Union Pacific Railroad
2005 MOW budget: $1.3 billion
2004 MOW budget: $1.3 billion
Rail: Replace/install 850 track miles with
continuous-welded rail (CWR); install 205 miles of curve rail in various locations and 135 miles of new rail as part of concrete tie projects
Double-track: (Lordsburg Subdivision, El Paso, Texas, to Tucson, Ariz.): Tunis to Carne, 18 miles, $22 million, started April 2004; Wilna to Tunis, 21 miles, $40 million, started November 2004; Afton to Dona, 19 miles, $25 million, started January 2005; and Dona to Carne, 20 miles, $20 million, start in October
Triple-track: North Platte, Neb., 5 miles, $6 million, start in September
Sidings: New: Eufalla, Okla., 10,300 feet, $4.6 million, started in March; Max, Texas, 10,300 feet, $4.5 million, start in July; Hartt, Ariz., 8,666 feet, $2.8 million, started in April; and Rio Rico, Texas, 8,000 feet, $2.8 million, started in April. Also new 4,500-foot sidings in Reed and Clear Lake Utah, Crucero, Calif., and Beech, Iowa; $3.5 million each; all started in 2005’s first half
Ties: Replace or install 3.7 million wood, 355,000 concrete, 215,000 composite and 80,000 switch
Ballast: Install 6.8 million tons
Grinding/surfacing: Grind 25,000 pass miles; surface 7,800 feet
Bridge work: $91 million budgeted, includes drainage project, Camden, Ariz., $12 million; relocate steel bridge double track over Osage River, $9 million; complete concrete Bear River Bridge, Ogden, Utah, $7 million; new 521-foot Trinity River steel bridge, east of Paxton, Texas, $5 million; and various work in Cascade Subdivision in Oregon, $6 million
Other significant MOW projects: Rehab three yards in San Antonio, $14 million; rehab yard in Fort Worth, Texas, $10 million; install Centralized Traffic Control (CTC) signals in Clinton Sub. in Iowa (two segments, $29.5 million); and replace P-811 concrete renewal machine with TRT-909 track renewal machine

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BNSF Railway Co.
2005 MOW budget: $973 million
2004 MOW budget: $1 billion
Reason for decrease: Advanced $17 million from 2005 budget last year to address increasing traffic and gain earlier benefit from work
Rail: Replace or install 516 track miles with 136- and 141-pound CWR; plus 94 track miles of additional main track
Double-track: Panhandle (Kan., Okla., Texas) Sub., 65 miles; Creston (Iowa) Sub., 5.5 miles; Hereford (Texas) Sub., 5 miles; St. Joe (Mo., Neb.) Sub., 4.8 miles; and Needles (Calif.) Sub., 3 miles Triple-track: Orin (Wyo.) Sub, 5.8 miles; and Cajon (Calif.) Sub., 4.9 miles
Sidings: New 8,600-foot siding in Lyle, Wash. Extend three sidings: Amboy, Calif., 5,800 feet; Overbrook, Texas, 4,400 feet; Ash Hill, Calif., 1,000 feet.
Ballast: Install 3.41 million tons
Ties: Replace or install 2.56 million wood, 112,000 concrete and 15,000 plastic
Grinding/surfacing: Grind 28,300 miles; surface 12,100 miles
Bridge work: Rebuild Aurora Sub. ($6 million) and Panhandle Sub. ($1 million) bridges; replace floor system, Thayer South Sub., $4.4 million; replace concrete slabs, various Powder River Division locations, $3.4 million, and Ft. Scott Sub.; and replace concrete deck with timber, Marceline Sub., $1.4 million
Other significant MOW projects: Turnout upgrades, system-wide, $42 million; crossing upgrades, system-wide, $17 million; and facility upgrades, 12 locations, $2 million

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Canadian National Railway Co.
2005 MOW budget: $587 million
2004 MOW budget: $545 million
Reason for increase: Acquired Great Lakes Transportation L.L.C. and BC Rail Ltd.; plan to increase tie installations from 950,000 to
1.25 million
Rail: Replace or install 367 track miles (new and relay rail) with 115-, 136- and 141-pound CWR (in 3HB and FHH metallurgy); working with GO Transit to build 20 track miles
Sidings: Reviewing western Canadian areas to extend sidings for 10,000- to 12,000-foot trains
Ballast: Install 1.95 million tons
Ties: Replace or install 1 million wood, 20,000 concrete and 5,000 plastic
Grinding/surfacing: Grind 21,000 pass miles
Bridge work: Replace timber with new steel and concrete structures; maintain structures
Other significant MOW projects: Eliminate pole lines on northern Ontario and Winnipeg-to-Chicago corridors, $11 million; install new relay rail in Michigan, $10 million; install relay rail in northern Ontario Bala Sub., $8 million; install relay rail in three British Columbia subs., $6 million; and tie programs in northern and southern Ontario, $12 million

