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 ...

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," ...

Crushed stone, gravel, and sand is up 26.5 percent, serving as the top carload performing commodity for Class I rail operators in 2017. Rail frac sand reflects a substantial amount of this commodity ...

DENVER--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The Broe Group’s transportation affiliate, OmniTRAX Inc., a comprehensive logistics solutions provider, is working with the City of Sand Springs, Okla. to bring its Rail-Ready ...

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 ...

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 ...

Denver-based OmniTRAX is linking with customers interested in locating in Sand Springs, Okla. Through its Rail-Ready Sites program, OmniTRAX, an affiliate of The Broe Group, is teaming with the city ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...