill Station in the background. The project involves building three diamonds and six switches in a tunnel and is part of the city’s light-rail expansion northwest from downtown Edmonton to the Northern Alberta Institute of Technology. Work on the remaining three portions of the contract, plus additional embedded track crossing work, will continue through the end of September. Crew members take a brief from their work: (back, l to r) Craig Hurley, Garry Potrebenko, Allan Fry and Mark Saunders, (front, l to r) Eddy Gillard, Roger Howell, Dalton Foley, and Desmond Shaw. Operator John Wickie gives hand signals to the machine operator while Carpenter and Lead Hand Allan Fry, Trackman Mark Saunders and Trackman Roger Howell look on.

GO Transit Weston Subdivision ExpansionToronto, ON

Eastern Division Safety Manager David Watson submitted these images of a crew at work on GO Transit’s Weston subdivision. Superintendent Darren Strilchuk is direct-ing work to upgrade this line in preparation for the Toronto Airport Rail Link, a new rail connection between Toronto’s International Airport and Union Station in downtown Toronto. PNR RailWorks will eventually construct four tracks inside a 3 km cut-and-cover tunnel that passes through an existing residential area. In preparation for the tunneling operation, a crew is moving the existing tracks to one side: (l to r) Labor-ers Jim Lamb Jr., Ryan Homeniuk, Adam Ziolkowski and Lee Therrien, Equipment Operator Brandon Colford, Foreman Jason Kutchcoskie and Laborers Willy Seimens and Tony Seimens. Brothers Tony and Willy Seimens perform a thermite weld.

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DART Blue LineGarland, TX

RailWorks Track Systems and L.K. Comstock National Transit are constructing DART’s $188 million Blue Line expansion to add 4.8 miles to the light-rail line linking the downtowns of Garland and Rowlett, Texas. Crews worked from July 13 to July 15 during the weekend shutdown of DART’s existing Blue Line to tie in the rail and overhead catenary system (OCS) with the new extension. In this image, submitted by Assistant Construction Man-ager Clark Chance, the track crew has just completed welding and is preparing to grind the rail. Using the bucket truck in the back-ground, an L.K. Comstock crew is removing the existing counterweights in preparation to splice the extension’s catenary wire with the existing Blue Line system. Project Manager Seab Hamilton directs this project, which will be completed by the end of 2012.

New Orleans StreetcarNew Orleans, LA

The Major Projects Division, led by Project Manager Loren Gallo, is progressing on a new 0.8-mile, two-track extension to New Orleans’ streetcar system. Crews have completed constructing 4,763 track feet of standard embedded track out of 8,300 for the Union Passenger Ter-minal to Canal Street Expansion Project. During July, a RailWorks crew completed this concrete pour for standard embedded track. RailWorks also installed the first of six turnouts. After Labor Day, RailWorks and Archer Western are scheduled to start demolishing and removing the existing track on Canal Street in preparation for the installation of two half grand union junctures.The substantial completion date has been extended from June to the end of the year.

Tucson Modern StreetcarTucson, AZ

Area Manager Roger Boggess is leading the team in a $56 million joint venture with Granite Construction to construct a streetcar line in Tucson, Ariz. L.K. Com-stock National Transit is performing the systems work. RailWorks Track Systems is constructing 3.85 track miles of embedded, double-track and installing 17 pieces of special trackwork. Track construction is progressing, as illustrated in this image submitted by Estimating Manager Mike McGee. Crews are distributing and installing the rail boot prior to installing the ties and pouring concrete. About 20 percent of the track has been constructed and poured. Special trackwork and pre-curved rail units are now arriving. Installation will begin in the next month. The new streetcar line, which extends from downtown Tucson to the University of Arizona, opens for revenue service in mid-2013.

Special Projects RailWorks Track SystemsL.K. Comstock National Transit

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