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FORM 3 OMB APPROVAL
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OMB Number 3235-0104
Expires: September 30, 1998
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U.S. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, DC 20549
INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES
Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(f)
of the Investment Company Act of 1940
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* 2. Date of Event Requiring 4. Issuer Name and Ticker or 6. If Amendment, Date
Burk Kenneth R. Statement Trading Symbol of Original
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(Last) (First) (Middle) 5/10/99 RailWorks Corporation
c/o RailWorks Corporation ---------------------------- RWKS -----------------------
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(Street) Number of Reporting Person to Issuer Group Filing (Check
Baltimore, MD 21204 Person, if an Entity (Check all applicable) applicable line)
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(City) (State) (Zip) ---------------------------- ----- ----- ----- One Reporting
X Officer Other Person
----- (give ----- (specify Form filed by
title below) below) ----- More than One
Executive Vice President and Reporting Person
Chief Operating Officer
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TABLE 1 -- NON-DERIVATIVE SECURITIES BENEFICIALLY OWNED
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1. Title of Security 2. Amount of Securities 3. Ownership Form: 4. Nature of Indirect
(Instr. 4) Beneficially Owned Direct (D) or Beneficial
(Instr. 4) Indirect (I) Ownership (Instr. 4)
(Instr. 5)
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*If the Form is filed by more than one Reporting Person, see Instruction 5(b)(v).
Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class of securities beneficially owned directly or indirectly. (Over)
(Print or Type Responses)
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FORM 3 (CONTINUED) TABLE II -- DERIVATIVE SECURITIES BENEFICIALLY OWNED
(E.G., PUTS, CALLS, WARRANTS, OPTIONS, CONVERTIBLE SECURITIES)
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1. Title of Derivative Security 2. Date 3. Title and Amount of 4. Conver- 5. Owner- 6. Nature of Indirect
(Instr. 4) Exercisable and Securities Underlying sion or ship Beneficial Ownership
Expiration Date Derivative Security Exercise Form of (Instr. 5)
(Month/Day/ (Instr. 4) Price of Deriv-
Year) Deri- ative
vative Security:
Security Direct
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Date Expira- Amount or Indirect
Exercis- tion Title Number (I)
able Date of Shares (Instr. D)
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1. Stock Option (Right to Buy) (1) 5/10/09 Common Stock 200,000 $10.75 D
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Explanation of Responses:
(1) Exercisable in 25% increments on each of 5/10/99, 5/10/00, 5/10/01 and 5/10/02.
/s/ Kenneth R. Burk 5/17/99
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Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a). **Signature of Reporting Person Date
Note. File three copies of this form, one of which must be manually signed. Page 2
If space provided is insufficient, See Instruction 6 for procedure.
(Print or Type Responses)
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POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS that the undersigned hereby constitutes and
appoints Harold C. Kropp, Jr., John J. Polatz, Carla J. Berkenkemper and Nancy
S. Noppenberger, and each of them, the true and lawful agents and
attorneys-in-fact of the undersigned, with full power to appoint a substitute
or substitutes to act hereunder, for the undersigned and in his name, to
execute and file with the Securities Exchange Commission on behalf of the
undersigned or on behalf of any trust with respect to which the undersigned
serves as a trustee, any Form 3s, Form 4s or Form 5s (or any amendments
thereto) required to be so executed and filed by the undersigned or any such
trust with respect to which the undersigned serves as trustee under Section
16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Act"), and the
rules and regulations promulgated thereunder. The undersigned hereby gives to
said agents and attorneys-in-fact, and to each of them, full power and
authority to act in the premises, including, but no limited to, full power and
authority to determine in his or their sole discretion the time when, purpose
for and manner in which any powers herein conferred shall be exercised. The
undersigned hereby ratifies and confirms all that said agents and
attorneys-in-fact, or any of them, or any substitute or substitutes, may do by
virtue hereof. This power of attorney shall remain valid and in full force and
effect until the earlier of (i) the date on which the undersigned is no longer
subject to the reporting requirements under Section 16(a) of the Act and the
rules and regulations promulgated thereunder and (ii) the date on which this
power of attorney is revoked in writing by the undersigned.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has duly executed this Power of
Attorney this 18th day of May, 1999.
/s/ Kenneth R. Burk
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Kenneth R. Burk
Sworn to and subscribed
before me this 18th day
of May, 1999
/s/ Kelly M. Frankbower
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Notary Public
My Commission expires: 8/1/02
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