When the ground won’t support itself, your operation—cranes, trucks, tight timelines—won’t wait. That was the challenge Tensar faced when Norfolk Southern planned to expand its intermodal operations in Calumet, Illinois. The subgrade there was extremely weak, measuring only 1.5% CBR, far below what’s needed to support heavy loads like gantry

TrackTex, InterAx Geogrid and GeoSpike are giving railroads a better, and more cost-effective, alternative to repeat maintenance, explains Donald Herbert, Rail Market Manager at Tensar.  Ballast settlement and movement is one of the rail industry’s most persistent problems, driven by water, fine-grained soil and the relentless pressure of axle loads on