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PITTSBURGH, Dec. 12, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- L.B. Foster Company (NASDAQ: FSTR) announced that it has agreed on a multi-year contract extension with the Union Pacific Railroad (UPRR) for the supply of prestressed concrete railroad ties from its Tucson, AZ facility. The previous supply contract was set to expire on December 31, 2012. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20101222/MM21387LOGO) The extension of this contract represents significant value for L.B. Foster Company...
PITTSBURGH, Aug. 14, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- L.B. Foster Company (NASDAQ: FSTR) announced that it has been awarded a contract by RailWorks Track Systems, Inc. to supply 11,000 of its CXT(® )Concrete Ties for the construction of an unloading facility at the Tesoro oil products refinery in Anacortes, Washington. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20101222/MM21387LOGO ) The Tesoro Corporation refinery is at the western end of an ambitious railway transport system that will...
PITTSBURGH, Aug. 2, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- L.B. Foster Company (NASDAQ: FSTR) announced that it has been awarded a contract to provide 89,175 of its CXT Concrete Ties for the Sonoma-Marin Area Rail Transit (SMART) project. The CXT Fastclip ties will be installed on the new San Francisco Bay Area passenger rail system connecting Sonoma County to the Larkspur Ferry Terminal in Marin. L.B. Foster began shipping ties to the general contractor, Stacy and Witbeck Inc./Herzog Contracting...
Rotobec now manufactures a variety of attachments that are designed for railway maintenance ad tie handling applications. Our attachments include rail segment and loose tie handling grapples, custom loaders for OTR applications, loaders with saws for rail line disaster cleanup and custom attachments to meet the needs of rail contractors. (PRWEB) January 17, 2012 Rotobec is pleased to announce new rail tie and rail handling attachments. RAILROAD INDUSTRY ATTACHMENTS Heavy-Duty Tie Bundle...
SEATTLE, Feb. 24, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- A complete makeover of the Sleepers In Seattle (http://www.sleepersinseattle.com) website went live last week, making it easier than ever for consumers to find the exact sofa bed to meet their needs. Customers are able to browse through hundreds of sleeper sofa models. Once a favorite style is chosen, they can customize the upholstery, pillows, mattress, legs and accessories -- all while seeing these selections updated on their generated sleeper...
PITTSBURGH, Aug. 13 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- CXT, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of L.B. Foster Company (Nasdaq: FSTR) of Pittsburgh, PA has been awarded a contract by City of Calgary Light Rail Transit (LRT) to supply 14,500 CXT Concrete Ties and fastening systems for use in the construction of line extensions to expand the system to the Northwest and Northeast of Calgary, Alberta. CXT Concrete Ties began shipping for this project in June from L.B. Foster's Spokane, WA facility and will...
SPOKANE, Wash., Jan. 28 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- CXT, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of L.B. Foster Company (Nasdaq: FSTR), has been awarded a contract by West Rail Construction to supply 23,000 concrete rail ties for the unloading system at EGT's Columbia River Grain Terminal. CXT plans to start shipment of ties from its Spokane manufacturing plant to the new Longview, WA riverside facility in February 2010. CXT Concrete Ties will support a high capacity rail unloading system capable of...
A study of sleep and activity found overweight people tended to sleep less and be more active than their skinnier counterparts, researchers found. As part of the Integrative Cardiac Health Project at Walter Reed Army Medical Center, the researchers analyzed the sleep and activity levels of 14 nurses. Dr. Arn Eliasson, the lead investigator, said each participant wore an actigraphy armband that measured total activity, body temperature, body position, and other indices of activity and...
Wood or concrete? Railroads around the world face that decision as they replace millions of deteriorating cross ties, also known as railway sleepers, those rectangular objects used as a base for railroad tracks. A new report concludes that emissions of carbon dioxide "” one of the main greenhouse gases contributing to global warming "” from production of concrete sleepers are up to six times less than emissions associated with timber sleepers. The study is scheduled for the June 1 issue...
Firemen kept an all-night vigil on September 22, 1971 over wrecked freight waggons at Nocton after a train carrying ammunition and an inflammable chemical jumped the tracks. The chemical - nitro-cellulose - spilled from plastic sacks being carried in the waggons which left the southbound track. British Rail engineers and workmen were warned by ICI: "Don't handle the chemical, keep it damp, and repack it carefully." The chemical, a mild explosive unless kept damp, becomes highly...
