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April 2026
Part 1 : Part 1: 2026 MOW Spending Report
Part 2 : Part 2: 2026 MOW Spending Report — Class Is
Part 3 : Part 3: 2026 MOW Spending Report — Regionals/Short Lines
Part 4 : Part 4: 2026 MOW Spending Report — Passenger Railroads
Compiled by Jeff Stagl, Managing Editor
(more than 100 regionals/short lines in North America)
2026 capital investment in infrastructure budget: $568 million
2025 capital investment in infrastructure budget: $453 million
Reason for increase: Increased installations of continuous-welded rail (CWR).
Rail: Total of 353 miles of CWR.
Major rail projects: Build 32,000 track feet of new track, including 4 sidings and 3 yard expansions.*
Sidings: Install Sylacauga siding for Eastern Alabama Railway and Pierre siding for Rapid City, Pierre & Eastern Railroad (totaling 1,600 track feet). Also, install 13,250 track feet of siding capacity at Effner and Hoosier Lift in IL and IN for Toledo, Peoria and Western Railway as part of CRISI-funded project.*
Turnouts/crossovers/special trackwork: Replace 86 turnouts and 2 diamonds.
Grinding/surfacing: Surface 2,750 miles.
Ties: Replace or install 950,000 timber ties and 648,947 board feet of switch timbers.
Ballast: Install 287,000 tons.
Bridge work: Budget of $33 million driven by maintenance and strengthening work, including swing span rehab work on First Coast Railroad, foundation stabilizations and 4.5 million board feet of bridge timbers.
Facilities: Shop upgrades for Huron and Eastern Railway, Marquette Rail and Buffalo & Pittsburgh Railroad, and drop table installation for Missouri & Northern Railroad. Also, (all part of CRISI-funded projects) upgrade 17 turnouts, perform ballast/surfacing work and install 2,200 lineal feet of rail, 4,000 ties and 320 switch ties at New England Central Railroad’s Italy Yard; reconstruct 10,415 feet of track, install 2 turnouts and relocate 3 turnouts, and realign a wye track at Columbus & Ohio River Railroad’s Newark Yard; replace 4 turnouts, improve 3000 feet of track, update service facility and perform upgrades at Columbus & Ohio River Railroad’s car shop; and install 83,280 lineal feet of rail and 2,558 ties, and upgrade the Oxy Lead at Marquette Rail’s Ludington Yard.*
MOW equipment to purchase/lease: Capital replacement in 2026 of 115 vehicles in total, of which 88 are upfitted.*
Major projects in 2026: (All part of CRISI-funded projects) Install 41,712 lineal feet of rail and 4,750 ties, perform ballast/surfacing work, remove 6 turnouts, relocate 5 turnouts, upgrade 4 turnouts, upgrade 13 crossings and remove 6 crossings for the Providence and Worcester Railroad; install 60,370 lineal feet of CWR and 53,245 ties, perform ballast/surfacing work and address 7 crossings on a Marquette Rail mainline; replace 80,000 lineal feet of curve worn rail, install 30,725 ties and 100 switch ties, perform undercutting and brush cutting work and rehab a crossing for the Buffalo and Pittsburgh Railroad; replace 192,455 lineal feet of CWR, install 3,575 ties and 11 turnouts, perform 6.5 track miles of ballast/surfacing work and rehab 3 crossings for the St. Lawrence & Atlantic Railroad; replace 340,000 lineal feet of rail, install 4 turnouts, rehab 3 timber bridges and perform other work for Arizona Eastern Railway; complete track rehab program for full 69-mile Arizona & California Railroad corridor, includes replacing 377,280 lineal feet of rail, surfacing 36 miles of track, upgrading 8 turnouts and rehabbing 128 track feet of crossings; modernize Kiamichi Railroad corridor by replacing 76 miles of rail with 115-pound CWR, surfacing 76-plus miles of track, installing 31 new turnouts and resurfacing 114 crossings; and replace 227,040 lineal feet of rail, surface 21.5 track miles, add 6,450 net tons of ballast, upgrade 3 turnouts and perform other work for Dallas, Garland & Northeastern Railroad.*
*Information from presentation at the National Railroad Construction and Maintenance Association’s (NRC) annual conference in early January
(48 regionals/short lines in U.S. and Canada)
2026 planned maintenance capital: $120 million
2025 planned maintenance capital: $79.2 million (through Oct. 2025)
2026 budgeted rail spend by type: $31.9 million for ties and surfacing, $17 million for bridges, $6 million for other rail rehab work; $5.1 million for crossings and $2.9 million for new rail.
