L.B. Foster awarded US$5.3 million rail contract in Maine

Friday, 06 August 2010 23:36:16 (GMT+2)

Four shipments of 115 RE standard continuous welded rail (CWR) are being delivered by L.B. Foster's company-owned weld train to the Maine project in lengths up to 1,600 feet between July and October 2010.

The rail is manufactured in 240' lengths and then welded into the 1,600' continuous strings by Steel Dynamics, Incorporated at their Continuous Welded Rail Products facility in Columbia City, Indiana. L.B. Foster is coordinating the shipment of 285,600 total feet of continuous welded rail from the Steel Dynamics mill and managing the off-loading at the Maine jobsite.

Construction of the Downeaster-Portland North Project began in July 2010 and is expected to be complete by year's end 2012.

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