Find a shop for a bad-order railcar

Published rail access

CN, CP Rail — direct delivery; Calgary shop adjacent to CP Alyth yard

Work and equipment

• Tank requalification; heavy/wreck repairs; head/shell repairs and tank inserts; onsite stress-relieving equipment
• Steam and flare cleaning at six-position Calgary cleaning rack
• Valve remanufacturing lab

Scope and receiving notes

• Radiographic testing is supplied by a third party.
• Confirm commodity acceptance and current receiving space with the Calgary shop.

Published rail access

Apache Railway at Snowflake; interchange with BNSF at Holbrook

Work and equipment

• Interior and exterior tank/freight-car cleaning
• Published cleaning scope includes petroleum residues and industrial/non-food commodities
• Repair, running repairs, qualification and storage

Scope and receiving notes

• Does not service food-grade cars.
• Prior acceptance required for cleaning; commodity and car condition determine scope.

Published rail access

CSX — listed serving railroad

Work and equipment

• Tank and hopper car repair
• Cleaning, painting and lining

Scope and receiving notes

• Confirm commodity, loaded/residue acceptance and current receiving space with the shop.

Published rail access

NS — listed serving railroad

Work and equipment

• Tank and hopper car repair
• Cleaning, painting and lining

Scope and receiving notes

• Confirm commodity, loaded/residue acceptance and current receiving space with the shop.

Published rail access

CSX — serving railroad

Work and equipment

• Tank and hopper car repair
• Cleaning, painting and lining
• Unit-train service and railcar storage

Scope and receiving notes

• Confirm commodity, loaded/residue acceptance and current receiving space with the shop.

Published rail access

UP — serving railroad

Work and equipment

• Tank and hopper car repair
• Cleaning, painting and lining

Scope and receiving notes

• Confirm commodity, loaded/residue acceptance and current receiving space with the shop.

Published rail access

KCS (operator uses the legacy Kansas City Southern name) — listed serving railroad

Work and equipment

• Tank and hopper car repair
• Cleaning, painting and lining

Scope and receiving notes

• Confirm commodity, loaded/residue acceptance and current receiving space with the shop.
• Confirm current routing designation; the source still lists KCS.

Published rail access

CP (operator wording) serves the shop; other named carriers are interchange connections

Work and equipment

• Tank-car cleaning and qualification; freight and pressure-differential hopper repair
• Wheels, bearings, couplers, airbrakes, wreck repairs and stenciling
• Mobile unit advertised for Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont and Massachusetts

Scope and receiving notes

• Hazardous-material cleaning is advertised; confirm the exact commodity and loaded/residue state.
• Confirm current railroad routing designation.

Published rail access

Mississippi Export Railroad; Class I connections to CSX, NS, CN and CPKC through the export railroad

Work and equipment

• Tank-car qualification, valves/fittings, coating and lining, welding and cleaning
• General freight repair, mobile support and storage
• Inbound unit trains accepted

Scope and receiving notes

• Class I names are connecting carriers; confirm routing with Mississippi Export Railroad.
• Unit-train capability does not establish acceptance of a particular loaded or residue car.

Published rail access

CSX — serving railroad

Work and equipment

• Tank and hopper car repair
• Cleaning, painting and lining

Scope and receiving notes

• Confirm commodity, loaded/residue acceptance and current receiving space with the shop.

Published rail access

CSX — direct connection just off Ivorydale Switchyard

Work and equipment

• Tank/hopper cleaning and railcar maintenance/repair at Cincinnati
• Mobile running repairs, inspections, safety appliances and troubleshooting within 200 miles of Cincinnati

Scope and receiving notes

• Mobile repair service is advertised within 200 miles of Cincinnati; confirm crew availability.
• Confirm commodity acceptance and the scope of tank work before routing.

Published rail access

Operator explicitly identifies direct interchange with Norfolk Southern Keystone Division for its Pennsylvania shop.

Work and equipment

• Explicit bad-order and running repair; heavy freight work
• Tank-car requalification, coating/lining and valve work
• Cleaning for non-hazardous, selected hazardous and kosher-service commodities

Scope and receiving notes

• Safety data sheets reviewed before cleaning and shopping all cars.
• Hazardous-commodity acceptance is selective; confirm the last contents and car condition.

