Progress Rail Service

Progress Rail Services is among the leading suppliers of rail parts and services to the North American railway industry. The company provides track work, maintenance-of-way equipment, signal devices, reconditioned freight car parts, and railcar and locomotive repair facilities.The two main divisions of Progress Rail are Engineering & Track Services and Locomotive and Railcar Services. and services to the North American railway industry. The Engineering & Track Services provides the industry with products that include new and reconditioned track work, new and relay rail, rail welding, rail flaw detection, new and used equipment, grade crossing signals and rail take up services. The Locomotive & Railcar Services division consists of several operating entities that specialize in heavy equipment items for railcars and locomotives, as well as rail transit vehicles. Strong emphasis is placed on freight car parts and repair. Based in Albertville, Al, Progress Rail Service operates facilities in 23 U.S. states, as well as in Canada and Mexico.

Progress Rail Services is one of leading providers of rail and transit products and services in North America. Based in Alabama, it is a wholly owned subsidiary of Caterpillar, the world's leading manufacturer of construction and mining equipment, diesel and natural gas engines and industrial gas turbines. The company offers recycling, engineering and track services as well as locomotive and railcar services. Progress Rail Services also offers fuel efficient and environmental friendly locomotive engines to railroads all across the globe.

Established in 1982, Progress Rail Services is one of the largest providers of rail and transit products and related solutions in North America. It provides a range of locomotive and railcar products, such as axles, bearings, wheels, traction motors, engines and components. The company additionally supplies signals, mobile welders, bumping posts, rail anchors, lockwashers, track spikes, derails, joint bars, gauge rods, bolts, wheel stops, and tie plates and plugs. It offers track sweepers, cranes, tie inserters, rail lifters, brush cribbers and hydraulic ramp cars. The company provides engineering, welding, locomotive dismantling, parts refurbishing, automobile scrapping, equipment installation, and rail upgrade and repair services. It also offers railcar remanufacturing, tools replacement, signal design, equipment maintenance, and parts reclamation and recycling solutions. The company operates more than 110 manufacturing facilities in the United States, Mexico, Canada and South America. Progress Rail Services is a wholly owned subsidiary of Caterpillar, which is one of the leading manufacturers of construction and mining equipment in the world.