BLACKWOOD EQUIPMENT IS UNIQUELY INNOVATIVE

Our equipment can handle:
  • ties
  • rail, up to 40’ long
  • all other track material

Our equipment includes:

  • highly efficient hi-rail systems for on-track operation
  • capacity load charts
  • fire fighting equipment
  • portable cutting torches 

** Leasing contracts may be available ** 

Blackwood Late Model Hi-rail Log Trucks have:
  • ARA knuckles
  • train brakes
  • tie and rail handling grapples and magnets

Our Log Trucks can:

  • load, haul and unload mainline revenue cars
  • reach track unit speed while pulling loaded gondola cars
  • load and haul ties and/or other track material
  • travel on the highway to a railway crossing where the loaded vehicle can then move on hi-rails down the track
  • distribute ties in bundles or individually spotted
  • distribute track material with a magnet
Blackwood Highly Developed Hi-rail Excavators have:
  • train air brakes
  • a detachable grapple
  • a magnet capable of transshipping single or bundled ties
  • an extended higher cab, providing good visibility while travelling and loading
Our Excavators can:
  • travel at track unit speed
  • pull several gondola cars and load or unload the cars while travelling on hi-rails
  • load the 100-ton gondola cars simultaneously while travelling
  • lift two 40’-136# rails directly from the right-of-way into the cars
  • work both on and off the rail line on rough terrain

**The Hi-Rail Excavators are fully inspected annually by the crane inspection bureau using ultrasonic testing and magnetic particle inspection.**