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We’re Hiring – Rail/Track Designer
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Looking for an experienced Rail/Track Designer who will support and design track projects for customers, short line railroads and Class 1 railroads. This position is remote and can be based anywhere in the USA for the selected professional with the essential track design experience.

Responsibilities
- Create conceptual track and facility layout drawings based on client input.
- Review and assure compliance with railroad design requirements for projects in the design phase and provide design support for projects in the construction phase.
- Support design engineering work on various complex engineering and construction projects.
- Proactively manage scope, budget, schedule, functional quality, internal and external impacts and assure projects are designed on time.
- Design track layouts for various customer and short line railroad rail projects nationally.
- Full-time preferred but would consider part-time as well
Experience
- At least 1 year or more experience with track design in the USA
- A PE registration is a plus but not required.
- Experience with track design and coordination with other disciplines.
- Familiarity with freight rail operations desirable.
- Experience with Class I railroads design standards desirable
Skills/Competencies
- Excellent written, oral communications skills, and a familiarity with rail industry practices and standards are required. Must also possess a thorough knowledge of current AREMA recommendations for use on rail projects.
- Must have experience using AutoCad Civil 3D to design track and create construction documents
- Experience creating 3D models desirable
Annual salary is negotiable for the right person.

Benefits for a full-time position include medical, dental, vision, HSA, paid time off, commission, bonuses and 401K.

Please email Admin@thetgbgroup.com with your resume and qualifications

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November 8, 2022
San Jacinto River & Rail Park
Rail in Houston, Texas

TGB Group was hired by W&P Development Corporation of Texas to provide civil design services for a Houston industrial park development served by the Union Pacific Railroad and BNSF Railway. Our tasks included design for approximately 12,000 feet of railroad track, remote power turnouts adjacent to a Class I railroad main line, and more than 100,000 feet of additional track inside the industrial park.

Rail design

The rail portion of the project included nearly 75 custom Vossloh turnouts with radar and rail car identification technology to provide exact, positive location information of more than 4,000 cars that eventually will be held in the park. This is a first-of-its-kind yard in the United States and will make locating customers’ cars when released a much more efficient process.

Special consideration was taken for design and operational integrity where the industrial rail met the proposed Class I railroad. TGB Group analyzed the options of wood, steel and concrete ties to determine which would be the most economical while keeping in mind long-term maintenance for the client.

In addition to the rail, there was an 800-plus-acre site design that called for a drainage plan with more than six miles of ditches, one and a half miles of access roads, more than 150,000 cubic yards of dirt work, utility design and mitigation, as well as three road crossings.

Pipelines

As many in the industry know, throughout the Houston area there are buried pipelines that must be considered in any project that includes digging. In our project, there were two water wells that required capping, a 24-inch water line that had to be encased, and three petroleum company pipelines to address. One of these was a 24-inch crude line that was deep enough to not require encasing. The other two were much shallower. TGB Group worked with the client and the pipeline owners to arrange for the lines to be encased so that railroad tracks could safely be installed over them.

Other project elements TGB Group managed included:
- Topographic and ALTA surveys
- Environmental site assessments
- Geotechnical investigation
- Sub-surface utility investigation
- Stormwater Pollution Prevention Plan
Additionally, we worked with the Army Corps of Engineers on a Wetlands Jurisdictional Determination.

Approvals and project launch

The project was designed according to the Class I railroad’s industrial design standards and the American Railway Engineering Maintenance of Way Association guidelines. After handing over the initial design, TGB Group worked closely with the client and representatives from the short line railroad and the Class I railroad during the review process to receive approval.

The site plan was submitted to the Class I railroad for review and approval in the spring of 2017. The design was completed in summer of 2017. The developer required a fast-track design schedule for the project, and all timelines were met or exceeded, allowing construction to begin at the specified time.

If you’d like to know more about TGB Group’s involvement in this project, please contact:

Mike Murphy, president, TGB Group: (832) 748-7603
Brad Sullivan, W&P Development: bsullivan@sjrr.us
October 20, 2017
Railroad-Served Fertilizer Distribution center

Location: North Texas

TGB Group was hired by Crop Production Service, LLC (CPS) and Texas North Western Railway (TXNW) to provide the civil design for a new 27-acre industrial site for a fertilizer distribution center in the railway’s new Panhandle Logistics Park. The design would include a 17,500-square-foot dry fertilizer storage building, a 12,500-square-foot liquid/chemical storage building, and a 22,000-square-foot seed packaging warehouse building. Designs also were needed for an application building, a maintenance building and an office building.

Drainage, access and other project specs

The site called for a layout to connect to the Texas Northwestern Railway, a short line railroad located in the Texas Panhandle. The site design included grading and drainage for three storage tanks with capacities from 300,000 gallons to one million gallons and room for additional tanks. Also needed were two industrial entrances off a county road, a commercial truck scale and fencing for the entire property.

TGB’s duties included developing plans for site grading, stormwater detention and erosion control in accord with CPS and TXNW requirements and the Stormwater Pollution Prevention Plan. We also created designs for containment and more than 3,300 feet of railroad track for up to 12 cars at a time.

Special considerations had to be made for coordination with the short line railroad to ensure that the new spur met its standards. Railroad operations and proper drainage were maintained at all times throughout the project. To ensure that the work would be completed on-time and on-budget, our team coordinated site development activities with multiple contractors that provided various key services for the project.

Completion and approval

Our design was completed in the summer of 2017, after which the developer and short line railroad reviewed and approved our site plan. The project was designed to local standards; the rail design met American Railway Engineering & Maintenance-of-Way Association guidelines and standards. The developer required a fast-track design schedule for the project, and all timelines were met or exceeded in order to start construction that summer.

If you’d like to know more about TGB Group’s involvement in this project, please contact:

Mike Murphy, president, TGB Group: (832) 748-7603
Clayton Kendall, TNW Corporation, ckendall@tnw-rr.com

October 19, 2017