Rail Fleet Inventory

Rail Logistics, LC has a rapidly growing fleet of covered hoppers, open-top hoppers, box cars, tank cars, and gondola cars to meet virtually every shipping need. As shippers ourselves, we understand the importance of having reliable equipment. As managers of our own fleet, we are well versed in the complexities of issues such as taxation, government regulations, and AAR requirements.

Hoppers | Flatcars | Box Cars | Gondolas | General Service Tank Cars

Hoppers

Open-Top Aggregate Hoppers

Open-top aggregate hoppers are 44 feet long, three-pocket, 2,580 to 2,880 cubic foot capacity cars with an estimated load limit of 227,600 pounds, based on a 286,000 pound GRL. Both air-operated and manual versions are available. They generally are used to transport industrial minerals, crushed rock, gravel, and sand.

Open-Top Hoppers

Open-top hoppers have rotary and nonrotary dump capabilities and are available in steel or aluminum with up to a 120-ton capacity. They also are used to transport coal and petroleum coke.

Open-top hoppers feature automatic or manual discharge gates with three-, four-, or five-pocket hopper configurations.

Gravity-Discharge Covered Hoppers

Covered hoppers range from 3,000 cubic feet for denser commodities, such as cement, to 4,750 and 5,200 cubic feet for lighter commodities, such as grains and dry chemicals. Various gate and lining options also are available, including combination gravity/pneumatic gates based on product requirements.

Gravity-discharge covered hoppers generally are used to transport cement, roofing granules, sand, aggregates, grain, grain products, fertilizers, and dry chemicals.

The lining, discharge gate, and hatch are customized to meet your specific needs.

Air-Slide and Pressure Differential Covered Hoppers

Our air-assisted and pressure differential covered hoppers are designed for use when gravity is not enough to unload fine, dry, bulk commodities. They generally are used to transport flour, sugar, starch, talc, lime, and other dry chemicals.

These types of hoppers are designed to handle maximum commodity loads for improved costs. Weather-tight hatches and unloading mechanisms protect product purity. They are designed and configured for quick, safe loading and unloading.

Flatcars

Articulated Bulk Container (ABC) Flatcars

ABC flatcars consist of two 40-foot sections with an articulating middle truck set. Flatcars can transport up to eight 20-foot containers or two 40-foot containers. The articulated design and the car's maneuvering capability allow it to be used on any rail siding or restricted rail track curvature. It allows for double-stacking of 78-inch-high bulk containers for a total height of 17 feet from the rail.

The increased weight capacity allows for greater amounts of material to be transported with each shipment, compared to typical railroad supplied flatcars. The heavy carrying capacity of the railcars allows for overweight containers to be transported long distances economically, compared to trucking, which requires expensive overweight permits.

Intermodal COFCs

COFCs (container on flatcars) are intermodal cars that have the following configurations:

Three- or five-platform double-stack well cars;
Single-stack COFC spine cars (used in the transportation of domestic and international ISO containers);
Four-position nonarticulated COFC flat cars; and
Six-position, articulated spine cars (designed to handle waste containers).

Multiplatform, articulated cars greatly enhance ride quality due to a reduction in train slack action, thus reducing lading damage and freight claims. The reduction of total train length and freight car tare weights, when using articulated equipment, allows intermodal freight service to compete with over-the-road trucking.

Intermodal TOFCs

A TOFC (trailer on flatcar) is an intermodal car configured for the movement of a highway trailer on a railroad flatcar and is also known as "piggyback".

This popular intermodal container, adaptable to carriage by truck chassis, railcar, barge, and ocean-going vessel, is the most common form of containerization. The considerations governing preparation and stowage of the cargo in these containers are no less applicable to other methods of cargo transport.

Nonintermodal Flatcars

Nonintermodal flatcars have a gross rail capacity of 286,000 pounds, with or without bulkheads, and generally are used to transport waste.

Centerbeam Flatcars

Centerbeam flatcars have a beam down the center of the car that allows products to be loaded from either side, making product securement convenient. The lightweight design allows for heavier loading. Some centerbeam flatcars are fitted with Holland locks and end-of-car cushioning when used in waste service.

