Equipment Repair
Comprehensive Equipment Care
G&W offers safe and efficient maintenance and repair services for railcars, locomotives and other rail equipment, primarily through three dedicated facilities in North America.
Railcare, Inc.
Railcare Inc. (company mark: PYX; SPLC: 045490000), a G&W subsidiary, is your destination for railcar repair and maintenance.
Railcare is located in Hamilton, Ontario, a central location with easy access to prime rail routes in the U.S. and Canada, and is directly served by Canadian National Railway (CN) and Canadian Pacific Kanas City (CPKC). Railcare’s experienced team, coupled with lean and efficient processes, will help you reduce fleet costs by offering one of the fastest cycle times in the industry.
Railcare also meets the requirements of the Association of American Railroads Quality Assurance Program.
Service Offerings & Capabilities
Railcare offers one of the fastest cycle times in the industry for an array of services, including:
- Full-service freight car repairs
- Mobile or on-site repair and inspection
- Wreck damage
- Cleaning
- Welding
- Fabrication and assembly
- Car dismantling and scrapping
- A staging and storage yard for more than 100 cars on our property
- Daily service from CP and CN
- People, facilities and processes to handle large, multi-car programs with ease
BMS Locomotive Service Group
With a shop, warehouse and office headquartered in Edmonton, Alberta, BMS has specialized in locomotive services for freight railroads across Western Canada for more than 20 years.
Core Services Include:
- Regulatory inspections and safety compliance checks
- Heavy mechanical and electrical repairs, modernization and upgrades
- Mobile service teams to run repairs and troubleshoot onsite
Specialized work such as:
- Air brake systems
- Traction control installation
- Remote-control system work
- Wheel management or wheel re-profiling
- Safety Management System audits and plan development
Central Gulf Railcar Services
Located in Mobile, Alabama, CGRS specializes in railcar service and repair and can accommodate up to 90 railcars at a time.
Customer Success Story
Railcare Diagnoses, Repairs Railcar Mechanism Failure for Stone Producer
A family-owned producer of landscaping and design stones approached G&W’s Railcare Inc. after noticing a specific line of stones was leaking from railcars during transit. The customer suspected failure of the securement hardware on the railcars’ bottom gates – allowing some stones, slightly smaller than a golf ball, to escape. After bringing in and assessing the company’s 20-car fleet, Railcare observed that previous maintenance and repair of the gates’ securement hardware had not been adequate...
Equipment Repair Contacts
For questions about equipment repair services, please contact:
General Manager - BMS Locomotive Service Group
Markis Silcoff-Savoury
BMS Locomotive Service Group
General Manager - Central Gulf Railcare Services
James "Bubba" Watson
Central Gulf Railcare Services
