Between 1880 and 1930, Mexican track workers made up nearly two-thirds of the track labor force in the Southwest, Great Plains and Midwest, according to a 2016 book on traqueros, Cuevas said.

MIDDLETOWN, Pa. — Amtrak moved into phase two of its infrastructure project to replace wooded ties and rail with concrete ones along the Keystone line between Harrisburg and Lancaster. The track ...

ANNE SHANNON WGAL NEWS EIGHT. WELL, AMTRAK HAS STARTED THE FOURTH PHASE OF ITS TRACK RENEWAL PROJECT IN THE SUSQUEHANNA VALLEY. THE. $122 MILLION PROJECT BETWEEN LANCASTER AND HARRISBURG, NORMALLY ...

Crews might be able to lay 10 miles of track a day, he added. White rail workers supervised Latino members of track-laying crews.