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Norfolk Southern Railway
2005 MOW budget: $440 million
2004 MOW budget: $386 million
Reason for increase: Install 44.7 more miles of new and relay rail; material price increases
Rail: Replace or install 235.8 miles with CWR
Sidings: Flemington, N.J., 2.5 miles; Auburn and Powatan, N.C., and Sidney, Ill., all 2 miles
Ties: Replace or install 2.45 million wood
Grinding/surfacing: Grind 14,400 pass miles; surface 5,067 miles
Ballast: Install 2.9 million tons
Bridge work: Replace Wampum, Pa., Beaver River Bridge (continued from 2004)
Other significant MOW projects: Construct route to Keystone Generating Station in Shelocta, Pa., includes building 5.5 track miles and rehabilitating 10.9 track miles

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CSX Transportation
2005 MOW budget: $403.8 million
2004 MOW budget: $402 million
Rail: Replace or install 320 miles with CWR
Double-track: CE&D Sub., near Evansville, Ind., 6 miles, $7.5 million, start in May
Ties: Replace or install 2.09 million wood and 50,000 concrete
Grinding/surfacing: Grind 15,000 miles; surface 4,850 miles
Ballast: Install 3.4 million tons
Bridge work: $34 million budgeted for various rehabilitation projects

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Canadian Pacific Railway
2005 MOW budget: $368 million;
2004 MOW budget: $322 million
Reason for increase: Plan to install 125,000 more ties and purchase additional tie-gang equipment; spend more on joint elimination, and bridge and culvert replacement; and higher rail and other material costs
Rail: Install 265 miles of new 136- and 115-pound CWR; relay 175 miles of 115- and 100-pound CWR.
Ballast: Install 778,000 tons
Ties: Replace or install 900,000 wood
Grinding/surfacing: Grind 11,200 pass miles; 4,100 switch/spot grind events; surface 2,400 miles (rough estimate)
Bridge work: Total budget of $21.5 million, includes final year of two-year project at Nipigon, Ontario, bridge (install new foundations under concrete jackets around three masonry piers), and various work at 65 bridges
Other significant MOW projects: Clean 750 miles of shoulders

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Kansas City Southern
2005 MOW budget: $107 million
2004 MOW budget: $107 million
Rail: Replace or install 21 miles of new and secondhand rail with CWR
Double-track: Heavener, Okla., 3 miles, $1.7 million, started in April; Monroe, La., 2 miles, $2.3 million, started in March
Sidings: New 8,500-foot siding in Vicksburg, Miss., $1.8 million, started in April; extend Wade, Ark., siding to 10,000 feet, $3.8 million, started in February; extend Page, Okla., siding to 8,500 feet, $1.7 million, started in February; extend Fox, Texas, siding to 8,500 feet, $775,000, started in April
Ties: Replace or install 335,000 wood
Grinding/surfacing: Total of 1,236 miles
Ballast: Install 362,000 tons
Bridge work: Total $4.1 million budget, includes building 1,320 feet of new, replacing 200 feet with fill and culverts, and repairing 75 units
Other significant MOW projects: Install CTC from Vicksburg to Jackson, Miss.; major rehab of Deramus Yard in Shreveport, La.

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Ferrocarril Mexicano S.A. De C.V.
2005 MOW budget: $101 million
2004 MOW budget: $94 million
Reason for increase: Will acquire five AC locomotives and build intermodal facilities
Rail: Replace or install 190 miles with 136- and 115-pound rail. Sidings: Enlarge 4.5 miles
Ties: Replace or install 83,585 concrete and 82,700 wood.
Ballast: Install 562,406 tons
Grinding/surfacing: Total of 600 miles
Bridge work: Rehabilitate 43 structures; main project is Sabinas Bridge in Coahuila, Mexico
Other significant MOW projects: Construct intermodal facilities in Hermosillo, Bajio and Monterrey, $9 million