2026 budgeted rail project spend by division: $31.3 million, division 1; $16.2 million, division 2; and $15.3 million, division 3, 4 and terminals.
Major rail projects: (Following new or ongoing projects are partially funded by federal CRISI grants) Track rehab and bridge improvements for Timber Rock Railroad from Derider, LA, to Kirbyville, TX, $50 million; preliminary engineering, final design and construction for various improvements to bridge structures and track-related components on Great Lakes Central Railroad’s Ann Arbor and Cadillac Subdivisions, $42.7 million; 120 miles of track rehab, 48 bridge structure improvements and 1 grade crossing upgrade along the Stillwater Central Railroad and BNSF Railway corridor; design/construct track-related improvements and rehabilitation to specific bridges, improving about 180 miles of the Kanawha River Railroad, $32.5 million; design/construct track-related, up to $37 million; improvements, repairs and replacement of specific bridges and culverts for Louisiana Southern Railroad, $21 million; design/construct improvements to specific bridges and track-related components on Blue Ridge Southern Railroad’s 72-mile network, $16.8 million; and preliminary engineering, final design and construction to improve bridge structures and track-related components on 47 miles of the Ringneck & Western Railroad’s network.
Sidings: Build customer sidings in Twin Falls, ID, Newton, KS, Lawton, OK, and several other locations.
Facilities: Expand yards in Greensport, TX, Savannah, GA, and Cheyenne, WY.
Other major 2025 projects: Rail expansion for unit train loading/unloading in Fort Saskatchewan, Alberta, Donaldsonville, LA, Corpus Christi, TX, and Ardmore, OK.
Information from Watco and presentation at the NRC’s annual conference
(31 regionals/short lines)
2026 MOW budget: Not provided
2025 MOW budget: Not provided
Note: Budget is higher in 2026 because of additional railroads, grants and pending specific projects.
Rail: Replace or install 7.5 miles of rail.
Major rail projects: (Illinois Railway) Install 35,000 ties, ballast/surface 43 miles and replace 54 crossings in Ottawa Sub and install 21,000 ties, ballast/surface 19 miles and replace 17 crossings in LaSalle Sub; (Winchester & Western Railroad) Replace rail, install ties and 4 turnouts, and perform surfacing work; (Georgia & Florida Railway) Install 35,000 ties, ballast/surface 35 miles and replace 19 crossings in Albany Sub, and install 4,000 ties in Moultrie Sub; (Great Western Railway of Colorado) Replace wye track, install 15,000 track feet of rail and install 8 turnouts in Longmont Sub, and install 7 turnouts as part of Milliken Yard rehab; (Nebraska, Kansas & Colorado Railway) Install 20,000 ties and perform ballast/surface work in Imperial Sub, and install curve rail, 2,000 feet of rail, 3 turnouts and 2,000 ties in Wallace Sub.*
Turnouts/special trackwork: Install 22 turnouts.
Grinding/surfacing: Perform surfacing work in conjunction with track rehab/tie installations.
Ties: Replace or install 130,000 wood ties.
Bridge work: riority bridge work across all properties.
