Volume 43 - Issue 21 - May 23, 2024

(Published in the Kansas Register May 23, 2024.)

V & S Railway, LLC

Request for Proposals

V & S Railway, LLC (VSR) is requesting proposals from railroad track contractors for the labor, equipment, fuel, and incidental materials required to remove and replace approximately 4,000 cross ties (AREMA Grade 7 [7” x 9” x 8’6”]) on the Main Track consisting of 1- and 2-mile segments at the rate of approximately 1,000 ties per mile between MP 1.0 and MP 16.6 between Attica, Kansas and Medicine Lodge, Kansas (KDOT Project No. 106 RA- 8057-23).

The replacement cross ties, spikes, tie plugs and casualty rail, and OTM will be furnished by VSR. The VSR main line is predominately 112 lb/yd CWR east of MP 12.9 and 112 lb/yd jointed rail west of MP 12.9 with scattered segments of 90 lb/yd and 115 lb/yd rail.

Copies of the Request for Proposals (RFP) may be obtained by contacting Ed Landreth, a contractor to the VSR and the designated VSR Project Manager for this project, at 505-239-9915 or EWLandreth@aol.com. Proposals are due June 14, 2024.

V & S Railway, LLC reserves the right to reject any and all bids and to waive technicalities.

Ed Landreth
Acting General Manager
V & S Railway, LLC

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