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

Market Analysis for prospective Transload Facility, Car Cleaning and Storage-in-Transit Yard in Dayton, TX
RII’s work has included multiple feasibility studies for this facility located in Dayton, TX, examining the capital costs for improvements, traffic in the areas, types of services and demand forecasting, revenue projections and return on investment. Studies have involved customer surveys with the major shippers in the heavy petrochemical area, interviews with serving Class I carriers and stakeholders at the Port of Houston, and assessment of competing facilities in the area for similar services and potential market share.
Safety Practices and Liability for Intermodal Facility Operations Cases
RII has served in several cased involving operations in Intermodal facilities. Work has included review and direction in industry safety practices in yards, employee operation rules, personnel screening-2 Employee injury cases in BNSF Intermodal Yard in Chicago-Employee fatality case in UP Intermodal Yard in Chicago-Employee injury & property damages in American Maritime Services Intermodal Yard in Chicago
Operations Analysis, EBITDA and Revenue Projections for 6 Patriot Rail Facilities
RII developed the operational costs, carload traffic and projected revenues for 3 rail service companies owned by Patriot Rail as part of a larger acquisition deal. Facilities included:-Lakeshore Railcar and Tanker Services for car cleaning, railcar repair and transloading for rail hoppers and tank cars-Global Rail Transfer Co. for unit train coal transloading-Foster Townsend Rail service for car cleaning, derailment clean up and transload
Sales Package for Transload Facility in Bakersfield, CA
RII developed the sales package for this premier transload facility located on BNSF in Bakersfield, CA. Work included an assessment of the financial condition of the company, operational profitability and assessment of a GCV values. Analysis was developed into a graphic marketing package illustrating the facility, its capabilities, its many benefits and the projected revenues and EBITDA. RII was also involved in distributing the package to selected industry players and investors interested in acquiring such a property. RII was also involved in vetting new business opportunities for the facility, including handling unit trains of oil, capital costs for additional facility track, operational economics for handling the trains and resulting profitability and return on the investment.
Evaluations of Commercial Property with Rail Infrastructure
RII has performed evaluations for numerous rail-served industrial facilities with rail infrastructure on site. RII is able to evaluate the commercial property as well as the unique values for salvage rail components, specialized rail equipment, machinery, tools and facilities. Rail can also develop income values, lease values and return on investment for properties based on specialized rail operations costs and revenues including ancillary rail services and carload traffic by commodity. Examples of non-railroad rail facilities projects include:
-NLV for Grain Facility in North Dakota planned for conversion to a frac sand facility, including track, land, buildings and silos.-FMV for Locomotive Repair Shop in Kansas including several buildings, multiple tracks, specialized rail equipment, machinery and tools.-GCV for Stock Value of 2 Transload Facilities, a Railcar Storage Facility and a Landfill/Recycling Facility in Gascoyn, ND-NLV for sale of newly constructed Loop Track Facility, originally planned to handle frac sand in Richardton, ND-FMV for general commercial property with track and buildings along railroad right of way including special rights in Iowa
For more details on Appraisals and evaluations by RII, see our Rail Appraisals page