Facilities: Build car shop. Also, begin 2nd phase of unit train facility at Tulsa Port of Catoosa in OK, includes 2,560 lineal feet of new 136-pound CWR track, 3 new crossings, 1 turnout and a 183-foot TPG span with box beam approach spans.*
* Information from presentation at the NRC’s annual conference
(9 short lines)
2026 MOW budget: $43.2 million (including grants)
2025 MOW budget: $41.5 million
Sidings: Build a new 1,100-foot siding on the Vermillion Valley Railroad.
Turnouts/special trackwork: Perform 299 miles of brush cutting; build numerous commercial growth sites across portfolio of railroads, including a transload facility in Westfield, MA; and phase 2 construction of the North Florida Industrial Railroad in Lake City, FL.
Grinding/surfacing: Surface 211 miles, grind 349 miles.
Ties: Replace or install 214,000 wood ties.
Bridge work: In-kind replacement of timber components plus 2 large projects, including a total bridge replacement on the Grenada Railroad and major concrete work on bridge pier on the Camp Chase Railway, $3.7 million.
Facilities: Rehab an office for the Hondo Railroad.
MOW equipment to purchase/lease: 1 grapple truck for Grenada Railroad; and 1 MOW section truck and 1 roadmaster truck for Florida Gulf and Atlantic Railroad.
2026 MOW budget: $28 million capital/$21.7 million operating
2025 MOW budget: $22 million capital/$20.9 million operating
Reasons for increase: Higher labor spend of about 4% due to national contract negotiations, increased cost of materials and the full cost of a bridge replacement is included in 2026.
Rail: Replace or install 1.5 miles of CWR.
Turnouts/special trackwork: Replace 16 turnouts and 2 diamonds.
Grinding/surfacing: Grind 50 miles and surface 10 miles.
Ties: Replace or install 12,000 wood ties.
Ballast: Install 2,000-plus tons.
Bridge work: One full bridge replacement, includes 2 wood bridge decks, $500,000 (in other maintenance); bridge project work bid in March and maintenance work to bid in summer.
Facilities: Install final 18 hydraulic skate retarders as part of IDOT noise abatement project at the Clearing Yard, 56 will be installed through the project along with about 22,000 lineal feet of rail.
MOW equipment to purchase/lease: Purchase backhoe and 6 trucks.
MOW (roadway maintenance) budget for 2026: $27.3 million capital track rehabilitation; $27.1 million operating maintenance budget, not including capital; $250,000 for rip-rap; $250,000 for yard and branch improvements; and $1.8 million for culvert rehabilitation and replacements
MOW (roadway maintenance) budget for 2025: $28.2 million capital track rehabilitation; $24.8 million operating maintenance budget, not including capital; $400,000 for rip-rap and drainage maintenance; $400,000 for yard and branch improvements; and $1.04 million for culvert rehabilitation and replacements
Note: Some of the budget rose due to increased cost of materials.
Rail: Replace or install about 12.5 miles of rail, includes replacing 11 miles of 115-pound rail with 115-pound relay rail and upgrading 1.5 miles of 115-pound rail to 141-pound rail as part of curve patch program.
Grinding/surfacing: Surface 142 miles (750,000 track feet).
Ties: Replace or install 43,000 timber ties.
Ballast: Install 42,000 tons.
Bridge work: The 2026 bridge program is budgeted at about $15 million and includes replacement and rehab/repair projects. Among the 25 replacement projects: Replace 4 structures north of Seward; replace a 6-span, 647-foot structure over Chena River near Ft. Wainwright; replace a 5-span, 308-foot deck girder bridge with a 3-span, 360-foot steel beam bridge over Eagle River north of Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson; replace a triple-span, 369-foot pony truss bridge with 175-foot steel plate girder and 2 65-foot steel spans over creek north of Denali Park entrance; replace 123-foot pony truss bridge with 2 79-foot beam spans and 1 30-foot beam span over Ship Creek in Anchorage yard; replace a 123-foot pony truss bridge and a 14-foot timber trestle with a 125-foot steel thru-plate girder bridge over creek near Healy; and replace a 125-foot pony truss with a 125-foot thru-plate girder on bridge over Noyes Slough east of Fairbanks yard.
