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Railroad Projects
WT Byler Co has completed massive railroad projects including a 10,000-car multi-phased rail storage yard (SIT) that was the largest privately owned rail storage yard in the United States.
Working for railroads, we have completed and /or assisted in the design and construction of hundreds of miles of railroads, including mainline, Storange In Transit (SIT), sidings, spurs, and wye-track constructed in a variety of soil and environmental conditions.
Union Pacific Railroad Strategic Partner
Union Pacific has named WT Byler Co as a Strategic-Partner from over 4,000 of their venders throughout the United States!
During the past five years Byler has built the following for UP:
- 850,000 track feet of new construction
- Includes 63 projects totaling $285.1 million
- Maintenance of way totaling $113.5 million
Logistical Excellence!
10,000 Railcar Storage
10,000 RAILCAR STORAGE IN TRANSIT (SIT)
DESIGN BUILD EXPERIENCE TO MAINTAIN A LEGACY OF INOVATION
- 120 MILES OF RAIL
- 200 SWITCHES
- 1.5 MILLION TONS OF CRUSHED STONE
FROM A FRIENDSHIP AND SHARED VISION OF TROY BYLER AND BILL SJOLANDER EVOLVED INTO THE FORMATION OF A NEW CONCEPT IN STORAGE FOR RAILROAD COMPANIES. WHEN COMPLETED WAS THE LARGEST PRIVATLEY OWNED AND OPERATED FACILITY OF ITS KIND IN THE UNITED STATES!
2,500 Railcar Storage
Ameri-Port Baytown Industrial Park
Engineering oversight and construction of a 700 acre sight railcar storage yard for National Properties Holding including:
- 700 Acre site
- Earthwork construction
- Storm water systems installation
- Two entrance roads
- Two unloading yards
- One storage yard
- Tail track Inbound track
- Outbound track Parking lots
- Detention ponds Installed over 150,000 track-feet of rail with no lost time accidents!
Braskem-LaPorte, TX
300 Railcar Storage Yard in Laporte, Texas including:
- Earthwork construction
- Storm water system installation
- Yard lighting installation
- Sub-grade lime stabilization
- Sub-ballast installation
- 20,000 track feet of rail
- 20 turn-outs
- 3 leads
46,000 W.T. Byler Co. man-hours without injury or incident!
Border Railroads
WT Byler Co Wins Contract for Construction of Olmito Railyard and Westrail Project - Brownsville
INTERNATIONAL RAILROAD - Coordination success for TxDOT, Cameron County, City of Brownsville, UPRR, KCSM, City of Matamoros, State of Tamaulipas, Secretaria de Comunicaciones y Transportes and multiple federal / state agencies. Over the past 20+ years, residents of the City of Brownville have wanted the railro ads out of downtown... deactivation to date is 79 of their 93 railroad crossings.
WT Byler Co wins contract with Cameron County for construction of the Olmito Railyard Expansion Project - $10.2M. McCarthy Building Companies wins W est Railroad Relocation Project - $26.5M, subcontracting the earthwork portion / new rail construction to W T Byler Co - $15.1M. The project will begin at the UPRR's junction to the Port of Brownsville and south of Olmito and then continue west and south for 5.8 miles crossing over US 281, the International Boundary and W ater Commission levee and continue across the Rio Grande River. The proposed international rail bridge is 15 river miles upstream from the existing B&M Bridge and the KCSM connection in Matamoros.
DOW Seadrift Industrial Spur
Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railroad Port Lavaca, Texas
- Build in construction 8.7 miles and separate Wye Track
- Excavate & embank 1.3 million CY of earth material
- Mitigated 22.6 acres of wetlands
- Excavated 50 acres of USDA catfish ponds
- Excavated 5 cattle ponds
- Constructed 800 LF of railroad bridges
- Constructed 3 state highway overpasses
- Constructed multiple county and private crossings
- Installed 11 each E-80 loading crossings
- Constructed 10’ x 10’ x 5-barrel culvert runs
Substantial completion with difficult milestones in 11.5 months – two weeks ahead of schedule within owners budget including value engineering. 225,000 man-hours with no lost time injuries!
1,500 Acre Rail Park
Rail Logix Alamo Junction
- Engineering Oversight / GC
- Excavated and embanked over 2,000,000 CY of earth material
- Imported and placed to line and grade over 200,000 tons of crushed stone
- Constructed 47,000 track feet of of new rail including 4-interchange, 1 loop and 5 yard tracks with lead
- Home to Baker Hughes, Weatherford International, Halliburton, etc.
Rail Logix Alamo Junction is strategically located southeast of San Antonio, Texas near the heart of the Eagle Ford Shale. This 520-acre rail park has the ability to accommodate both manifest and unit train traffic.
800 Railcar Storage
Rail Logix Industrial Park
Design Oversight and Turnkey Construction of an 800 Railcar Storage Yard for National Properties Holding including:
- Earthwork construction
- Storm water systems installation
- Site lighting installation
- Soil stabilization
- Sub-ballast installation
- Tail track
- Inbound track
- Outbound track
- Large transload road
Installed 52,000 track feet of rail with no lost time accidents!