Published rail access

CN — servicing railroad; Track Q37

Work and equipment

• General-purpose tank-car repair, tank/valve qualification and tank cleaning
• Explicit bad-order inquiry process: provide defect details; shop reviews whether it can accept the work
• The operator’s published cleaning list includes crude oil, diesel, gasoline, heavy fuel oils, jet fuel, kerosene and naphtha

Scope and receiving notes

• Cleaning list is dated 2021-09-22 and concerns non-pressure tank cars; confirm current acceptance using product SDS/MSDS.
• No kosher cleaning; no full blast-and-paint capability, though major paint touch-up is offered.
• Confirm flare capability directly; the operator’s published information is inconsistent.
• The operator targets a scope review within 24 hours; confirm the appointment and expected repair time separately.

Published rail access

Serving railroad not established in the reviewed sources; confirm with the shop.

Work and equipment

• Tank repair and HM-216B qualification; valve and truck reconditioning
• Hazardous/non-hazardous tank and hopper/PD cleaning; FDA and non-FDA cleaning
• Tank wreck repairs, onsite stress relief and NDT staff
• Operator can arrange trucking of damaged cars to facility; mobile crews also offered

Scope and receiving notes

• Confirm the serving railroad and routing instructions directly with the shop.
• Hazardous/non-hazardous categories do not establish acceptance of any particular commodity, residue quantity or loaded condition.
• Damaged-car trucking requires operator arrangements; it does not authorize rail movement.

Published rail access

Northern UP access on Beaumont Subdivision; southern UP/BNSF access on Houston Subdivision.

Work and equipment

• Tank-car repair and qualification; valves and service equipment
• Tank and hopper cleaning; interior coatings and lining
• Published cleaning examples include flammable liquids, petrochemical residues, resins and specialty chemicals

Scope and receiving notes

• Accepted residue quantities and loaded-car receipt require confirmation.
• Yard expansion targets and advertised turnaround are not current slot availability.

Published rail access

Union Pacific — listed serving railroad

Work and equipment

• Tank and hopper car repair
• Cleaning, painting and lining

Scope and receiving notes

• Confirm commodity, loaded/residue acceptance and current receiving space with the shop.

Published rail access

Direct BNSF access; June 18, 2026 matrix lists delivering service Tuesday/Thursday.

Work and equipment

• Published storage capacity 350 cars and repair capacity 120 cars.
• Tank/freight maintenance including tank retrofits and qualifications, food-grade cleaning, light/heavy cleaning, coating and wreck work.

Scope and receiving notes

• Published capacities and delivering days do not establish available slots or movement approval; confirm routing and car condition with shop/carrier.
• Accepted hazardous commodities, loaded-car receipt and residue limits are not specified.

Published rail access

Union Pacific — listed serving railroad

Work and equipment

• Tank and hopper car repair
• Cleaning, painting and lining

Scope and receiving notes

• Confirm commodity, loaded/residue acceptance and current receiving space with the shop.

Published rail access

Union Pacific — listed serving railroad

Work and equipment

• Tank and hopper car repair
• Cleaning, painting and lining

Scope and receiving notes

• Confirm commodity, loaded/residue acceptance and current receiving space with the shop.

Published rail access

BNSF, Union Pacific — listed serving railroads

Work and equipment

• Tank and hopper car repair
• Cleaning, painting and lining

Scope and receiving notes

• Confirm commodity, loaded/residue acceptance and current receiving space with the shop.

Published rail access

Union Pacific — listed serving railroad

Work and equipment

• Tank and hopper car repair
• Cleaning, painting and lining
• Unit-train service and railcar storage

Scope and receiving notes

• Confirm commodity, loaded/residue acceptance and current receiving space with the shop.

Published rail access

BNSF-connected Sweetwater facility.

Work and equipment

• Tank-car interior/exterior cleaning, including petroleum and chemical residues; food-grade cleaning also described.
• Mechanical, structural, valve/fitting and interior-lining work on site; storage connected to the same repair/cleaning yard.

Scope and receiving notes

• Operator reviews commodity, UN hazard class and car condition before hazmat work.
• Specific inbound load/residue limits and movement authorization are not published; arrange receipt with the facility and carrier.

