Industrial Railroad

The TMS International facility in the Borough of West Mifflin, Allegheny County received a 2014 Pennsylvania Department of Transportation Rail Freight Assistance Program Grant (RFAP). The RFAP grant was the first for TMS and used for the reconstruction of the facilities main lead track and 5 turnouts off that lead track. Stone Consulting, Inc. prepared the projects plans and specifications and assisted TMS in the bidding of the project. In addition Stone also aided TMS in executing the grant documentation as well as construction management, on-site inspection and the final project closeout.

What started out in 2006 as a plant lead track reconstruction project soon grew into a 3-phase plant-wide track reconstruction project. Stone Consulting, Inc., working in conjunction with Lehigh and the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation's Bureau of Rail Freight, Ports and Waterways secured two Rail Freight Grants totaling approximately $780,000 for the projects. With the Commonwealth's assistance, Lehigh has completed the final phase of its project and has moved the plant's transportation operations into the 21st century.

The 3 phases, costing more than $1,500,000, included the replacement of 8 turnouts, the removal of nearly 2,500-ft. of track and the total reconstruction of over 8,200-ft. of track including new drainage facilities and building door modifications.