Covered hopper cars standing in a classification yard

Heavy Haul & Custom Solutions

Specialty Rail
Vehicles

Multi-Axle Cars & Heavy Haul Solutions — Engineering expertise for the most demanding rail applications

Rail vehicle assembly hall with light rail carbodies on a production line beneath overhead cranes

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Multi-Axle Cars & Heavy Haul

Specialized multi-axle railcars designed for the transport of extremely heavy and oversized loads. Every configuration is backed by structural analysis and simulation.

28-axle depressed-center heavy haul car carrying an oversized industrial load
Heavy Haul
Multi-Axle Car Design & Analysis

Multi-axle cars engineered for transformers, generators, and oversized industrial equipment.

Load distributionStructural design & FEACustom configurationsAAR M-1001
Heavy haul flatcar configuration
Multi-Axle
Various Types of Multi-Axle Cars

Custom multi-axle configurations ranging from 16 to 36+ axles for extreme load requirements.

16-axle20-axle36-axleLoad capacity optimization

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Battery Electric Vehicles

Sustainable rail solutions with battery-electric propulsion systems

CAD model of a battery-electric road switcher locomotive
Battery Electric
Battery Electric Vehicle Engineering

Engineering for battery-electric rail vehicles and sustainable propulsion systems.

Battery-electric integrationEnergy storageEmissions complianceEnergy efficiency
Battery electric rail vehicle in transit service
Sustainable
Zero-Emission Rail Technology

Advanced battery-electric propulsion solutions for modern rail operations.

Zero-emissionRegenerative brakingFast chargingSmart energy mgmt

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Other Specialty Applications

Custom freight solutions and specialized rail equipment, designed and documented in-house by our engineering team.

Specialty freight cars
Custom Freight
Custom Freight Solutions

Engineering for specialized freight cars including center partition cars, bulkhead flats, and gondolas.

Custom load restraintsSpecialized tie-downsCargo protectionLoading/unloading
Rail escort vehicle built for nuclear fuel transport security
DOE / Navy Project
Rail Escort Vehicles (REVs)

Only car presently designed to AAR standards for Nuclear Fuel transport under AAR S-2043 requirements.

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Vehicle Types

Images from RailcarCo engineering projects across heavy haul, specialty, and locomotive applications.

Depressed center heavy haul car
Depressed center heavy haul car
Derrick car with container load
Derrick car with container load
8-Axle Flatcar
8-Axle Flatcar
Tucson Streetcar
Tucson Streetcar