Railcar Cleaning

Mile Rail offers a comprehensive range of hazardous, non hazardous, and food grade cleaning services to a wide variety of customer and car owner specifications, including but not limited to:

Food grade
Kosher cleaning
Caustic cleaning
Hazardous decontamination
Bioremediation
Diagnostic and laboratory testing
Exterior cleaning
Mobile cleaning (including Kosher)
Lease turn-ins
Product changeovers
Graffiti and decal removal
Re-stenciling and re-flectorizing

railcar blasting

Mile Rail offers a comprehensive range of blasting services to a wide variety of customer and car owner specifications, and in accordance with SSPC (Surface Preparation Standards Standards) and NACE (National Association of Corrosion Engineers ) specifications. We also utilize a wide array of blast media to maximize efficieny and efficacy. Our range of capabilities includes but is not limited to:

Brush blast
Commercial blast
Near white blast
White blast
Mobile blasting
Liner removal
Nitrogen padding
Mineral oil wipedown

railcar repair

Mile Rail’s Kansas City location is a registered AAR M-1002 F, G, and L facility, which gives us the flexibility and authority to offer not only a complete range of cleaning and blasting services, but also:

Bubble leak tests
Single car airbrake tests
Valve testing
Select running repairs

cars and commodities accepted

We accept virtually all types of railcars and we accept a very broad array of non hazardous and hazardous products and RCRA empty and non-empty wastes. A sample of the products we accept and clean include:

High and low BTU flammable liquids
High and low BTU flammable solids
Caustics
Acids
Oxidizers
Metals
Organics
Listed hazardous waste
Latex paints
Oils
Coal
Mercaptans
Amines
Ketones
Aldehydes
Olefins
Parafins
Hydrocarbons

waste management and disposal

Mile Rail accepts possession of all wastes derived from the cleaning process unless specifically requested otherwise (or for non RCRA empty railcars). Product that is removed from railcars is tested for reactivity, BTU and oxidizing compatibility, and subsequently pumped into our on-site tank farm, railcar tank cars, or drums for later disposition; rinse water generated during the cleaning process is managed in accordance with RCRA standards. All of our waste configurations meet or exceed both State and Federal DOT and RCRA requirements, and Mile Rail is classified by the EPA as a Large Quantity Generator (LQG). Finally, we further protect our clients and the environment by working with only the highest quality national disposal vendors.

special services

We have unique facilities and deep environmental competencies. Let us explore how we might address your unique rail cleaning needs onsite or at your facility.