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Railway services

The whole job. One standard.

Eleven connected capabilities cover construction, maintenance, protection, transport, and emergency response.

Ironhorse railway equipment working on track in Western Canada

Full-spectrum rail delivery

From new track to emergency return-to-service, Ironhorse brings the people, equipment, and supervision required to finish the work.

New Track Construction

Industrial spurs, yard tracks, and loop tracks built from sub-ballast through commissioning.

Typical scope
  • Industrial spurs, yard tracks, and grain loops
  • Sub-ballast, drainage, and ballast placement
  • Turnout supply and installation
  • Continuous welded and jointed rail construction
  • Final surfacing and geometry verification
View service: New Track Construction

Track Rehabilitation

Tie replacement, rail relay, turnout renewal, drainage work, and surfacing programs.

Typical scope
  • Condition-led rehabilitation planning
  • Production tie replacement
  • Rail relay and defect removal
  • Turnout and switch tie renewal
  • Undercutting, drainage, and surfacing
View service: Track Rehabilitation

Emergency Derailment Response

Derailment clearing, re-railing, emergency track repair, and return-to-service support.

Typical scope
  • Crew and equipment availability confirmed by phone
  • Derailed equipment clearing and re-railing
  • Emergency track panel and turnout rebuilds
  • Site coordination
  • Return-to-service inspection support
View service: Emergency Derailment Response

Thermite Welding

Field welding for joint elimination, pull-aparts, defect repair, and continuous welded rail.

Typical scope
  • Thermite field welds
  • Joint elimination programs
  • Pull-apart and broken-rail response
  • Insulated joint replacement
  • Grinding, finishing, and inspection
View service: Thermite Welding

Production Surfacing

Tamping, lining, regulating, and geometry work for mainline, yard, industrial, and transit track.

Typical scope
  • Production tamping and lining
  • Ballast regulating and dressing
  • Spot surfacing and turnout work
  • Transit right-of-way surfacing
  • Geometry checks and lift planning
View service: Production Surfacing

Tie & Steel Gangs

Production gangs equipped for tie renewal, rail relay, fastening, anchoring, and gauge restoration.

Typical scope
  • Production tie replacement
  • Rail relay and transposition
  • Spiking and fastening renewal
  • Anchor application and adjustment
  • Surfacing behind the gang
View service: Tie & Steel Gangs

Transit Maintenance

Preventive maintenance, upgrades, and purpose-built surfacing for constrained transit rights of way.

Typical scope
  • Preventive track maintenance
  • Transit upgrades and renewals
  • Narrow-right-of-way surfacing
  • Ballast regulating
  • Track protection coordination
View service: Transit Maintenance

Track Inspections

Routine and condition-led inspections by TIGS-trained personnel across three provinces.

Typical scope
  • Routine track inspections
  • Condition and defect reporting
  • Industrial spur inspections
  • Maintenance prioritization
  • Follow-up repair scoping
View service: Track Inspections

Flagging & Track Protection

Qualified protection for utility, municipal, contractor, and maintenance work near live track.

Typical scope
  • Project-specific flagging support
  • Protection planning
  • Utility and bridge work
  • Adjacent construction
  • Transit protection support
View service: Flagging & Track Protection

Fire & Asset Loss Prevention

Hi-rail water trucks, fire watch, and wide-area wetting for trackside assets and hot work.

Typical scope
  • Trackside fire prevention
  • Bridge, pole, and building wetting
  • Hot-work fire watch
  • Seasonal fire-ban support
  • Eco-Gel fire-retardant application
View service: Fire & Asset Loss Prevention

Heavy Transport, Hot Shot & Equipment Rentals

Heavy haul, hot shot, equipment rentals, sales, and in-person machine training.

Typical scope
  • Heavy haul and lowboy transport
  • Hot-shot material delivery
  • Equipment rentals
  • Equipment sales
  • In-person equipment training
View service: Heavy Transport, Hot Shot & Equipment Rentals

Also on the maintenance list

Smaller programs Ironhorse publishes alongside the core services. Most are scoped as part of a rehabilitation or maintenance contract.

  • Snow removal
  • Re-ballasting
  • Joint slotting
  • Ditching and drainage
  • Crossing renewal
  • Rail change-outs
  • Tie renewal
  • Stock rail grinding
  • Track retirement
  • Design and development support

Bring us the scope.

We will build the crew, equipment package, and schedule around your operating constraints.

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