The world recession has slowed bulk movements in North America and placed several long-term projects on hold. However, it has also given ports, railroads and terminal operators breathing space to accomplish long overdue maintenance and repair work.rnRailroads in particular have been using the slack time to close complete sections of mainline for sleeper replacement and roadbed re-ballasting, work that had been put on hold in the past because of high train density.
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