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We are the leading provider (if not, the only provider) of railroad equipment this is willing to send you our equipment via railroad thus allowing you to become your own general contractor for the dismantling & shipping of the railroad car(s).

• Why become your own general contractor?
  You can save yourself a considerable amount of money by contracting local crane & truckers to move our equipment.  It may seam like an overwhelming challenge but once you get to know how easy it is to work with railroad equipment you'll wonder why you thought it was so complicated.  Remember, modern railroad equipment is based on 40 year old technology.

• How does it work?

1. First thing you need to do is find a railroad spur track or a piece of land with railroad tracks coming into it.  Ask the business owner if you can use their property to move your railroad car.  The business owner might look surprised at your venture but usually is willing to let you use his/her property for free or at a nominal fee.  Make sure to let them know that you will be moving the railroad car within a week or so.  They do not want to be stuck with a 50 ton piece of metal on their property.  Tell us what the delivering railroad is and the track number (along with a spot number, if needed).
   If you do not know of any railroad tracks near your job site we will be happy to research it for you and let you know where some are at.  Keep in mind that you will not be allowed to park a railroad car on just about any main line...it's just unheard of anymore, no matter how fast you promise to move the railroad car off the tracks.
2. We give the railroad your railroad car and pay the freight bill to get it to your railroad site.
3. You receive the railroad car in about 3 to 6 weeks.  You then get the car ready to be moved by:
   1. Removing the couplers:  There is only six 3/4" x 3" bolts w/nuts holding each coupler in place.  Either mechanically remove or torch cut the bolts off.  There will be some small parts that will fall from the bottom of the car.  You are now able to pull the coupler out by hand...usually takes 2 people.
   2. Remove the brake linkage:  The only thing that attaches the car body to the wheels/trucks is usually one 3/8" x 3" cotter key.  This cotter key can be removed with a pair of Vice Grip pliers, a small punch and a hammer.  This cotter key is easy to get to and easy to remove.  Usually takes about 10 minutes.
4. Schedule a crane and a truck.  Do not tell the crane company what size crane to use, instead tell them what you are moving and let them decide what to use.  Keep in mind that you will need a crane to load it and another crane to off load it.  Let the trucking company know that you are just moving the car body without wheels/trucks.  Both of these companies will want to know, all of which we will provide to you before hand:
   1. Weight of railroad car.
   2. Length, width & height of railroad car.
5. Once the railroad car is at your job site you will either want the crane to just get the railroad car off loaded and set on the ground or have the crane set the bridge in place.  Either way is fine.  Do not forget about the wheels/trucks and any other parts you may have left behind at the railroad site.  Here are a few ideas to get ride of these parts:
   1. Call a local scrap vendor who will usually pay you for these parts.
   2. After the crane loads the railroad car onto the truck, you could have the crane load these extra parts on another trailer and take them to a scrap dealer or keep them around your job site for various reasons.
   3. Sell them back to us.  This option is only available in certain locations and only when several railroad cars are being dismantled.

    Instead of using cranes, you might be able to use your own heavy equipment such as front end          loaders and excavators to get the job done.

Let us know if there is anything else we can do to help you make a better educated decision.

Job site before bridge order... This particular job requires a 90' bridge structure. Customer calls us and places an order.	Job site before bridge order... Another view of job site.	Car arrives... Customer tells us where to deliver the railroad car and a few weeks later the car arrives. This particular railroad car came out of Long Beach, CA.	Railroad car gets modified... This particular railroad car was used for hauling semi trailer to first thing we do is remove these hitches...	Railroad car gets modified... Hitches are removed...
Railroad car gets modified... Coupler bolts are cut, coupler is removed and brake rigging is disconnected...	Railroad car gets loaded... Crane picks the car body up...	Railroad car gets modified... Truck backs in and gets loaded up...	Bridge on it's way... Trucker ties down the railroad car and is headed for the job site.	Bridge arrives at job site... About 20 mintues later the truck arrives at the job site and is quickly offloaded by another crane...
Bridge set in place... Slowly the bridge structure is set in place...	Bridge set in place... Crane's chains are removed, total time to set in place was about 45 minutes.	Project completed... It's ready to be used now. All that needs to be done is some back filling. Handrails will be applied at a later date. Are you ready do get your bridge project done?

 

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Contact Information

Telephone

970-737-1174

After hours:

970-371-1043

 

Actual physical address

19240 HWY 85 Gilcrest, CO 80623

Postal address

19240 US Highway 85, Gilcrest, CO 80623

Electronic mail

General Information: info@prsx.com

Administrative: tami@prsx.com

       Sales Information: wendy@prsx.com

 

 

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Contact Information

Telephone:  970-737-1174
After Hours Emergencies:  970-371-1043

Actual physical address
(use this address when sending UPS, FedEx, DHL, and general trucking deliveries)
 19240 US Highway 85, Gilcrest, CO 80623
 

Mailing address
(use this address for sending mail via US Postal Service)
  PO Box 753, Evans, CO 80620

General Information: info@prsx.com
Administrative: tami@prsx.com
Sales: sales@prsx.com

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Last modified: 04/18/07