Department Overview: The Abandonment department provides track removal and salvage services. The salvage of the railway materials includes reusable ties and rail plus reroll and scrap steel sales. Our jobs range in size from small siding removals to large 200 mile projects. Normally our projects have been on the prairies but we have worked throughout Canada.

Department Equipment and/or Facilities:

• Wheel Loaders with various attachments
• Western star Hirail pulling truck and material handler
• Specialized track hoes for material handling
• Various specialized machines for rail removal
• Tie removal and sorting equipment
• Semi trucks for transporting material and equipment
• Specialized trailers for material transportation
• Air curtain burner for environmentally sound tie disposal
• Service trucks
• Tool trailers and small tools
• Mini excavator

Products/Services:

• Track removal and salvage
• Material transportation
• Hauling railway equipment with specialized trailers
• Project management and cost control

Customer(s):

• CN
• A&K
• Central Manitoba Railway
• Hudson Bay Railway
• Carlton Trail Railway
• Rail America
• RailNet
• Other Railways

• CP

Contact Information:

Abandonment Department 830 Douglas St. Brandon, Manitoba R7A 7B2 Canada Phone - 204.726.4545 Fax - 204.727.4100 Email - This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it Abandonment Manager Alex Burr | This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it