Sunoco Logistics Nederland Terminal
Design Over-site and Construction of a 120 Car Unit-Train Facility in Nederland, Texas on a 167 Acre site including:
- Build in place 18,000 Track-feet of storage, lead & loop-track
- Sitework completed for an additional 10,000 track-feet of loop-track
- Large detention with associated pipe & ditch collector-system
- Subcontracted 5,665 LF of sound-wall & 3 miles of new chain link/barbed wire fence system including remote access for both rail and trucks
EPC – Record breaking 6-month duration including design with Zero- Incidents
475 Acre UP Railroad
Boxcar Cleaning Facility
Performed turnkey construction of a 475 acres facility in Spofford, Texas including:
- Site clearing and grubbing
- Excavated and embanked 2,000,000 CY of earth materials including 4 large detention ponds
- On-sites included fresh-water system, raw sewage and industrial waste water treatment plants, complete electrical system and yard-air building with field-line system.
- Build-in-construction 2 miles of chip seal entrance road
- Build-in-construction 4 miles of asphalt roads at cleaning track
- Build-in-construction 4 miles of French drains along cleaning track
- Constructed 2 parking lots
- Constructed 1 Loading dock
- Constructed 1 maintenance/storage building - 4,000 SF
- Constructed 50' x 650' repair canopy w/ compressors, welding/cutting lines and electrical
- Constructed 4 lay down yards
- Constructed 3 office buildings - 7000 SF
- Constructed gas and diesel fueling depot
- Turnkey railroad system including 19 Turnouts and 58,384 TF
SGRR Medina Line
SOUTHWEST GULF RAILROAD MEDINA LINE HONDO, TX
16 MILES OF NEW RAILROAD SERVING VULCAN MATERIALS MADINA QUARRY
- OVER 2.8 MM CY OF EARTHWORK CUT TO FILL
- 230,000 TN SUB BALLAST
- 500 LF OF E-80 TRACK DRAINAGE STRUCTURES
- 3 PS/PC BOX BEAM BRIDGES
- 7 AT-GRADE CROSSINGS
- 2 ROADWAY RELOCATIONS
- ACCESS ROADWAY
ZERO OSHA RECORDABLES!
Fort Hood Railyard
Phase I, II and III
- 40 acre loading yard
- 25 acre sorting and classification yard
- 15 acres of parking
- 4.5 miles of interchange track
- 1 wye track
- 4 buildings
- Tail track
- Excavated and placed to line and grade 1,000,000 cubic yards of earth material
- Installed 21 miles of A-2000 Contech HDPE pipe that tied into a CMP collection system
- Imported and placed over 225,000 tons of base material
- Imported and placed 100,000 tons of special sub-ballast
W. T. Byler company was the Heavy / Civil sub-contractor on this project. Facility was the largest military railhead ever constructed in the United States.
The Fort Worth District - US Army Corps of Engineers named this facility Project of the Year!
Chevron Phillips Chemical Co.
Over 140 Acres of Site-Preparation
- Existing facilities demolition
- 18” JRCP pipeline protection slab
- Detention system and outfall structures
- 15 Miles of HDPE storm water system
- Soil stabilization
- 2 miles of new siding sub-grade
- Road systems construction with HMAC
- Structural concrete weir systems
- Railroad construction by others
Three sites… one contract!
Englewood Yard Bowl Track and Rehabilitation
40 AC Bowl Track Extensions, West Turn Track, East Track, Environmental Remediation And North Bypass
- 190,000 Cy Of Earthwork
- 91,153 Cy Of Class 1 & 2 Non-Hazardous Material
- 5,400 Cy Of Hazardous Mat.
- 26,000 Lf Of Storm Water Pipe
- 5,800 Lf Of New Sanitary Lines
- 60,000 Sy Of Soil Stabilization
- 61,000 Tf Of New Rail
- 38 Turnouts
152,149 Work Hours With Zero Recordables!
Livonia Sit Yard
90 AC Facility Within The Livonia Subdivision
- 290,000 Cy Of Earthwork
- 50,075 Lf Of Storm Water Pipe
- Air, Water And Sewer Systems Installation
- 116,806 Sy Of Soil Stabilization
- 90,000 Tn Of Sub-Ballast
- 78,887 Tf Of New Tracks
- 29 Turnouts.
- 53,387 Sy Of New Asphalt Roads And Yards
80,490 Work Hours With Zero Recordables!
Brazos Yard Departure And Yard Tracks
Completed Over 54,000 Tf Of New Track And 3 Turnouts
Date Time Action
11/12/21 12:30 pm Pre-bid call.
11/12/21 3:30 pm Job proposal due.
11/12/21 6:30 pm Notice of award via phone.
11/15/21 7:00 am Mobilization of equipment.
11/16/21 7:00 am Boots on the ground.
12/22/21 5:30 pm 3 Departure tracks ready for service.
01/05/22 5:30 pm Finished ~23K feet of storage track.
9,016 Work Hours With Zero Recordables!
Dayton To Crosby New Mainline
9 Mile Project Within The Houston Subdivision Including An Industry Track Tie In
- 110,000 Cy Of Earthwork
- 46,500 Tf Of New Mainline Track
- 9 Turnouts
- 13 Railroad Crossings
- 12 Railroad Bridge Structures Including One 9-Span Bridge Crossing Over Cedar Bayou
