Railcar repair & service shops
Railcar repair and service shops in Minnesota
11 railcar repair and service facilities in Minnesota — repair, tank car cleaning and requalification, lining and coating, wheel work and mobile repair. Need a car repaired, cleaned or stored? Tell us the car and where it sits and we’ll line up a shop.
Networks: KBN (Minnesota Northern / Dakota Northern / St. Croix Valley Railroads) (3), Compass Rail Services (2), Red River Valley & Western Railroad (1), Twin Cities & Western Railroad (1), Kimball Railcar Services (R.M. Johnson Company) (1), Transco Rail Services (Marmon Rail) (1), TTX (1), Drumm, Inc. (1).
Shops
Commodity detail is confirmed for 11 of 11 sites and capability detail for 2. Filtering by either hides sites we have not verified yet rather than sites that lack it — call us and we will confirm any of them.
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| Shop | City | Services | Railroad | Contact |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Red River Valley & Western Rail Car Shop Red River Valley & Western Railroad · Full-service rail car shop (built 2009) · covered hopper, tank |
Breckenridge, MN | Freight Car Repair, Tank Car Cleaning, Mobile Repair Base | RRVW, BNSF | |
| Minnesota Northern Railroad car repair location – Crookston KBN (Minnesota Northern / Dakota Northern / St. Croix Valley Railroads) · Shortline car repair location |
Crookston, MN | Freight Car Repair, Mobile Repair Base | MNN, BNSF | |
| Compass Rail Services - Farmington Compass Rail Services · MRU & onsite repairs |
Farmington, MN | Freight Car Repair, Mobile Repair Base | Cannon Valley Railroad, interchange: UP | |
| TC&W Railcar Services Twin Cities & Western Railroad · Fixed Shop + mobile |
Glencoe, MN | Freight Car Repair, Mobile Repair Base | TCWR, BNSF, CN, CPKC, UP | |
| Kimball Railcar Services AAR M-1003 Kimball Railcar Services (R.M. Johnson Company) · Contract railcar repair shop (8 cars inside, 145-car storage) |
Kimball, MN | Freight Car Repair, Storage | CP | |
| Transco Lake Crystal, Minnesota Mobile Repair Unit Transco Rail Services (Marmon Rail) · Mobile Repair Unit |
Lake Crystal, MN | Mobile Repair Base | — | |
| Compass Rail Services - Lakeville Compass Rail Services · MRU & onsite repairs |
Lakeville, MN | Freight Car Repair, Mobile Repair Base | Progressive Rail Incorporated - Jesse James Line, interchange: UP | |
| St. Croix Valley Railroad car repair location – Rush City KBN (Minnesota Northern / Dakota Northern / St. Croix Valley Railroads) · Shortline car repair location |
Rush City, MN | Freight Car Repair, Mobile Repair Base | SCXY, BNSF | |
| TTX BNMN TTX · Field Maintenance (BOTH) |
St. Paul, MN | Freight Car Repair | BNSF | |
| Minnesota Northern Railroad car repair location – Thief River Falls KBN (Minnesota Northern / Dakota Northern / St. Croix Valley Railroads) · Shortline car repair location |
Thief River Falls, MN | Freight Car Repair, Mobile Repair Base | MNN, CPKC | |
| Drumm Worthington Facility Drumm, Inc. · Cleaning facility · tank, covered hopper |
Worthington, MN | Tank Car Cleaning, Mobile Repair Base | UP |
Shop locations and services are compiled from each repair network’s own published location pages and are not exhaustive. AAR M-1003 / M-1002 badges appear only where the shop’s own page states the certification; confirm current certification, capacity and rail access with the shop. Steel Wheel Logistics does not own or operate these facilities.