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Ohio-based Delta Railroad Services announced last week it had introduced a new rail-bound, custom-engineered and built Rail Unloader Car.
The railroad construction and maintenance provider announced the state-of-the-art machine is designed to improve the speed, efficiency and safety of unloading up to 1600’ Continuous Welded Rail strings from railcars. The Rail Unloader Car will streamline the end-to-end rail unloading process that is normally done manually. The design allows for the efficient and precise distribution of CWR strings directly from railcars onto the track bed.
“Every machine that leaves our shop is built with our customer in mind—their comfort, safety, and operational needs,” Steven Pratt, COO of Delta Railroad Services’ Machinery division, Quality Track Equipment.
The RUC equipment will allow for automated unloading, which will also speed up how quickly a single railcar can be unloaded, while enhancing safety and increasing versatility for the types and lengths of railcars and rail size unloaded.
Linda Laurello, CEO of Delta Railroad Services, echoed this sentiment, said the new technology is a “game changer for the rail industry.”
“We’ve taken a labor-intensive, hazardous process and transformed it into a safe, automated operation,” she said. “This not only protects our front-line construction crews, but also dramatically increases productivity for crews across the United States and North America.”
Delta Railroad Services is part of the Salcef Group and is a multigenerational family-owned and operated business. In addition to premier railroad construction and maintenance, the company is a manufacturer and remanufacturer of MOW equipment, and an equipment rental company.
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