railcar repair
Mile Rail's Kansas City location is a registered AAR M-1002 F, G, and L facility. We perform a wide range of repairs on tank cars and other railroad rolling stock including but not limited to box cars, hoppers, gondolas, PD hopper cars:
general repairs
- Running repairs
- Brake shoes
- Single car airbrake testing
- Wheels (EHMS readings)
- Trucks
- Bolsters
- Side frames
- Gate timing, locking, replacement
- Hatch covers, doors, latches
- Running boards
- Side sheets
- Ladders
- Placard holders
- Appurtenance reconfiguration
- Compliance inspections
- AAR billing
- Mobile repair
tank cars
- Bubble leak testing (NDT)
- Valve bench testing (NDT)
- Valve and fitting rebuild and requalification
- Safety appliances
- Hydrostatic testing
- Lining inspection, touchup
- Mobile repair
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. Because of ourmanagement has deep in-house environmental expertise, we are able to work with our clients to deliver the most cost effective and efferent cleaning and disposal methods for the product or commodity to be cleaned. Our range of cleaning services includes but is not limited to:
Interior railcar
- Food grade cleaning
- Kosher maintenance cleaning (cars already in Kosher service)
- Kosherization (covert cars currently not in Kosher service)
- Steam cleaning
- Caustic wash
- Diesel wash
- Sanitation (w/ ATP diagnostic testing)
- Heater coil flush
- Eductionpipe purging
- High pressure cleaning
- Forced-air dry
- Hazardous decontamination
- Bioremediation
- Diagnostic and laboratory testing
- Mobile cleaning (including Kosher)
- Bubble leak testing
- Nitrogen padding and oil wipedown
- Lease turn-ins
- Product changeovers
- Flaring (Q3-2011)
- AAR billing
exterior railcar
- Exterior cleaning
- Graffiti and decal removal
- Limited painting
- Limited exterior blasting
- Re-Stenciling / Reflectorization
our methodologies
Our specialty equipment is both high pressure (psi) and high flow (gpm) which yields consistent results and quality. Further, we go through great lengths to ensure the cars are cleaned to our client specs including hand scrapping old, hardened, and burnt product from the sidewalls and roof that many systems leave behind. We also use a wide variety of surfactants based on individual client specifications. Each railcar undergoes a close visual inspection, and we take interior photographs of every railcar we clean to ensure quality.
Because much of our work requires confined space entry to enter a railcar, safety plays a leading role in our organization. Our statistics speak for themselves.
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 but are not limited to:
- High and low BTU flammable liquids
- High and low BTU flammable solids
- Sulfuric acid, nitric acid, organic acids
- Caustics
- Amonia
- Alphatic, alkanol, aromatic amines
- Amides
- Esters
- Organic anhydrides
- Ketones
- Aldehydes
- Glycols
- Alcohols
- Phenols cresols
- Olefins
- Paraffins
- Aromatic, misc hydrocarbons
- Nitriles
- Listed hazardous wastes
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.
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 depending on the specific application to maximize efficiency 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
other railcar services
In addition to railcar repair and cleaning, Mile Rail offers a range of other railcar related services including but not limited to:
- Product transloading
- Mechanical and cleaning inspections
- Derailment product disposal
- Storage (seasonal)
- Demolition