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Show UP Railroad track maintenance heavy Union Pacific Railroad's 19-69 19-69 track maintenance program in Utah calls for a cash outlay out-lay of more than $3,3()0,000, according to the road's officials. offic-ials. Track crews will begin work this month on the road's rail rfi-lay program that involves in-volves replacement of 37.48 miles of main line rail in Utah. Lengths of 133-pound continuous welded rail measuring mea-suring 1,4440 feet will be installed in-stalled in several segments of the line between Lund and Murdock, Utah. UP officials explained the new rail will provide long stretches of track without the usual joints, providing pro-viding a smoother ride for cars. These long strings of rail will move to the laying site in specially built train made up of 26 56-foot flat cars. These cars have been custom adapted adapt-ed to handle up to 40 of the quarter mile long strings of rail. Once the rail is delivered deliv-ered to the track site, the train will be used to pick up used rail that has been replaced. re-placed. I |