Upgrading supersonic track: to rehab track that handles objects at speeds of more than 3,000 mph, the Navy used railroad m/w skills. From: Railway Track and Structures | Date: May 1, 2007 | COPYRIGHT 2007 Simmons-Boardman Publishing Corporation. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

There's lots of super-sophisticated reach going on at the Naval Air Weapons Station in China Lake, Calif. But when the 50-year-old Supersonic Naval Ordnance Research Track, known as SNORT, was due for its first upgrade and preventive maintenance program, it called for some plain and fancy m/w skills.

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According to Rocketeer II, the official newspaper of the facility, SNORT is a test track where items are brought to study effects on them ...