Box Cars

Box cars come in 50-, 60-, and 86-foot lengths with loading capacities ranging from 70 to 105 tons. They generally are used to transport paper products, lumber, forest products, canned goods, food products, and other finished products, such as lead ingots.

They feature single- or double-doors with a plug or sliding configuration, cushioned or noncushioned under-frames, and insulated or uninsulated interiors. The cars may be equipped with various interior loading devices, such as belt rails or moveable bulkheads to secure loads.

Gondolas

Large Cube Gondolas

Large gondolas are 7,000 to 8,000 cubic feet and designed for transporting low-density, dry-bulk commodities, such as woodchips for paper products, lightweight scrap metal, construction and demolition (C&D) debris, coal, and coke.

Gondolas are unloaded using a rotary dumper or overhead clam shell crane and are ideal for bulk products that may not pass through the pocket doors of an open-top hopper car. Large cube gondolas offer a greater cubic capacity for light bulk materials that would ordinarily "cube out" in an open-top hopper before "weighing out."

Mill Gondolas

Mill gondola cars range from 48 feet to 65 feet long and are equipped with 5-foot, 6-inch sides designed to accommodate 70 to 109 tons subject to 286,000 pounds gross weight on rail.

This type of gondola primarily serves the steel industry and is able to maximize loading up to a 286,000 pound rail limit. Some are equipped with cross bars, load restraining devices, or wooden troughs for special purpose handling.

Coal Gondolas

Coal gondolas have a rotary dump capability and are steel or aluminum bodied. These high-capacity cars range from 3,800 cubic feet to over 4,400 cubic feet and are perfect for transporting coal and petroleum coke.

Coal gondolas feature flat bottoms and are available with twin or single tubs. The cars are sized for optimal capacity for various product densities.

Aggregate Gondolas

Aggregate gondolas are flat-bottom, 2,600-cubic-foot cars without internal bracing and are equipped with reinforced top chords. They generally are used to ship industrial minerals, crushed rock, gravel, and sand.

The lack of internal bracing allows for top unloading without damaging the car. Reinforced top chords allow machines to unload cars using a back hoe. Flatcar bottoms allow for thorough removal of lading.

General Service Tank Cars

We offer several configurations of general service tank cars for liquid commodities. Options include steam coils, insulation, linings, and valves, and capacities that range from 8,000 to 33,000 gallons.

Tank cars generally are used to transport chemicals, clay slurry, caustic soda, petroleum, corn syrup, and petroleum.

Tank cars are very versatile, featuring a variety of gauging and safety devices and valves, as needed to ensure the safe transportation of each commodity.

Pressure Tank Cars

Our pressure tank cars are designed to transport substances like carbon dioxide, chlorine, and liquid petroleum gas safely. Pressure car capacities range from 17,000 to 33,500 gallons and are available in a variety of insulated or thermal-protection configurations.

All fittings, including valves, gauging devices, and safety-relief devices are contained in one housing. Plus, tanks are constructed to operate at pressures up to 375 psi.

Acid Cars

These specially constructed cars feature high-bake epoxy linings, acid-resistant coatings, and special acid fittings and unloading systems, so they safely can transport a variety of acids, such as sulfuric acid, oleum, phosphoric acid, hydrochloric acid, ferric chloride, and hydrofluosilicic acid.

Acid cars have product-specific linings and coatings and are specially selected to protect tank shell integrity and product purity. Many cars are fitted with loading and unloading devices on a single nozzle, protecting workers and the environment. The exterior paint on these cars is designed to withstand contact with corrosive commodities.

Plastic Pellet Cars

Plastic pellet cars have a number of lining and gate configurations available to suit your specific plastic pellet grade shipping needs. They generally are used to transport high-density PE, polyvinyl chloride, HDPE, PVC, low-density PE, linear low-density PE, PET, polypropylene, ABS, and polystyrene.

Plastic pellet cars are able to maximize transport to the 286,000-pound rail limit. Product-specific linings can be selected specifically to protect product purity. A wide range of capacities are designed to transport products of varying densities.

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