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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
Wolff Robert D. Statement Trading Symbol of Original
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(Last) (First) (Middle) 1/9/99 RailWorks Corporation
1525 Beck Street ---------------------------- RWKS -----------------------
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(Street) Number of Reporting Person to Issuer Group Filing (Check
Salt Lake City Utah 84116 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
Vice President - Western Reporting Person
Track Construction and Maintenance
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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.
5)
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Explanation of Responses:
/s/ John J. Polatz, Power of Attorney 2/9/99
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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 John Kennedy, Harold C. Kropp, Jr., John Polatz and Carla
Berkenkemper, and each of them, the true and lawful agents and attorneys-in-fac
t 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 not 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 8th day of February, 1999.
/s/ Robert D. Wolff
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(Signature)
Robert D. Wolff
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(Print Name)
Sworn to and subscribed
before me this 8th day
of February, 1999
/s/ Mary Ann Haase
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Notary Public
My Commission expires:
2-13-2002
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