Published rail access

BNSF — listed serving railroad

Work and equipment

• Tank and hopper car repair
• Cleaning, painting and lining
• Unit-train service and railcar storage

Scope and receiving notes

• Confirm commodity, loaded/residue acceptance and current receiving space with the shop.

Published rail access

BNSF and Union Pacific — listed servicing railroads

Work and equipment

• Finley facility: tank-car requalification, freight repair, bad-order repairs and wreck work
• Light/heavy cleaning and power washing
• Mobile repair and program work
• Published storage capacity: 120 cars; repair capacity: 60 cars; 12,000 feet of storage track

Scope and receiving notes

• Operator calls this the Finley shop; its street address matches the existing Kennewick listing.
• Food-grade cleaning, hopper lining and tank-retrofit scope require confirmation because the operator’s facility sheet and network matrix differ.
• Confirm commodity, loaded/residue acceptance and current receiving space; published capacity is not available capacity.

Published rail access

Craig Field site has direct rail access; serving carrier is not named in the site-specific sources.; Operator describes return to interchange or holding for loading after cleaning.

Work and equipment

• Interior cleaning of boxcars, covered/closed hoppers and open hoppers.
• Commodity examples include grain, fertilizer, cement, coal, aggregate, minerals and packaged/dry food products.

Scope and receiving notes

• No tank-car cleaning, tank qualification or designated Running Repair Agent standing is established for this cleaning facility.
• Street/gate and serving carrier require confirmation; Birmingham address is corporate headquarters.

Published rail access

Norfolk Southern — operator states daily service and location on NS main line

Work and equipment

• Tank-car cleaning rack and railcar repair
• Equipment inspections at the facility and in the field
• Mobile repairs advertised within 250 miles of Wilmington

Scope and receiving notes

• Operator says “Product info: Call for limitations.” Confirm exact commodity and loaded/residue status.
• Published mobile radius does not establish response time or current crew availability.
• Tank-car qualification is not established by the reviewed service page.

Published rail access

Red River Valley & Western — shop operator/local railroad; BNSF — interchange at Breckenridge MN and Jamestown ND; CPRS — interchange at Enderlin, Oakes and Hankinson ND; source terminology retained

Work and equipment

• Interior washing and lining repair for covered hoppers, PD cars and tank cars
• General freight repair, wheel replacements, inspection, light wreck repairs and sandblasting
• Mobile railcar repairs and hopper washing

Scope and receiving notes

• Confirm tank qualification and hazardous or petroleum-residue acceptance directly with the shop.
• Interchange list describes network connections, not direct service by every carrier at the shop.
• Use the car shop at 1505 Minnesota Avenue when requesting receiving instructions.

Published rail access

Union Pacific — direct connection

Work and equipment

• Tank and hopper car cleaning
• Specialty chemical washes, including oleo chemicals
• Lining inspections

Scope and receiving notes

• Confirm petroleum-residue acceptance; published specialty-chemical examples are not blanket acceptance.
• Fixed mechanical repair and tank qualification are not established for this location.
• Mobile cleaning launch status differs between operator pages; confirm directly.

Published rail access

Direct CN service; other major railroads described as network access.

Work and equipment

• Tank-car caustic, detergent, food-grade and Kosher wash options; custom washes available.
• Manways and bottom outlet valves cleaned with every wash; final internal inspection and sealing after cleaning.

Scope and receiving notes

• Published high pressure (crude) wash does not establish petroleum-crude or hazardous-commodity acceptance.
• Repair, tank qualification and loaded-car receipt are not established by the cited pages; confirm wash and commodity requirements before routing.

Published rail access

TGS Cedar Port Railroad is served by UP and BNSF; operator publishes UP seven days/week and BNSF five days/week.

Work and equipment

• Self-operated eight-car cleaning rack for hazardous/nonhazardous general-purpose, pressure and hopper cars.
• Degassing, nitrogen, steam, waste disposal, food-grade and Kosher cleaning described.

Scope and receiving notes

• Railroad acceptance of all classifications is not unconditional cleaning-rack commodity acceptance; coordinate the commodity and inbound condition.
• Repairs are attributed to an unnamed third party on site. Railroad/park address is not a verified cleaning-rack gate.

