Over-Dimensional Products
Progressive Rail Specialized Logistics is your single source contact for moving over-dimensional products by rail. Leave the hassle of dealing with railroads to us. From port or plant, we will coordinate ordering the right equipment from the railroads, professional tie-down of your machines, and obtaining clearance approvals. From there your shipment is continually monitored until final delivery. For fall-off pieces or loads that may not be conducive for rail, we can arrange shipment via one of our specialized trucking partners.
Typical Products Moved:
- Transformers
- Boilers
- Wind Power
- Presses
- Locomotives
- Pressure Vessels
- Heat Exchangers
- Steel Mill Working Rolls
- Bulk Storage Bins
- Fabricated Frames
Benefits of Using Rail:
- Rail’s fuel efficiency saves money in times of high fuel prices.
- Rail can carry heavier loads - often a 3 trucks to 1 railcar conversion or more.
- Rail’s increased flexibility for loading and unloading can save on driver delay charges.
- Rail reduces reliance on trucking constrained by driver shortages and equipment unavailability.
- Rail may require less disassembly prior to shipment.
- Rail does not require over the road permitting and escort cars and eliminates the inconvenience and cost of nighttime and frost restrictions.
- Railcar capacities often allow multiple pieces per railcar reducing per piece transport costs.
- Rail reduces reliance on trucking constrained by driver shortages and equipment unavailability.
Benefits of Using Us:
So you don’t understand car types, clearance files, Plate F diagrams, or manual scheduling?
We do and we can help. We understand railroad communications, procedures, and operations.
We offer:
- Daily tracking reports on all loads and empties. Soon, we will be able to generate reports based on your unique identifier such as serial number – not just railcar number.
- Rail-shipping department management.
- Railcars. Through our parent company, we can supply customers’ rail equipment needs through sale or lease. We also have our own fleet of heavy-capacity flat cars for spot use.
- Paperwork management. We produce the Bill of Ladings, file for clearance approvals, pay the freight bills, and deal with any communications with the railroads and truckers.
- Professional tie-down of your machines.
- Crane service. We can arrange to have your product rough set to pad.
- On-site transportation coordination for large projects.
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