Owner-operator
1 power units. Brokers price each fleet type apart.
Load decision · FMCSA snapshot · 2026-06-13
Not enough federal record to assess. Verify authority and insurance directly.
Owner-operator
1 power units. Brokers price each fleet type apart.
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Awaiting VIN decode
26 yr unchanged
Same registration since 2000 — no chameleon / reincarnation signal.
Is RAILWAY EQUIPMENT SERVICES INC safe to load? RAILWAY EQUIPMENT SERVICES INC (USDOT 882742, MC-494003) is an active owner-operator motor carrier based in BLOOMBURG, TX, operating 1 power unit and 2 drivers. Operating authority has been active 26 years (past the 24-month broker-confidence threshold). Across 9 roadside inspections, its vehicle out-of-service rate over the last 24 months is 0.0% (below the 22.26% national average), with 0 reportable crashes in the last 24 months. FMCSA rates it Satisfactory. Vektor does not assign this carrier a safety score: 2 federal roadside inspections in the last 24 months. FMCSA itself will not score a carrier's vehicle or driver record on fewer than 5, and neither will we — verify authority, insurance and references directly before tendering. Source: FMCSA SAFER/MCMIS, last updated 2026-06-13.
RAILWAY EQUIPMENT SERVICES INC's USDOT number is 882742, and its motor carrier number is MC-494003.
As of 2026-06-13, RAILWAY EQUIPMENT SERVICES INC is active in the FMCSA register with common, contract, broker operating authority on file.
RAILWAY EQUIPMENT SERVICES INC has a 0.0% vehicle out-of-service rate (national average 22.26%) across 9 roadside inspections, with 0 reportable crashes in the last 24 months, and an FMCSA "Satisfactory" safety rating. Vektor does not assign this carrier a safety score: 2 federal roadside inspections in the last 24 months. FMCSA itself will not score a carrier's vehicle or driver record on fewer than 5, and neither will we — verify authority, insurance and references directly before tendering.
RAILWAY EQUIPMENT SERVICES INC operates 1 power unit and 2 drivers per its most recent MCS-150 filing.
RAILWAY EQUIPMENT SERVICES INC is based in BLOOMBURG, TX, with roadside inspections recorded across 2 states.
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2 inspections · 24 mo · vs national benchmarks
Out-of-service rate· 24-mo cumulative · vs national
Vehicle OOS rate· vehicle OOS · vehicle-level inspections · 6-month trailing
Inspection coverage· expected vs observed · the fraud signal
How heavily FMCSA inspects this fleet for its size — it tells you how much to trust the safety signals above. Thin coverage on a young authority is a fraud signal nobody else surfaces.
Violation themes· decoded · grouped by BASIC
What this carrier actually gets cited for — FMCSA violation codes decoded into plain English, ranked by frequency.
Can they legally + adequately haul your load?
Operating authority· 49 CFR · per type
Operating authority
Insurance & bonds
Insurance adequacy· filed BIPD vs the $750k federal floor
Insurance continuity· insurer · policy · lapses
Shorter eras are too brief to label at this scale — all 7 insurers are named in the list below.
BIPD in force — $1,000,000 · PROGRESSIVE COUNTY MUTUAL · since Jun 2025
| Insurer | Period | Limit | Renewals |
|---|---|---|---|
| PROGRESSIVE COUNTY MUTUAL | Sep 2018 → Jun 2025 | $1M | 2 |
| NATIONAL FIRE & MARINE INSURANCE CO. | Nov 2017 → Sep 2018 | $1M | 2 |
| PRAETORIAN INSURANCE COMPANY | Nov 2016 → Nov 2017 | $1M | 1 |
| QBE SPECIALTY INSURANCE CORPORATION | Nov 2015 → Nov 2016 | $1M | 2 |
| NATIONAL FIRE & MARINE INSURANCE CO. | Nov 2014 → Nov 2015 | $1M | 2 |
| ZURICH AMERICAN INSURANCE COMPANY | Sep 2006 → Nov 2014 | $1M | 1 |
| ZURICH AMERICAN INSURANCE COMPANY | Mar 2004 → Mar 2004 | $1M | 2 |
VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC
Capacity· power units = haulable capacity; trailers are towed
Capacity is power units only — trailers are towed equipment and are never summed into a fleet-size figure.
Revealed by inspection density across 2 states · 24 mo
Operating footprint· revealed by roadside-inspection geography
Inspection density by state· each tile = a state · shade = inspections, last 24 mo
Affiliated entities & reincarnation signals · for review, not a verdict
No shared-VIN flow in the last 12 months
Capacity consistency· registered vs roadside-observed power units
Roadside-observed power units materially exceed the registered MCS-150 fleet — confirm the carrier is operating within its filed capacity.
FMCSA census + L&I dossier
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Fleet (self-reported · MCS-150)
Daily-captured FMCSA licensing & insurance changes — monitored by Vektor
Federal record activity· monitored daily by Vektor
No licensing or insurance changes captured since Vektor began monitoring this carrier (June 2026). Quiet is usually good.
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