Tank Cars moving anywhere in North America are subject to meeting very strict DOT specification compliance, and tank car maintenance facilities (both fixed facilities and mobile service crews) are often limited with respect to working on certain tank cars containing certain commodities with restrictions on what their training and operational competencies allow them to perform.  Often those traditional shops and mobile repair crews require the tank cars to be emptied and certified in a clean condition prior to them performing service on the car. SPSI is certified by the Association of American Railroads (AAR) as a “C6” mobile repair shop (station stencil “SPSI”) which certifies that SPSI can work on the tank car service equipment associated with holding products in the tank cars (i.e. valves, fittings, and DOT required car stenciling).   SPSI can often perform valve removals and replacements, o-ring and/or gasket replacements, and certain other related service work on the tank cars wherever the they are located.  At the loading rack, or in a rail yard, SPSI can come to the tank cars, establish appropriate track protection with the host facility, and safely execute the field repairs. Our value yields a favorable cost savings in almost every scenario.  Car lease and/or depreciation costs for the tank car tally every day, so every day the cars are not in use, your company loses money.  FRA OTMA’s, railroad movements, and tank car shop processing time all cost money (often times a lot of money).   SPSI is able to fix valve and fitting issues on tank cars at the location where the problem is found, and when we are done with repairs your cars stay in service hauling your product, thus making you money. When needed, SPSI is perfectly equipped to safely transfer your products (reference web site tab/link to chemical transfer services) into other cars, and if the nature of the repairs do need the car to be cleaned first (i.e. bottom outlet valve replacement or pressure plate removals & replacements), we can manage vapors (venting, flaring, filtering, or scrubbing), and we can clean the tank cars as well. If SPSI is not already one of your company’s pre-approved mobile repair services to work on your tank cars, we welcome the opportunity to join your team of resources and add value to your tank car fleet and logistics management program.