Published rail access

Operator identifies Union Pacific, Salt Lake City hub. Precise intermediate switching/receiving instructions not provided.

Work and equipment

• General repairs, heavy rebuilds and derailment work
• Food-grade conversions and covered-hopper cleaning
• Interior cleaning of non-hazardous material in tanks and hoppers

Scope and receiving notes

• Published interior cleaning scope is non-hazardous; petroleum or hazardous residues require separate confirmation.
• Loaded-car unloading is advertised, but any specific car movement and receipt require arrangements.

Published rail access

Site sheet lists G&W; June 18, 2026 matrix identifies delivering carrier CHAT, Monday–Friday.

Work and equipment

• Published storage capacity 100 cars and repair capacity 10 cars.
• Freight-car repairs, wreck work, blasting, exterior painting and interior coating; boxcars, hoppers, gondolas and flatcars.

Scope and receiving notes

• Published capacities and delivering days do not establish available slots or movement approval; confirm routing and car condition with shop/carrier.
• Tank-car work and commodity-specific hazardous acceptance are not established in this site sheet.

Published rail access

Alabama Export Railroad; Class I connections to CSX, NS, CN and CPKC through the export railroad

Work and equipment

• General freight mechanical and running repairs, inspection and cleaning
• Mobile repair support, storage and inbound unit trains

Scope and receiving notes

• Tank-car qualification is not listed in the Mobile brochure.
• Confirm commodity and loaded/residue acceptance.

Published rail access

M&ET — listed servicing railroad

Work and equipment

• Rule 1 repairs, air-brake testing and mobile freight-car service
• Light/medium cleaning and exterior painting
• Boxcars, centerbeams, flatcars, gondolas and hoppers

Scope and receiving notes

• Tank-car repair, qualification and petroleum-residue acceptance are not established for this location.
• Published sheet does not give storage or repair capacity; confirm space and repair scope before arranging delivery.

Published rail access

Serving railroad not established in the reviewed sources; confirm with the shop.

Work and equipment

• Freight-car body, truck, brake, door, draft-system and wheel work
• Lining repair, paint touch-up, stenciling and inspections
• Mobile repair support

Scope and receiving notes

• Serving railroad not established in the reviewed sources.
• Tank qualification and hazardous cleaning are not established.

Published rail access

Union Pacific — serving railroad

Work and equipment

• Railcar repair, cleaning and lining
• Mobile running repairs

Scope and receiving notes

• Confirm accepted residues and any tank-qualification scope; these are not specified on the reviewed page.

Published rail access

Alton and Southern Railroad — serving carrier, switching five days/week; Norfolk Southern — serving carrier, switching five days/week; UP, CSXT, CNIC, KCS, BNSF, TRRA — local freight connections, source terminology retained

Work and equipment

• General freight mechanical repair, interior/exterior cleaning, paint and lining

Scope and receiving notes

• Operator explicitly excludes tank cars and plastic-pellet car linings.

Published rail access

Central Manitoba Railway — local operator; CN — daily interchange at Symington Yard; CP — daily interchange at Transcona Yard; source terminology retained

Work and equipment

• Railcar and locomotive repair shops at Winnipeg Terminal

Scope and receiving notes

• Confirm any tank-car qualification or cleaning scope directly.

Published rail access

CP Railway — located on railway; source name retained

Work and equipment

• Railcar repair and parts fabrication
• Eight inside repair positions and 145 storage positions stated by operator

Scope and receiving notes

• Tank cleaning, qualification and tank-car receiving scope are not established.
• Published repair/storage capacity does not indicate available slots.

Published rail access

BNSF — direct connection and serving railroad

Work and equipment

• Running repairs, modifications and derailment damage repairs

Scope and receiving notes

• Tank qualification, cleaning and petroleum-residue handling are not established.

Published rail access

Serving railroad not established in the reviewed sources; confirm with the shop.

Work and equipment

• Freight-car repair and inspection at North Walpole car shop

Scope and receiving notes

• Confirm tank-specific work scope and serving-carrier routing instructions directly.

Published rail access

CN — direct service five days/week; CP, CSXT — reciprocal switching, source terminology retained

Work and equipment

• Car repair and maintenance
• Railcar storage
• Mobile self-contained welding equipment

Scope and receiving notes

• Tank qualification, tank cleaning and hazardous-residue acceptance are not established.