Among the 11 bridges to be rehabbed or repaired: Rehab components to strengthen 1,300-foot, 12-span bridge over Tanana River in Nenana; 870-foot, 9-span bridge at Hurricane Gulch; 718-foot. 8-span bridge over Snow River north of Seward; and 256-foot, 5-span bridge over Placer River south of Portage. And repairing or replacing rivets, diaphragms, bearings, seats, ties, plates, guard rails, signage and other elements at bridges over Portage Creek near Portage, Big Susitna River north of Curry and Nenana River.
MOW equipment to purchase/lease: Lease spike puller and mag crane.
2026 MOW budget: $23 million
2025 MOW budget: $23.1 million
Reason for slight decrease: Budget is consistent with planned spending forecast.
Rail: Replace or install 12.95 miles of rail with 136RE CWR (standard and head harden rail).
Major rail project: New wye track, Port Reading Secondary, Woodbridge, NJ, $3.2 million.
Turnouts/special trackwork: Replace 14 turnouts and 3 diamond panels.
Grinding/surfacing: Grind 100 track miles and surface 32 track miles.
Ties: Replace or install 31,280 wood ties.
Ballast: Install 2,000 tons.
Bridge work: PLC and drives work, P&H Line, CP Hack, Jersey City, NJ, $650,000; and PLC and drives work on Rahway Bridge, Garden State Secondary, in Rahway, NJ, $600,000.
Facilities: Replace modular building at Oak Island Car Shop Office, Newark, NJ, $500,000.
MOW equipment to purchase/lease: TRIPPS tie inserter and plate jack machine.
2026 MOW budget: $17.9 million
2025 MOW budget: $5.6 million
Reason for increase: Timing of grant work and initiation of FY23-24 CRISI grant work.
Rail: Replace or install 10.7 miles of new 115-pound CWR
Ballast: Install 40,000 tons.
Bridge work: Perform bearing work on 3 bridges on Huron Sub, $550,000.
2026 MOW budget: $16 million
2025 MOW budget: $16 million
Rail: Replace or install a half mile of 115RE jointed rail.
Turnouts/special trackwork: Install 1 crossover and 4 switches.
Grinding/surfacing: Surface about 2 miles.
Ties: Replace or install about 1,000 hardwood ties.
Ballast: Install about 500 tons.
Facilities: Several small yard track projects that include relay rail, tie changeouts and replacing grade crossings.
MOW equipment to purchase/lease: 2 F550 equivalent work trucks.
2026 MOW budget: $13.6 million
2025 MOW budget: $14.9 million
Reason for slight decrease: CRISI grant awards have enabled the company to reduce its roadway maintenance spend.
Note: Heavy emphasis of work in 2026 will be on West Region properties; work in Central and East regions primarily will be completed through federal CRISI grant projects.*
Rail: Install or replace 23,394 lineal feet of relay jointed rail. Also, install 94,050 lineal feet of rail in Central and East regions (part of COHORTS CRISI grant project involving 8 railroads) and more than 300,000 lineal feet of rail for Napolean, Defiance and Western Railroad (CRISI grant project).*
Sidings: Build 1,450-foot siding near Biglerville, PA, for Gettysburg and Northern Railroad (state grant work); and construct 3,300-foot siding for Napolean, Defiance and Western Railroad (CRISI grant project).
