Railroad Maintenance
Rely on American Track to ensure the safety and efficiency of your facility
Routine maintenance is vital in avoiding safety issues and unforeseen track outages. American Track’s maintenance professionals can identify areas of concern before they become violations or present hazards. Our experts can customize a turnkey maintenance plan to fit your needs. We offer a range of inspection plans, from biweekly to annual inspections, which encompass everything from single track sidings to manufacturing facilities with several miles of track.
Maintenance services
- Gauging
- Rail lubrication
- Rail replacement
- Switch cleaning
- Switch point welding
- Tamping
- Tie replacement
inspection
Our inspection services uniquely combine extensive experience in railroad design and construction, ensuring comprehensive project development and execution that aligns with your best interests. American Track provides scheduled comprehensive track inspections to significantly reduce derailment risks. Our FRA-qualified inspectors identify issues such as broken track materials, gauge issues, and alignment deviations, delivering clear and thorough reports for easy understanding of defects.
We leverage the latest proprietary technology for precise inspections and asset management tracking without the high costs typical of other companies. American Track inspects key components like drainage, ballast, surface alignment, ties, rail, joints, and switches, ensuring they meet FRA Part 213 standards. Our state-of-the-art systems ensure thorough testing and accurate results, enhancing safety and reliability.
Our railroad track inspection services include:
- Visual Inspection of ties, rail, bolts, and spikes
- Gauge and alignment check
- Subgrade evaluation
- Ballast assessment
- Turnouts and switch inspection
- Recommendations for scheduled maintenance
- Rehabilitation of any needed areas
We Inspect in accordance with FRA Track Safety Standards. We provide you with consistency across properties and can compare against your historical data.
Using advanced technology tools for collection, we analyze current and future traffic, develop a remedy plan for review and investigation, and provide cloud storage of data.
We work aggressively on your behalf to prevent future incidents and failures with our Assurance Plan proposal. Our goal is to keep your terminal safe as we extend the life of your asset.
What our customers are saying
We are proud to have a strong and collaborative working relationship with American Track
Our long-standing partnership ensures smooth operations and continual progress. Their reliable expertise and support keep us on the right track.”
Each day in our morning meeting, we take a few moments to recognize people for going above and beyond in service of the site. American Track was recognized!
Thank you for working with us on the safe management of the derailment. Partnership with our contractors is a key part of our continued success – so thank you for your safe work. We appreciate you all!”
{Our terminal} is operated professionally, they keep our terminal clean.
If we were to open another rail terminal, I want them operating it.”
case studies
This home improvement retailer client contracted with American Track to revamp an older facility and restore its rail service with the rehabilitation of 2800 Track Feet and an additional track expansion.
One of the few facilities able to receive and offload unit trains in the NJ/NY metro area.
This limestone client contracted with American Track to construct Phase 1 and Phase 2 of their new yard in Arkansas.
This glass manufacturer client contracted American Track to perform Turn-Key Design Build Engineering services and construction of yard tracks at their facility in Michigan. This project included providing Civil and Rail engineering, permitting, site management and construction.
This proppant client contracted with American Track to construct Phase 2 of the track expansion at their frac and storage facility in Mississippi.