The Minnesota Department of Transportation has worked to share the following rail safety tips: • Yield the right-of-way to trains at highway-rail crossings. It's the law. • Never drive around lowering ...

In High Decay Zones, primarily located in the southeastern United States, heat and high humidity accelerate the early decay of wood railroad ties, posing challenges from both cost and ...

Supports expanded production, product development and market adoption of Evertrak's sustainable, composite railroad ties made from recycled plastic ST. LOUIS, Jan. 21, 2025 /PRNewswire ...

Tie or not? What’s for breakfast ... But some decisions can prove to be the last we ever make if we aren’t careful. Railroad crossing gates are there to warn motorists, cyclists and pedestrians that a ...

COLUMBIANA, Ohio (WFMJ/CNN Newsource/WKRC) - An Ohio man died in a collision with a train after he attempted to drive around closed railroad crossing gates. 45-year-old Nikolas Thompson of Salem ...

TieTek structural composite railroad ties are a cost-effective and environmentally-friendly alternative to creosote-treated hardwood. Earlier this year, North American Technologies Group was ...

In December, it announced a six-year, one-million-tie contract from the Union Pacific Railroad valued at more than $55 million. About 87 percent of the content of its ties are recycled plastics ...

Six gates to Fort Bliss now bear the names of heroes with deep ties to El Paso or the 1st Armored Division. Master Sgt. Michael C. Peña was born in Newgulf, Texas, in 1924, served at Fort Bliss ...