Engineering Expertise. Customer-Driven Innovation.
At voestalpine Railway Systems Nortrak, innovation starts with understanding the challenges our customers face every day. By combining decades of North American railway experience with advanced engineering tools, testing capabilities, and close customer collaboration, we develop practical solutions that improve safety, reliability, maintainability, and lifecycle performance.
As part of the global voestalpine Railway Systems network, Nortrak benefits from access to worldwide engineering expertise, proven technologies, and railway infrastructure solutions developed across international markets. This combination of local expertise and global collaboration enables us to deliver innovative solutions tailored to the unique needs of freight, transit, commuter, and industrial rail operators throughout North America. Through collaboration with sister companies around the world, we exchange knowledge, share best practices, and leverage proven innovations to address evolving customer and infrastructure challenges.
Innovation Through Collaboration
Many of our most successful products began as solutions to specific customer challenges. By working closely with customers and leveraging the knowledge and experience of our engineering teams across North America and the global voestalpine Railway Systems network, we transform operational challenges into practical innovations that improve railway infrastructure performance and deliver long-term value.
Our focus extends beyond individual components to developing solutions that contribute to the performance of the overall railway system.
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The Universal HST® was developed to address the maintenance and operational challenges of traditional turnout systems. Its adaptable design supports multiple turnout configurations while reducing inventory requirements, improving signal reliability, and enabling more efficient maintenance practices.
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The Safeguard Rail Fastener was developed to improve safety during guard rail installation while maintaining the proven performance railroads demand. By eliminating traditional e-clip installation challenges, the design reduces employee exposure to installation hazards while delivering reliable fastening performance, durability, and reduced maintenance complexity.
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The patented Keyway Tie was developed to help railroads modernize track infrastructure without the cost and disruption of full track replacement. Combining the durability and gauge-holding strength of concrete with the flexibility and maintainability of timber track, it enables incremental infrastructure upgrades using standard maintenance equipment while supporting long-term network reliability and lifecycle value.
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Originally developed to solve a customer operational challenge, the MPF Rod Support helps reduce static and dynamic forces transmitted to the switch machine in Moveable Point Frog applications. By minimizing wear on critical components and improving long-term reliability, it delivers a practical solution that has since benefited customers facing similar performance and maintenance challenges.
Engineering Solutions for Modern Railways
With one of North America's most experienced railway engineering teams, Nortrak delivers customized solutions designed to meet the specific needs of each project. Using advanced design tools, analytical modeling, testing capabilities, and decades of railway expertise, our engineers develop solutions that balance performance, reliability, maintainability, and long-term value.
Our teams collaborate closely with railway infrastructure professionals throughout the voestalpine Railway Systems network, combining local market knowledge with global engineering experience. This integrated approach allows us to leverage proven technologies, share best practices, and develop solutions that address the evolving requirements of modern rail networks.
By considering how trackwork, fastening systems, concrete ties, switch technologies, and other infrastructure components work together, we help customers improve overall network performance, simplify maintenance, and maximize lifecycle value. Rather than focusing solely on individual products, we strive to deliver solutions that support the long-term success of the entire railway system.