Turnouts/special trackwork: Replace 8 turnouts. Also, install 28 turnouts in Central and East regions (part of COHORTS) and 9 turnouts for the Napolean, Defiance and Western Railroad (CRISI grant project).*
Grinding/surfacing: Surface 20 miles. Also, surface 917,720 track feet in Central and East regions (part of COHORTS); 227,184 track feet for Napolean, Defiance and Western Railroad (CRISI grant project); and 65,000 track feet for the Georgia Southern Railway (CRISI grant project).*
Ties: Replace or install 19,500 grade 3 wood ties. Also, install 80,100 ties and 1,716 switch ties in Central and East regions (part of COHORTS); 9,000 ties for the Napolean, Defiance and Western Railroad (CRISI grant project); and 6,000 ties for the Georgia Southern Railway (CRISI grant project).*
Ballast: Install 5,000 tons, Also, install 47,920 tons in Central and East regions (part of COHORTS); 10,840 tons for Napolean, Defiance and Western Railroad (CRISI grant project); and 3,000 tons for the Georgia Southern Railway (CRISI grant project).*
Bridge work: Replace stringers, deck ties, caps and headwalls and perform other structural repairs across the network. Also, rehab a bridge for the Georgia Southern Railway (CRISI grant project).*
Major rail projects: Construct about 19,000 lineal feet of relay track and install 8 turnouts for Salt Lake Garfield and Western Railway; perform tie, ballast and surfacing work in Mt. Pleasant yard and on adjacent mainline for Tennessee Southern Railroad; install 10,560 lineal feet of rail for Garden City Western Railway; and install 7,000 grade 3 ties for Napolean, Defiance and Western Railroad (new construction and state grant work).
*Information from presentation at the NRC’s annual conference
(4 short lines)
Note: Budget is slightly higher in 2026 due to some capacity expansion projects.
Rail: Replace or install 2 miles of relay rail.
Major rail project: 5-to-1 interchange connection project in Glendale (New York City).
Turnouts/special trackwork: Install 10 turnouts as part of rebuilding yard.
Grinding/surfacing: 20 miles.
Ties: Replace or install 30,000 wood ties.
Bridge work: Continuation of 2019 CRISI grant bridge replacement project, perform work in 2026.
Facilities: Construct transload facility in Avon, NY, on Livonia, Lakeville & Avon Railroad.
MOW equipment to purchase/lease: 3 new signal and hi-rail trucks.
MOW (roadway maintenance) budget for 2026: $9 million
MOW (roadway maintenance) budget for 2025: $8.5 million
Reason for slight increase: Higher engineering costs for future projects and demolition of structures to make room for future rail yards.
Rail: Replace or install 1 mile of jointed rail and CWR.
Major rail project: Construct new 1-mile rail spur for rail service for existing Port of New Orleans customer, $1.3 million, start in late May.
Ties: Replace or install 10,000 wood/steel ties.
Ballast: Ongoing timber replacement and repairs to deck truss system.
MOW equipment to purchase/lease: 1 welder’s truck.
2026 MOW budget: $8.98 million maintenance; $25.04 million capital
2025 MOW budget: $8.77 million maintenance; $20.64 million capital
Reason for increase: Due to expanding Pietrandrea Yard in Silvis, IL.
Rail: Replace or install about 5 miles of curve rail (2.5 track miles), primarily curve rail in CWR.
Major rail project: Expand Pietrandrea Yard in Silvis, IL, includes constructing about 19,000 feet of track and installing about 8 turnouts. Turnouts/crossovers/special trackwork: Replace 1 mainline turnout and upgrade 7 turnouts with new switch point/stock rail packages.
Grinding/surfacing: Grind 374 miles (completed earlier this year).
Ties: Replace or install 51,000 ties.
Ballast: Install about 48,000 tons.
Bridge work: A large assortment of bridge projects systemwide, including span replacement, steel repairs, concrete repairs and some deck replacements totaling $4.3 million.
MOW (roadway maintenance) budget for 2026: $7.9 million
MOW (roadway maintenance) budget for 2025: $7.7 million
Reason for increase: Assumed 3% inflation year over year and planned tie work increased to 18,400 ties versus 17,500 ties last year.
Rail: Replace or install 4 miles of relay rail on sidings/mainline.
