Ties Monthly Update #12

15 December 2007

 

NEARLY 200,000 TIES INSTALLED IN 2007!!  TWELVE MAJOR PROJECTS  HIGHLITE THE PRODUCTION YEAR.

 

The two Company tie crews and three contractor crews enabled the two properties to install over 200,000 ties in 2007.  More details of all tie projects scheduled for 2007 are below:

         

 

¨       The first project on the two properties to be completed was one of nearly 12,000 ties on the IC&E’s Rockford subdivision.  This project began in mid April and was completed near the end of the month.  It covered the entire subdivision.  The LA Colo contracting group installed the ties under the supervision of EIC Dan Borgwardt.

 

¨       The second project on the two properties to be completed was one of 14,000 ties on the Upper Black Hills Subdivision and in the Rapid City yard limits on the DM&E.  These ties were installed by the DM&E tie gang under Foreman Wes Risseeuw’s guidance.  This project was completed mid May.

 

¨       The third project that was completed on the two properties was one of 20,000 ties on the Marquette Subdivision between Dubuque, Iowa and Guttenberg, Iowa.  These ties were installed between April and the first week in June by the IC&E crew under Foreman John Thulen. Following this first tie project, the crew then installed new curve rail in several curves and then went on to install ties in the Dubuque, Iowa and Green Island, Iowa sidings before moving forward with their next major tie project south of Nahant, Iowa.

 

¨       The next project on the two properties that was completed is one of 22,000 ties on the upper end of the Marquette Subdivision, between Lansing, Iowa and La Crescent, Minnesota.  This project was done the week of June 11th, and completed the work this year for our tie contractor LA Colo.  John Jangula, who is Section Foreman in New Albin, Iowa, supervised this effort for the IC&E.

 

¨       From the Black Hills Subdivision the West DM&E tie gang traveled to Pierre, South Dakota where they began installing ties from Pierre South Dakota headed west toward Midland, South Dakota.  This 20,000 tie project was completed the week of August 7th and the crew was loaded up to travel to the IC&E.

 

¨       On the IC&E, the DM&E tie gang installed nearly 40,000 ties on the West Mason City sub, the Jackson sub and the Owatonna sub.  These projects were completed early in the 4th quarter.

 

¨       The Railworks tie crew installed nearly 11,000 ties on the south end of the Black Hills sub between Hermosa and Smithwick and completed this project after Thanksgiving.

 

¨       John Thulen’s IC&E crew completed two projects by installing 2,500 ties in the Nahant yard and 12,000 ties in the main line west of Nahant.  These projects were completed in late July.

 

 

¨       After the Nahant projects were completed, the IC&E crew proceeded to install CWR in several curves on the River sub.  When this is completed, the crew will complete their 2007 tie installation schedule by installing 22,000 ties between Chillicothe, Missouri and Polo, Missouri.  The IC&E tie crew is scheduled to complete all of their tie installation by mid-September and then will install curve rail for the remainder of the 2007 production year.

 

¨       The H&H tie crew installed nearly 12,000 ties between Charles City and New Hampton on the Mason City sub during the fourth quarter of 2007.

 

¨       The LA Colo tie crew installed nearly 8,000 ties on the east end of the Mason City sub on the “Monona” hill in the fourth quarter of 2007.