Fleet management is key to rail industry success, and Watco Leasing Services has the experience and resources to manage your railcar fleet – regardless of its size or specific needs. The scope of services includes:

• Car repair history
• Contract shop auditing
• Bad order cars
• Car repair analysis
• Accounts payable
• Car hire accounting
• AAR-mandated programs
• Car-repair billing
• Railroad repair auditing
• Rebilling/rebuttal billing
• Railroad damage cars
• Forecasting and budgeting
• Financial distribution
• Depreciated value statements
• Mechanical information
• UMLER/MIS administration

Watco provides safe, cost-effective railcar storage and switching solutions. Whether you’re needing short-term or long-term storage of empty or loaded railcars, our car storage team will work to find the best location to meet your needs. Our connections to Class I carriers offer a wide variety of routing options for your car fleet, allowing easy reassignment to alternate destinations.

• Storage of empty or loaded railcars
• Custom storage plans for loaded commodity track distribution
• Track and roadbeds maintained to accommodate unit trains
• Full-service railcar terminal facility access
• Team tracks available for transloading at a variety of locations
• Storage tracks located in secured access remote area
• Competitive switching rates
• Daily storage charges

In addition to car storage, Watco customers may also take advantage of our full-service Repair and Maintenance team to repaint, repair, and clean cars as they enter or leave storage.