On the night of March 2nd and into the morning of March 3rd, 2020, Severe storms and tornadoes plowed through central Tennessee, including the city of Nashville. The storms caused casualties, many people were injured, thousands experienced power outages, hundreds of buildings were wrecked, and debris was scattered everywhere. Amid this destruction, R. J. Corman crews stepped up to provide essential storm clean-up and restore rail transportation systems operations.    

In early to mid-July 2023, Vermont and neighboring states experienced a devastating natural disaster known now by the National Weather Service as the Great Vermont Floods. The most widespread and significant flood damage occurred because of prolonged heavy rainfall of 3 to 9 inches within 48 hours on July 10th-11th on top of already-saturated ground from previous storms.

On Friday, June 23, a major storm system was moving across Nebraska and Wyoming. The Cheyenne Office of the National Weather Service said that eight tornadoes of varied intensity hit Wyoming and the western Nebraska Panhandle. One of these tornadoes caused a derailment near Wright, Wyoming, on a Class I line. They called R. J. Corman Railroad Service’s Emergency team to respond to the derailment of 25 cars.

On March 7, 2018, 13 cars and three locomotives derailed in the mountains of Tennessee. The cars derailed on the side of a steep mountain, and the track could only be accessed from one angle. Several cars had also tumbled down into a ravine and needed to be retrieved, but there was no clear path to access the area where the cars were located. R. J.

RESULTS-BID NO.24-200 SIAP 2024 RFCC TIE PROJECT LABOR

Over the last couple of months, Construction Divisions of R. J. Corman Railroad Services have been working on Phase 1 of the Village of Essex Junction’s Crescent Connector Road project. 

Pickens Railway Company, a family-owned short line railroad in Anderson County, South Carolina, asked R. J. Corman’s Railroad Services to rebuild seven miles of their tracks. After several years of operations on this line, a program of upgrades was scheduled. 

R. J. Corman Railroad Services has almost completed the first phase of their project for Heartwell Renewables, a joint venture between Cargill and Musket, in their renewable diesel production facility in Hastings, Nebraska. 

Throughout 2022 and 2023, R. J. Corman Railroad Services successfully constructed two different test loops for MxV Rail in its testing facilities at PuebloPlex in Colorado. The first phase of this project was to construct a High-Speed Test Loop. The 5.8-mile loop (30,527 track feet) is designed to replicate real-world scenarios and was built using the Federal Railroad Administration’s (FRA) Class Six track safety standards. This means a track for freight trains and passenger trains traveling up to 110 mph. The loop has curves ranging from 2.4 degrees to three degrees.

Due to the projected weather conditions, the public parking area for this year's 4th of July fireworks display will be relocated to our headquarters’ general parking lots through our main gates on US-27. Safety is our top priority, and this change will ensure the safety and enjoyment of all attendees.

Gates will open as originally scheduled at 8:00 p.m. and remain open until capacity is reached.  Please note that there will be limited parking available due to the size of the parking lots.