GLOBAL SUPPLIER OF FASTENERS
Progress Rail has a full line of fastening systems for heavy haul and transit railways, offering one of the most inclusive product portfolios worldwide.
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With state-of-the-art manufacturing facilities located strategically around the globe, we produce the highest quality and widest range of rail fastening systems, from rail anchors and resilient clips to standard and high resilient direct fixation fasteners. In our more than 50-year history we have created one of the most comprehensive rail fastening portfolios in the industry.
In October 2015, Progress Rail acquired Amsted Rail’s Rail Product Solutions (RPS) division to capture best-in-class, high-performance rail fastener solutions for freight and transit rail customers. RPS was a collection of three companies (Unit Rail, Airboss and Advanced Track Products). This acquisition expanded the Progress Rail product offerings to include fundamental components for rail infrastructure, playing a crucial role in enhancing reliability, improving ride quality and minimizing track downtime. We support our customers by delivering innovative options, such as the Loadmaster and ADFF-55 direct fixation units along with our E-Style and ME Series resilient clips. And not to be overlooked for its outstanding capability to significantly reduce vibrations, impacts and ballast degradation is our ballast mat line of products for which we have been the legacy supplier in the US market since 1980.
DIRECT FIXATION FASTENING SYSTEMS
SYSTEM-WIDE FASTENERS
Utilize both containment and traditional compression designs to allow for versatility and engineered performance to meet the unique needs of each customer.
ADFF - ACOUSTICAL DIRECT FIXATION
Progress Rail’s ADFF was created to provide noise and vibration attenuation expected from high resilient DF units while matching the anchor bolt patterns and rail seat elevation of standard DF units.
DF BLOCK SYSTEM
Features include rapid installation of standard and high resilient direct fixation fasteners, a significant reduction in labor and material handling, increased safety and American made
EGG-TYPE ACOUSTICAL DIRECT FIXATION
The Egg is the industry's legacy vibration-attenuating track fastener, appropriate for direct fixation environments - at grade, aerial structures and tunnels.
LOADMASTER & LMTT
This direct fixation track fastener was designed with dual-stiffness to provide rail systems with resilient fasteners capable of withstanding and cushioning heavy axle loads, including Class Is.
HIGH RESILIENT SPECIAL TRACKWORK DF
Options for guard rail, restraining rail, and turnout applications, with many of the same advantages and characteristics of the standard Egg for normal track.
SPECIAL TRACKWORK DF
Features include industry standard, proven design and use, versatile stiffness range for North American transit applications, and excellent lateral/gauge resistance
ELASTIC FASTENER SYSTEMS
Elastic fastener clips are forged spring steel products designed to fasten the rail to a support structure. Progress Rail provides two of the most common types of elastic fastener clips in the world: ME and e-style. Along with elastic clips, Progress Rail provides various ancillary and complimentary component dedicated for use with each type of elastic clip to create full elastic fastener systems. Elastic fastening systems provide gauge control, resists longitudinal and rotational movement of the rail, and manages track deflections and impacts to meet specific customer requirements. With a state of the art design and testing facility, Progress Rail continuously innovates new elastic fastener products to meet existing and developing customer requirements.
GE11 e-STYLE ELASTIC FASTENERS
Manufactured in the USA with an innovative low-stress process, Progress Rail’s GE11 e-style elastic fasteners offer improved fatigue limits for long life and reduced maintenance costs.
ME SERIES
The ME63 Fastening System features components that are fully captive to the tie allowing installation speeds of up to a quarter mile per hour.
RAIL ANCHORS
Rail anchors are designed and used to transmit static and dynamic longitudinal forces (resulting from thermal expansion and contraction of the rail, as well as from tractive loads) from the rail to the cross tie. Many years of testing, trials and service in all kinds of demanding applications, has made the Progress Rail anchors the proven industry standard for anchoring rail, with nearly one billion rail anchors in service to date. Rail anchors are applied to the rail base, and physically bear on the side of the cross tie to desist longitudinal movement of the rail.
DRIVE-ON ANCHOR
The Progress Rail Drive-On Anchor is the most popular design anchor in the world. With a long life-cycle and efficient design, it provides the lowest total cost of ownership in the industry.
SPRING ANCHOR
The answer to longitudinal rail movement under heavy axle loads, curvature and steep grades. With the highest clamping force available in the industry, it can also serve as an anti-vandal component.
SPECIALTY ANCHORS
Progress Rail provides Rail Anchors for any size rail, even obsolete sections. Simply provide us with a section of the rail and we will match one of our designs to meet your sample rail section.
ANCHOR TOOLS
The Progress Rail EZ-Wrench is a single-person hand tool used for the application of a Spring Rail Anchor. Drive-On rail anchors are installed with a simple sledge hammer.
SPECIALTY FASTENERS
We offer a variety of specialty fasteners including STW DF (both standard and high resilient), insulated fixed rail anchors, concrete inserts, insulated lag screws and more.
INSULATED RAIL ANCHOR ASSEMBLIES
CONCRETE INSERTS
INSULATED LAG SCREWS
BALLAST MATS
Since 1980, our ballast mats have proven to significantly reduce noise and vibration, reduce the need for maintenance, extend the life of ballast and protect the surface of your structure.
ANCILLARY/OTHER
GAGELOK®
The self-drilling Gagelok® can be used to replace track spikes and screw spikes and the specialized design prolongs tie life and minimizes tie splitting during insertion.
MACRO
Used to protect and repair concrete tie rail seats, providing unmatched durability, design flexibility and longevity for reduced maintenance intervals and safer, more reliable track systems.
GLOBAL SUPPLIER OF TRACKWORK
Progress Rail offers a full line of components and fasteners for heavy haul and transit railways, and is a leading manufacturer of specialty trackwork in North America, the United Kingdom and Australia.
FASTENERS CONTACTS
FREIGHT
Jose Mediavilla
Director of Technical Services - Freight
913-313-7979
PASSENGER
Scott Osler
Director of Technical Services - Passenger Rail
843-642-1142
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