VEKTORCarrier Intelligence Packet
RAIL SYSTEMS INC
USDOT 335448 · MC-291641 · 145 RAILROAD AVE, ELLSWORTH, WI 54011
80Review firstModerate riskVektor risk score · 0–100
Generated August 1, 2026 from the live FMCSA / NHTSA record. Decision support — not an FMCSA safety rating or a recommendation to use or avoid any carrier. Verify authority & insurance before tendering.
Watch · 2
- No inspection history despite active fleet — An established carrier reporting 7 power units has no roadside inspections — a common shell/paper-carrier signal.
- MCS-150 census data outdated — The biennial MCS-150 update is 20.0 years old; fleet/mileage figures may be unreliable.
In good standing · 3
- Active operating authority — Active for-hire authority is on file with FMCSA.
- Insurance on file — BIPD (liability) insurance is on file with FMCSA.
- Established 38 years — Operating authority has been on file since 1988.
Identity & authority
- Operating status
- Inactive
- Common authority
- Active
- Contract authority
- None
- Broker authority
- None
- Safety rating
- Not rated
- Authority age
- 37 yr
- Registered
- 1988-12-06
- Out-of-service
- No
- Phone
- (800) 776-6252
- hlhove@sptmetalexpress.com
- Website
- sptmetalexpress.com
- Address
- 145 RAILROAD AVE, ELLSWORTH, WI 54011
Fleet
- Power units
- 7
- Drivers
- 5
- Observed units
- 0
- Avg fleet age
- —
Insurance
- Auto-liability on file
- Yes
- BIPD limit
- $750k
- Cargo on file
- Yes
- Cargo limit
- $750k
- Bond on file
- No
- Lapses
- 0
Safety · trailing 24 months
- Vehicle OOS
- —
- Driver OOS
- —
- Inspections
- 0
- Crashes
- 0
- Fatal crashes
- 0