Major rail project: Relay conventional (jointed) rail 115RE, replacing 72- to 85-pound rail.
Sidings: Secondhand rail relay in Breckenridge Yard, relay 2 yard tracks totaling 7,300 feet, $300,000, start in Q2.
Turnouts/special trackwork: Replace 10 mainline turnouts in 2nd sub CRISI grant project, 31 miles.
Grinding/surfacing: Surface 60 miles.
Ties: Replace or install 18,300 wood ties (RRVW program) and 14,500 wood ties (grant).
Bridge work: Repair 12 bridges (all timber repairs), includes 6 in 3rd sub, 3 in 4th sub and 1 each in 2nd and 6th subs and Chaffee Line, start in July.
Facilities: New building for Kindred Section in Kindred, ND.
MOW equipment to purchase/lease: Signal maintainer truck, $125,000.
(6 short lines)
MOW (roadway maintenance) budget for 2026: $7,421,099
MOW (roadway maintenance) budget for 2025: $5,675,056
Reason for increase: Capital projects.
Rail: Replace or install 3 miles of 115RE jointed rail.
Grinding/surfacing: 15.5 miles.
Ties: Replace or install 13,150 wood ties.
Ballast: Install 10,400 tons.
(8 short lines)
MOW (roadway maintenance) budget for 2026: $7.1 million
MOW (roadway maintenance) budget for 2025: $9 million
Reason for decrease: Timing of CRISI grant awards and funds becoming available from the Tennessee DOT for our lines in that state.
Sidings: Add sidings in Alamo, Texas for Rio Valley Switching Co. (RVSC); and add yard tracks for RVCS (trade zone) and San Pedro Valley Railroad in Benson, AZ.
Ties: Replace or install 13,700 ties and 750 switch ties across all railroads.
2026 MOW budget: $5.3 million
2025 MOW budget: $5.2 million
Reason for increase: Expense forecasted to increase 2% in 2026, key cost drivers included inflation forecasted at 3%, offset by the cost of ties decreasing by 4%.
Turnouts/special trackwork: Replace 4 mainline turnouts.
Grinding/surfacing: Surface 30 miles.
Ties: Replace or install 12,000 grade 4 mainline timber ties.
Ballast: Install 15,000 tons.
Bridge work: Repairs on 2 bridges in Glencoe Sub, includes headwall and piers/columns, $250,000, start in Q2 or Q3.
MOW equipment to purchase/lease: Purchase 2 trucks, a section truck and welding truck.
MOW (roadway maintenance) budget for 2026: $4,256,742
MOW (roadway maintenance) budget for 2025: $4,022,985
Major rail project: Build 3,000-foot storage track in North Yard, was set for completion by March’s end, $880,000.
Grinding/surfacing: Surface 10 miles.
Ties: Replace or install 5,400 wood ties.
Bridge work: Replace top chord, $460,000, complete in December; and comprehensive bridge evaluation was to be completed in March.
Facilities: New tank car qualification shop, total track construction cost of $2 million, began last year and complete in December.
MOW (roadway maintenance) budget for 2026: $3.5 million
MOW (roadway maintenance) budget for 2025: $10 million
Reason for decrease: Finished 2019 CRISI grant work as well as RRIF loan work and are now back into a regular maintenance program.
Rail: Replace or install 1.5 miles of new 115-pound rail in 80-foot sticks.
Ties: Replace or install 3,600 IG hardwood ties.
Ballast: Install 30,000 tons.
Bridge work: Reconstruct Sespe Creek bridge on Santa Paula branch line, covered by FEMA funds due to severe weather incident in January 2023, more than $10 million.
Facilities: reak ground on new locomotive shop and corporate headquarters in Oakdale, CA.
MOW equipment to purchase/lease: Purchase new skidsteer and an additional hi-rail crew truck.
2026 MOW budget: $1.8 million
2025 MOW budget: $1.8 million
Sidings: Build a siding in Hammond, IN
Turnouts/special trackwork: Various updates to yards, with some tie work.
