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," ...
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 ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Orange County crews have begun laying thousands of pounds of sand in San Clemente as part of an emergency project to protect a ...
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 ...
An Amtrak Surfliner heads south. (File photo courtesy of SANDAG) Officials have marked a key milestone in the effort to protect a coastal rail line that stretches to downtown San Diego. The line ...
Tons of sand are being transported to Long Island by rail, all to support the region’s golf courses. Andrew Kaufman, the president of Brookhaven Rail Terminal, said as much as 2,100 tons of sand is ...
The president of a Texas company proposing to build a sand loading facility in the Town of Menomonie met with area residents Saturday to explain the plan. R.J. Sykes of Vista Sand, a frac sand company ...
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 ...