Beyond Tools: IRS Expands Into Trackwork Components

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Beyond Tools: IRS Expands Into Trackwork Components For sixty years we've helped railroaders maintain and repair their track with thousands of different tools, from abrasives all the way up to production equipment. Now, we're excited to announce that we're expanding into a new category for IRS: trackwork components. Browse New Trackwork Components Meet Atlantic Track: Our New Trackwork Manufacturer Like IRS, Atlantic Track has been serving the railroad industry for decades. Since 1964, Atlantic Track has continuously expanded its manufacturing and distribution capabilities and has grown into a full-service railroad manufacturing and supply company based near us in Glen Ellyn, IL. Through our new partnership, IRS is now stocking and distributing Atlantic Track's trackwork components. “Adding trackwork components to our product portfolio represents an important expansion for IRS."“For decades customers have relied on us to provide the specialty tools and products they need to maintain their railroads. By stocking and distributing trackwork components, this new partnership with Atlantic Track allows us to expand the support we provide for critical and vulnerable parts of track infrastructure.”Scott Commo President, Industry-Railway Suppliers Why Trackwork Components Because turnouts play such an important role in the railway system and are subject to some of the heaviest wear on the railroad, expanding into trackwork components was a natural next step for IRS. A turnout has a big job. It provides greater flexibility to the rail network by allowing trains to move from one track to another without the need for an entirely new track. But its flexibility is complex because a turnout functions as a system of trackwork components.Those trackwork components depend on each other, working together to handle the tremendous, shifting forces created as a train moves through. So when one component wears, it changes how those forces are distributed, putting additional stress on all the components. A chain reaction →One component wears → forces shift → all components experience additional stress → wear accelerates → maintenance needs increase Our New Trackwork Components Frogs Heel Blocks Switch Stands Other Trackwork Components Switch Points Switch Point Guards Bumping Posts Stocked and Ready to Ship Atlantic Track's trackwork components are stocked in the IRS warehouse and ready to ship. Adding these components to our product catalog means customers can source more of what they need alongside the tools and MOW products they already rely on us for. Looking for a specific trackwork component? Request a quote directly from any trackwork product page on our website. If you don't see what you need, call or contact us. We'll help you find it.