Published rail access

CSX, Norfolk Southern — operator explicitly names both as serving/delivering carriers

Work and equipment

• Heavy wreck repair and rebuilding; general/light and program repairs
• Defect-card repairs and preventative maintenance
• Blasting, exterior painting, stenciling and car-deck cleaning
• Roller-bearing replacement and bolster/side-frame reconditioning
• Field inspections and repairs

Scope and receiving notes

• No tank cleaning, tank qualification or hazardous-residue receipt established.
• Confirm car type, defect and receiving arrangements with the New Castle shop.

Published rail access

Operator says located on Buffalo & Pittsburgh RR in Starbrick; operator-published SPLC213137000 is reference information only.

Work and equipment

• Outlet-gate repair/replacement, side-post and re-sheeting work
• Heavy and program repairs, fabrication, limited storage

Scope and receiving notes

• Tank cleaning, hazardous-material handling and tank qualification are not established.

Published rail access

Great Western Railway — local shop operator; CPKC — interchange at Assiniboia operations hub

Work and equipment

• Contract mechanical repairs and inspections, air-brake testing/repair and wheel changes
• Post-derailment bearing inspections, remarking, and mobile repair
• Long- and short-term storage

Scope and receiving notes

• No tank qualification, tank cleaning or petroleum-residue handling scope established.
• Shaunavon is administrative headquarters; actual mechanical shops are at Assiniboia.
• Contact the operator to arrange receiving instructions.

Published rail access

Direct interchange with Union Pacific

Work and equipment

• Explicit bad-order and running repairs
• Hopper-car maintenance, modifications, painting, coating and stenciling

Scope and receiving notes

• Tank-car services on the operator site are described for Hollidaysburg; confirm any tank-car scope at Hockley.

Published rail access

Site describes access to UP and San Antonio Central; matrix identifies San Antonio Central as delivering carrier, Monday–Friday.

Work and equipment

• Published storage capacity 229 cars and repair capacity 29 cars.
• Freight-car wreck work, bad orders, intermodal services, fleet programs and exterior painting/touch-up.

Scope and receiving notes

• Published capacities and delivering days do not establish available slots or movement approval; confirm routing and car condition with shop/carrier.
• Operator explicitly excludes tank cars.

Published rail access

CSX — site explicitly described as CSX served

Work and equipment

• Heavy railcar repairs and large-volume program work
• Railcar unloading and storage
• Separate intermodal container repair/refurbishment weld shop

Scope and receiving notes

• No tank cleaning, tank qualification or hazardous-residue receiving scope established.
• Track-length descriptions do not establish currently available storage or maximum permitted shipment length.

Published rail access

BNSF — listed servicing railroad

Work and equipment

• Explicit bad-order repairs, wreck work and program work
• Autorack recertification and tri-level to bi-level conversions; intermodal lease returns
• Exterior painting, blasting and mobile freight-car repair
• Published storage capacity: 162 cars; repair capacity: 33 cars

Scope and receiving notes

• Tank-car repair, qualification and hazardous-residue cleaning are not established for this location.
• Confirm rip-track operations directly; the operator’s facility sheet and network matrix differ.
• Published capacity does not indicate current receiving space; confirm appointment and routing.

Service access

Arrange travel coverage and track access with the provider.

Work and equipment

• In-plant and mobile inspections and maintenance
• Welding and structural fabrication
• Unit-train service and derailment/JIC work advertised

Scope and receiving notes

• Mobile operation, not a verified destination for inbound railcars.
• No published travel radius, tank-specific scope or hazardous-residue acceptance established.

Service access

Arrange travel coverage and track access with the provider.

Work and equipment

• Mobile tank-car valves, fittings, O-rings/gaskets and stenciling
• Field service at loading racks or rail yards with host track protection
• Product transfer, vapor management and tank cleaning can support work when required

Scope and receiving notes

• This is a mobile alternative; no rail-served fixed receiving shop or serving carrier is established.
• Some work can require emptying/cleaning first, including examples of bottom-outlet-valve replacement and pressure-plate removal/replacement.
• Exact commodity, defect and car condition must be evaluated; no blanket loaded-car service or acceptance guarantee.