Rail operator Union Pacific (UP) is investing $14 million in improving Iowa’s infrastructure.
The project, which is scheduled to be completed by mid November, will massively improve the rail line which runs between Grand Mound and Boone.
The multi-million dollar investment will include replacing nearly 80,000 ties, spreading 44,800 tonnes of rock ballast to help provide a more stable roadbed, renewing the surfaces at 84 road crossings and replacing a total of two and one-half miles of rail in various curves.
Union Pacific plans to invest $3.6 billion in its rail network during 2012.
