Gasconade, MO

Customer
Union Pacific Railroad/Gaines Construction

RailWorks Business Unit
RailWorks Track Services

Description
Union Pacific expanded its mainline at Gasconade, Missouri, to provide additional capacity.

Scope
RailWorks furnished labor and equipment to construct 25,000 track feet for a second mainline for Union Pacific.

Unique features
Several factors made this project uniquely challenging. The new line was built between the existing mainline and the winding Missouri River, which severely limited access for material handling. The project called for installing new 141# rail on concrete ties using a newly designed rail clip specified by the railroad. This required using special equipment, which was under development by the manufacturer and tested on this job. The machine needed to be robust enough to push on and pull off the clips for construction and rail de-stressing.

Other participants
Prime Contractor: Gaines Construction
Architect: Union Pacific Railroad