Strategic planning for freight and passenger rail

National Rail offers a variety of strategic planning services to short line, regional, and tourist railroads as it pertains to motive power and general strategic planning services.

MARKET ANALYSIS & EXPANSION STRATEGIES

The rail industry is a high barrier to entry business, but that doesn’t mean you can’t offer new products, invest in your services, or expand your car loads and customers. National Rail can complete market analyses, competitive analyses, strategies to approach rail industry partners; and customer development.

Locomotive Fleet Planning

Developing a locomotive fleet strategy is a way to optimize the operations, reliability, and economics of your motive power fleet. National Rail can explore your options for lease vs. owned power, standardization of power, develop an integrated and comprehensive maintenance plan that balances scheduled maintenance with the needs of your railroad, and analyze operations to determine if the power on hand is meeting the needs and, conversely, determining if upgrading or modifying your motive power will make economic sense. Our team includes qualified mechanical and diesel locomotive repair personnel.

NON-PROFIT RAIL STRATEGIC PLANNING

Running a non-profit or port authority railroad requires the melding of mechanical, marketing, and customer service skill sets. Our associates offer strategic planning services, ranging from the conceptual design of equipment and track layouts to developing marketing and digital media strategies. For more on our services for non-profits, port authorities, or municipal organizations, click here.