When he was growing up, Ryan Pursell's grandfather usually had one or two sand-rail vehicles that were familiar to the 200 or so people living in Stinesville. "I have wanted one since I was a kid," ...

Everything we plow, harvest or mine started as rock and evolved in time. Given enough time, solid rock exposed at the earth's surface is broken down into rock and mineral fragments by weathering into ...

A Canadian mining company won a key battle Monday night in its quest to build a rail shipping hub in Wabasha that is likely to accelerate the region's frac-sand boom at a time when local activists are ...

With some beaches in San Clemente so barren from erosion that waves crash up against passing trains, transportation officials are urgently looking to add sand to their plans to protect the troubled ...

The next time you’re golfing on Long Island, N.Y., and you hit a ball into a sand trap, think of the Brookhaven Rail Terminal (BRT), a rail/truck transload facility in Yaphank, Town of Brookhaven. BRT ...

Diesel engines have a reputation for being slow and undesirable. However, if you’re willing to roll with the punches and keep working on tuning your oil-burner, something like this can come out. The ...

Orange County crews have begun laying thousands of pounds of sand in San Clemente as part of an emergency project to protect a vulnerable passenger and freight rail line along the Pacific coast. On ...

HOUSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Twin Eagle Sand Logistics, LLC (“Twin Eagle”), a subsidiary of Twin Eagle Resource Management, LLC, is pleased to announce that it has broken ground on the Permian Rail Park.

In dire need of sand to replenish its eroding beaches, San Clemente is on the lookout for nearby offshore deposits to dredge. Coastal Frontiers Corp., a consultant hired last year to carry out a sand ...