Railcar Dismantling

Are you a railcar owner needing to dispose of your end-of-life railcars?

Sims Metal continues to expand and develop additional sources of scrap supply. We’ve now formalized our railcar dismantling division and have actively advanced our railcar processing. Across our five locations we offer several service options including:

• Dismantling: The systematic disassembly of railcars.
• Clean to cut: We’ve partnered with Tactical Cleaning to provide extensive railcar cleaning.
• Core parts recovery: Identifying components that can be salvaged and provided to qualifying reconditioning facilities for refurbishment and supply back to the market.

The following locations offer railcar dismantling:

Defiance, OH (view page)
27063 State Route 281 East
Defiance, OH 43512
Phone: +1 419-782-7791

• CSX Served
• Large capacity yard
• On-site clean-to-cut service*
• Non-ferrous railcar processing
• Accepts railcars delivered on flat-decks

Fairless, PA (view page)
300 Steel Road South
Morrisville, PA 19067
Phone: +1 215-850-4176

• Conrail Served (NS/CSX)
• Car length limited to 75’ due to delivering road curve**
• Non-ferrous railcar processing
• Accepts railcars delivered on flat-decks
• Medium capacity yard

East Chicago, IN (view page)
425 West 152nd Street
East Chicago, IN 46312
Phone: +1 219-378-7426

• IHB served (16 RR interchanges including ALL class I railroad’s)
• Non-ferrous railcar processing***
• Medium capacity yard

Houston, TX (view page)
21 Japhet Street
Houston, TX 77020
Phone: +1 713-671-2900

• UP served
• Medium to large capacity yard
• Non-ferrous railcar processing
• Accepts railcars delivered on flat-decks

Richmond, CA (view site page)
600 South 4th Street
Richmond, CA 94804
Phone: +1 510-412-5300

• RPRC served (UP/BN interchange)
• Small capacity yard
• Non-ferrous railcar processing

Restrictions:

• *Commodities for cleaning specified by partner (Tactical Cleaning Services)
• **75’ length limit for Fairless (serving road has a curve restriction)
• *** Cushioned cars not permitted in East Chicago

Safety Information

Health and safety are our utmost priorities – this is non-negotiable and there are no exceptions.

The safety and well-being of our staff, contractors and visitors is paramount. To ensure that we meet our high health and safety standards, we have a comprehensive and exhaustive health and safety policy endorsed by our Board of Directors.

Each operating division has its own committee, which monitors incidents, provides direction and works in conjunction with OH&S professionals. Every health and safety incident, no matter how large or small, is recorded within our comprehensive safety system. This allows us to analyze the possible causes of incidents and implement mitigation strategies to ensure that they are not repeated.

Health and safety is everybody’s business at Sims Metal – it is a shared responsibility. Initiatives undertaken include peer-to-peer observational behavior audits, continuous risk assessments, initial staff induction and ongoing Health and Safety training. We have also recently engaged DuPont Safety Resources to conduct an extensive review of our OH&S practices.

Our Lost Time Injury Frequency Rate – which is the number of lost time injuries recorded multiplied by one million and divided by the number of hours worked – for the Group dropped to 1.3 in fiscal year 2017, a 38% decrease from 2016, making fiscal year 2017 our safest year ever.