Our Railroad Services

Organized in 2018 to provide specialized rail consulting services to short line, industrial, finance, public sector, and institutional clients, National Rail Consulting Group provides management consulting and professional services to the rail sector.

RAIL OPERATIONS & SAFETY PLANNING

Whether you are planning to build a new rail terminal from scratch or are seeking to improve existing operations and your railroad, terminal, or industry, our team’s experience with railroad conceptual design, rail operations planning, and safety planning services will ensure safety and success before the next wheel turns.

PASSENGER RAIL PLANNING

Intercity and commuter rail planning is growing in the United States, and each project carries with it unique safety, compliance, equipment, and construction challenges we can help address. Learn why some of the country’s oldest and newest commuter rail agencies have depended on our team.

RAIL FINANCE & DUE DILIGENCE SERVICES

We know every stage of railroad finance, from start up rail construction to public sector grant work. Before you invest, build, or acquire, let National Rail advise your investment wisely.

RAILROAD STRATEGIC PLANNING

STATE AND GOVERNMENT SUPPORT FOR RAILROAD PROJECTS

LEGAL AND REGULATORY SUPPORT FOR RAILROADS

We’ve served as advisors and expert witnesses before the Surface Transportation Board and U.S. Federal Circuit Court and have testified on railroad grade crossing incidents and disputes; rail equipment, rail infrastructure and engineering; root-cause analysis, and traditional rail operating practices and atypical agreements.

RAIL INFRASTRUCTURE, INSPECTION, CONSTRUCTION

From assessing track conditions, cost-to-cure, maintenance, capital planning, inspections, and strategic planning, National Rail can spearhead diligence for your rail project. From design work for rail infrastructure, passenger cars, locomotives, bridges, maintenance-of-way, and alternative fuel technology, to specialty component fabrication, National Rail has the ability to not only consult, but design, render, engineer, and build solutions for your rail engineering needs.