Pennsylvania, US-based rail products manufacturer L.B. Foster Company has been awarded a contract by Cedar Rapids and Iowa City Railway (CRANDIC), a railway transportation company active in eastern Iowa, to provide approximately 1,000 mt of ‘115# standard rail' for the upgrade of aging track, and for the construction of a new 10,000-feet siding for a unit train interchange.
54,450 linear feet of continuous welded rail (CWR) will be delivered in February 2011 for track rehabilitation as required for the upkeep of 60 miles of mainline rail and 40 miles of yard track. L.B. Foster Company has also provided 82,000 feet of CWR to CRANDIC in 2009.
The new rail was manufactured in lengths of 240 feet by L.B. Foster's strategic partner, Indiana-based steelmaker Steel Dynamics, Inc. (SDI) welded into 1,650 foot sections at their rail welding facility.