Specifications include, but are not limited to: A. Project bid includes, three (3) separate scope of work sections. Contractors may bid on individual scopes of work or any combination of all three. 1. Site civil scope for the development of a rail tamper remanufacturing and maintenance facility. The building structure, interior paving, driveways and parking lot were completed in a previous phase. Scope of work includes, but is not limited to, mass grading, rail bed/subballast grading, rail ballast & walkway ballast procurement, placement and stockpiling, private storm sewer system improvements (pipe, inlets, gabions, concrete weir), pavement construction (aggregate and concrete), walkway ballast placement and final seeding & erosion control. 2. Track material acquisition scope includes procuring all rail materials (ties, rail, turnouts, OTM), other than the rail bed/subballast, rail ballast, and walkway ballast. 3. Rail construction scope includes the placement of the track section, including ballast, ties, rails, turnouts, and other track material (OTM). (See Detailed Rail Scope below) B. Detailed Track/Rail Construction Scope of Work: Contractor shall provide all necessary labor, equipment, and logistical services to perform and satisfactorily complete new railroad track construction work, to include cut-in and installation of one (1) Qty. #8 R.H. turnout to be installed leading from a 90# industrial lead track of Watco’s SKOL Railroad, installation of one (1) Qty. additional #8 R.H. turnout, and construct approximately 2,150+/- feet of railroad track. The tracks are to be built using a combination of varying weights of relay rail, both wooden & steel crossties & fasteners, over sub-ballast which will be provided, graded, and compacted by others. Upon completion of skeleton track construction, ballast will be provided on-site by others. Track contractor is required to dump ballast over the newly constructed track to allow for proper surfacing of the track. Surfacing work will be performed by Precision Railway Equipment Company and is not considered in the scope of work contemplated herein. More details regarding track construction are provided below as described by the location of the track work to be done in proximity to the PREC shop building & surrounding property. The attached Engineered plan drawings show details related to the track to be constructed as part of this project. 1. Storage Tracks (3) - North side of shop building - Construct three (3) tracks, each approximately two hundred (200’) +/- total feet long. After preliminary grading and compaction have been done by others, contractor shall extend existing 133# rail previously installed at varying lengths beyond the existing building slab, further, staggering joints, to approximately thirty (35’) feet +/- from building with 133# rail over 7” x 9” x 9’ wooden crossties on twentyfour (24”) inch centers. After extending these tracks, others will construct forms, tie reinforcing steel rebar, and pour a concrete apron, twenty (20’) feet out, north of the building. Thereafter, for each track, the contractor will return to install approximately one hundred sixty-five (165’) +/- feet of 90# relay rail on steel crossties on thirty (30”) inch centers, using compromise bars to accomplish the transition in rail height. Each of the three (3) tracks are to be built to a total length of approximately two hundred (200’) +/- feet from the building. Install rail ballast to allow for track surfacing by others. 2. Storage Tracks (2) & Spur Track (1) - South side of shop building, shown as east, west & spur tracks - Construct three (3) tracks, each approximately seventy-five (75’) +/- total feet long. Existing 133# rail extending at varying lengths beyond the existing building slab are to be further extended, staggering joints, to approximately thirty (35’) feet +/- from building with 133# rail over 7” x 9” x 8’-6” or 9’ wooden crossties on twenty-four (24”) inch centers. NOTE: Spur Track rail must be slightly curved and maintain gauge as it extends from the building slab, to meet Spur Track curvature as shown on engineered plans. After extending these tracks, others will construct forms, tie reinforcing steel rebar, and pour a concrete apron, twenty (20’) feet out, south of the exiting building slab. Thereafter, the track contractor will return to install 133# relay rail on 7” x 9” x 8’-6” or 9’ wooden crossties on twenty-four (24”) inch centers to achieve a total of approx. seventy-five (75’) +/-feet for each track. NOTE: The Spur Track will be joined from the south beyond the seventy-five (75’) +/- foot length, to meet the #8 turnout rail coming north from the Spur Track switch off the Team Track. Install rail ballast to allow for track surfacing by others. 3. Team Track – Cut-in and construct one (1) #8 Right Hand Turnout on 7” x 9” x 9’ wooden switch ties from SKOL Railroad’s 90# Lead Track. After reaching the clearance point of Watco’s Lead Track as shown on plans, install 90# relay/reconditioned rail on steel crossties on twenty-four (24”) inch centers, approximately eleven hundred fifteen (1,115) track feet to end of Team Track. Install rail ballast to allow for track surfacing by others. Installation of rail ballast on approximately 150 track feet (1’ thick and 9’ wide) of the Watco Lead is included in the ballast quantities. Surfacing on the Watco Lead Track will be by others.
