The economic news in Jackson County is not all about cutbacks and layoffs these days. A group of developers and investors is making plans to open a new manufacturing facility. The proposed plant will ...

Highlights The typical cost range to build a railroad tie retaining wall falls between $2,000 and $2,400, while the national average cost is $2,200. The main factors that affect the total cost of this ...

Increased demand for railroad ties could drive prices for hardwoods higher. One of the largest railroads in the U.S. said it must replace millions of wooden railroad ties under its tracks, claiming ...

Sumitomo Corporation, through its subsidiary Sumitomo Corporation of Americas, has announced a strategic investment in Evertrak, a U.S.-based manufacturer of composite railroad ties for the North ...

CSX has agreed to remove creosote-treated railroad ties from the Dunnellon area following resident complaints. The railroad ties will be loaded onto 22 rail cars and shipped out of state in a ...

Cleanup is almost complete at the former site of an unpermitted railroad tie grinding business in Newberry. The sole Florida location of Texas-based Track Line Rail LLC operated for five months before ...

Workers unload old railroad ties from a box car at the Track Line operation in Newberry. (Courtesy of Suzette Cook) NEWBERRY – A fine, woody dust floated onto Jeremiah McIntosh’s property near the ...

Marion County and the city of Dunnellon have issued code violation notices to railroad companies over stockpiled creosote-treated railroad ties. Local officials and residents express concerns that the ...

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