Contract Services

Harsco Rail's Contract Services provide customers with a high quality service by work crews that know the machines' operation and maintenance best. With years of experience, Harsco Rail's Contract Service teams have covered more than 640,000 kilometers of track, consistently achieving industry leading production rates and high quality output. Contract services include providing the maintenance, equipment, and labor to complete the job.

Harsco Rail offers contract services for:

Rail Grinding

Harsco Rail has been grinding rail for over 50 years, covering more than 300,000 km (192,000 miles) in the last 7 years. learn more
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Track Renewal System (TRT-909 & P811)

Harsco Rail's contract track renewal systems have installed approximately 15,000,000 ties (equal to 5,700 miles or 8,500 km).
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New Track Construction (NTC)

Harsco Rail's contract NTC units have installed over 4,000,000 ties (equal to 1,515 miles or 2,400 km). The NTC can readily complete one mile or 1.5 km per day.learn more
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Rail Renewal System (RRS)

The Rail Renewal System completes work on both rails simultaneously at 792 m/hr or 44 ft./min. (0.5 mph). It carries material (pads, insulators, epoxy) for over 3.2 km (2 miles). The Rail Renewal System is capable of tie pad replacement, rail seat abrasion, and other individual projects. learn more
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Dipped Rail Weld Correction

The Dipped Rail Weld Correction is an on track maintenance machine which corrects the geometry of vertically dipped Aluminothermic or Flash Butt Welds. This unit uses a beam, rail clamp, hydraulic cylinders, instrumentation and a PLC to correct the dipped weld. Including set-up over the weld, the dip is removed in approximately 60 seconds, and it can lift a dipped weld to a predetermined, operator adjusted peaked condition, usually .3 mm, + - .1 mm.
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Safety and Voltage Awareness

Harsco Rail is the exclusive worldwide representative and distribution agent for Protran products. Protran Technology is an industry leader in safety products, specializing in technology development, asset monitoring, advance warning, and voltage awareness devices. Complementary to Harsco's current technology offering, this partnership will ultimately improve Harsco's ability to provide for the safety and productivity for its customers.

 

Collision Avoidance

With multiple features in one system, the Collision Avoidance System keeps the vehicle operator's attention when approaching other vehicles and workers on the right of way. pdf

Portable Train Detector Kit

The Portable Train Detector Kit is used to alert track work crews of an approaching train. It can alert work crews on existing or adjacent tracks. pdf

ProTracker

The ProTracker is designed to be mounted in the cab of a train to audibly and visually alert personnel near the train tracks who are wearing the ProTracker Personal Alert Devise (PAD). This devices enhance existing safety layering and agencies existing procedures. pdf

Flagger Work Zone

The ProFlagger allows the flagger or advance watchman to use a handheld device and warn a worksite of an approaching train or danger. pdf

Safe Turn Alert

ProTran, in collaboration with several transit agencies, developed a system to address one of the major types of bus accidents plaguing the industries: "Buses colliding with pedestrians at crosswalks". pdf

Catenary Testers

The ProTran Technology ProCaT™ was designed to give transit workers the ability to safely verify the presence of voltage on overhead catenary systems. pdf

Voltage Testers

The Protran Voltage Testers were designed to give transit workers the ability to safely verify the presence of voltage on third rail systems. pdf

ProPower

The ProPower is an independent 750VDC source for the testing/verifying of ProTran Technology and other safety equipment. pdf

Facility Lights

Harsco provides a variety of reliable facility lights used for operation on track. Each facility light product indicates the presence of dangerous voltage. pdf

Solar Power

The ProTranPLUS Solar Power Supply System is a high quality, fully integrated solar powered communication package specifically designed to provide ample power to our ProTran control units. pdf