Grinding/surfacing: Surface 2 to 3 miles.
Ties: Replace or install about 2,300 wood ties.
Facilities: Work in Burnham yard.
2026 MOW budget: $1,279,391
2025 MOW budget: $1,535,072
Reason for decrease: Different projects and equipment needed.
Rail: Replace or install a tenth of a mile of rail, a yard track, replace 90-pound rail.
Major rail project: Switch siding, will work on a new siding.
Turnouts/special trackwork: Install 1 turnover.
Ballast: Install 10,000 tons.
Bridge work: Covert bridge to culverts, $422,627; and upgrade bridge from 263,000 pounds to 286,000 pounds minimal.
Facilities: Upgrade house track at Ray Junction.
MOW equipment to purchase/lease: Swingmaster, $395,900; 3 trucks, $300,000; and brush cutter head, $10,000.
2026 MOW budget: $1,018,000
2025 MOW budget: $850,000
Reason for slight decrease: Scope of planned projects are different in 2026.
Rail: Replace or install less than 1 mile of jointed rail (850 feet).
Major rail project: Construct track #2 (850 feet) to connect to Track #1 that was installed in 2025 and to a mainline near Madison, IN, $400,000, started in Q1; and a tie renewal program covering 1.3 miles in North Vernon, IN, and 2 miles of a spur in Madison, IN.
Turnouts/special trackwork: Install 2 #10 turnouts.
Grinding/surfacing: Less than 1 mile (850 feet).
Ties: Replace or install about 3,300 wood ties.
Ballast: Install 700 tons.
Bridge work: Routine inspections and maintenance.
2026 MOW budget: $1 million
2025 MOW budget: $1 million
Rail: Replace or install 1,000 linear feet of rail with new 80-foot, 115RE rail.
Turnouts/special trackwork: Replace 1 #8 turnout.
Grinding/surfacing: Surface 20 miles.
Ties: Replace or install 5,000 wood ties
2026 MOW budget: $598,577
2025 MOW budget: $704,305
Reason for decrease: Less tie installation.
Grinding/surfacing: Surface 6 miles.
Ties: Replace or install 1,000 wood ties.
2026 MOW budget: $500,000
2025 MOW budget: $300,000
Reason for increase: Will replace more ties this year; last year, crews were tied up with new track builds.
Ties: Replace or install 2,500 #2 softwood ties.
2026 MOW budget: $450,000
Reason for increase: Upgrading/adding rail to a tenant location.
Rail: RInstall 0.5 miles of relay rail.
Ballast: Install 40 tons.
Rail: Continue to install heavyweight rail as part of Southwest Florida Rail Corridor enhancement project, which calls for renewing 11.5 miles of track between Fort Ogden and Cleveland, FL, $18.2 million, began in late 2025 and complete in 18 months.
Ties: Continue to replace decayed timber ties with steel ties as part of project, which will enable the track to accommodate increased train weight and speed.
Information from a press release
Rail: Construct 5,280 feet of new track and install 2 turnouts to create a serving yard track in Onondaga County, NY, obtained $3.7 million state grant for the work.
Rail: Replace aging rail on mainline and construct new sidings in NY, obtained $3.6 million state grant for the work.
Rail: Replace rail and perform track improvements along the Piedmont Division in Cabarrus and Mecklenburg counties, NC, obtained $4.8 million state grant for the work.
Rail: Perform rail improvements along its W line in Davidson County, NC, obtained $1.1 million state grant for the work.
Rail: Perform track and grade crossing upgrades on mainline corridor in Iredell County, NC, received $495,026 state grant for the project; and perform track and corridor upgrades near Alexander Industrial Park in Alexander County, NC, obtained $381,797 state grant for the work.
Rail: Improve 3 grade crossings in Hardin and Grayson counties, KY, obtained $776,831 state grant for the work.
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