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MULTIMODAL & RAIL FACILITIES

RII has extensive experience with commercial and industrial facilities, handling everything from safety and physical facility to operations, costs and markets.

Any facility served by rail or involved in rail-oriented operations has unique considerations and methods of analysis, and RII is adept at bringing together the rail aspects with the other operations in the facility to provide the best analysis.
  • Feasibility Studies for new projects, improvements, investment opportunities, etc.
  • Market assessments and forecasts for specialize rail services, such as transloading, intermodal containers, railcar cleaning, railcar storage, etc.
  • All Types of Evaluations for any facilities involving rail, including equipment, rail services, shipper facilities, etc.
  • Safety guidelines, liability assessment, training and safety audits
  • Sales Packages, Capital Costs and Revenue Projections
  • Traffic flows, detailed operating plans, negotiation of service with Class I’s or other connecting railroads
  • For a wide array of services handled for Shipper Facilities currently or wanting to ship via rail, please see our Shippers page
PROJECTS COMPLETED

PROVEN TRACK RECORD OF EXCELLENCE

  • Lynx Phase 1 & 2 Market Studies (Stone Aggregates)

    Phase 1 of this market analysis was targeted to developing business for a 1200 acre property located near Barstow, CA. It included contacting 30 area companies and organizations (economic development agencies, ports, railroads, potential customers, partners and competitors) to determine which services would be most successful at the new facility, what types of partners would have the most demand and essentially where to focus a more detailed and strategic market analysis. Results led to Phase 2, which included developing a brochure for the facility, developing a partner contact list for the Client, assessing traffic flows through the area using a combination of URCS 2% waybill sampling, CFS and FAF data on intermodal traffic to and from the southern west coast ports and on mining traffic-the biggest industry produced in the area, a transload market study examining likely commodities to be handled, a Storage In Transit study examining plastics traffic flowing into the Los Angeles and Central Valley areas, including capital costs.


    In addition, RII specifically examined the data for aggregate flows, researched growth in 4 keys markets within southern California, and developed the unit train rail costing to these points to develop business for the aggregate quarry on site at the facility. Feasibility analysis for the expected volumes and revenue against the expected capital costs and operations to achieve the new business were developed to determine the return on investment, potential capital shortfalls for investor development, rates and volumes needed for success and capital recovery time. RII was key in bringing the Class I railroad to the table to negotiate these terms in order to make the project successful.

  • Sierra Railroad Company Valuations

    RII has developed valuations for this railroad holding company and its assets for various purposes over the last 15+ years. Such appraisals have included a Replacement Cost Values for public entity acquisitions under condemnation, NLV’s for RRIF Loan applications and OFA filings; FMV’s for potential easements and complete Net Liquidation Value (NLV) for all railroad assets including 3 short line railroads and related support facilities for stock valuation, collateral for financing and internal planning. Valuations have included inspections and valuation of Evaluations have included all track assets, detailed real estate assets including specialized industrial and hospitality properties, and extensive equipment fleet of locomotives, rolling stock, vintage passenger equipment, heavy maintenance of way equipment, vehicles, machinery and tools.

  • State Rail Plans for Multiple States

    RII has developed all short line railroad profiles and analysis for 6 states on State Rail Plans. Work has included surveys of all short lines, developing an inventory of rail assets, total traffic volumes, business development opportunities and developing potential issues and projects for funding. Most recently, work in New Jersey included 15 short line railroads, transloads across the state and all port and intermodal facilities, including the busiest port in the country, Port of New York and New Jersey for New Jersey Transit. Work on the Georgia State Rail Plan included all 29 short line railroads within the state and physical inspections and maintenance schedules for the 6 state-owned short lines. Prior to that, the Arkansas State Rail included similar services on all short lines within the state for funding options. Previous work in Montana included analysis of all branch lines within the state to determine which ones were still viable based on operating costs and current traffic levels. Previous states where RII performed similar work included Nevada and Washington.

  • North Carolina Railroads Evaluation

    This project was an appraisal of 317 miles of track owned by the state of NC and operated by Class I Norfolk Southern Railroad. The appraisal included 3 divisions with different track profiles, over 8,000 acres of property and 47 buildings. The corridor was inspected for condition, inventory and operations, and NCRR’s GIS system was utilized to identify and measure right of way width, sidings, cross-overs, turnouts and crossings along the entire corridor. The appraisal included over 1,500 easements, both by contract and assumed, of numerous types including underground, overhead, longitudinal roadways, etc. and identified additional encroachments for potential revenue seeking and appraisal discounting. The appraisal also included extensive Class I track components on Norfolk Southern’s Piedmont Division on track maintained in condition handling frequent Amtrak trains on its Crescent Line.

  • Lakeview Railway Contract Liability & Loss of Business Case

    RII was tasked with developing the loss of business damages for this case of contract breach for a short line railroad that had been replaced before its contract had expired. The assignment required vetting traffic on the line, including prospective business for likelihood, roll out schedule and traffic volumes. All commodities were researched for their industry growth factors and RII developed the existing, potential and expected growth of railroad traffic and revenue for the railroad for the remaining years of the contract. RII’s revenue projections were essential in settling the case for the maximum insurance payout for the Client from the liable County railroad owner.