Derailment Defense: Your Solution for Derailment Response and Prevention

DENTON, Texas - Hulcher Services Inc. specializes in derailment prevention and recovery services to help restore rail operations quickly and efficiently. The company’s expert teams provide 24/7 derailment and rapid response recovery. Hulcher derailment crews use specialized equipment to remove debris, perform track repair and restore rail functionality, Hulcher officials said.

In addition to derailment response, Hulcher provides preventative services such as vegetation control, track and right-of-way maintenance to reduce the likelihood of derailments occurring.

Crews utilize heavy equipment safely and efficiently, including sidebooms, dozers and vacuum trucks to rerail locomotives and rail cars, perform onsite traction motor or wheel changes and clean up commodities. Hulcher also can perform emergency hazardous material response and containment.

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Article written by Bridget Dean, Associate Editor, and originally published on Progressive Railroading.

Contractors help railroads get back on track after natural disasters

DENTON, Texas - Hulcher Services Inc was recently featured in Progressive Railroading magazine as part of an article discussing the impact of natural disasters on the railroads.

"Eighteen separate weather events causing at least $1 billion in damage occurred last year in the United States, according to the National Centers for Environmental Information "2022 Billion-dollar Weather and Climate Disasters" report. 

That number placed 2022 in a three-way tie with 2017 and 2011 for the third-highest number of natural disasters in a calendar year, trailing only 2020's 22 and 2021's 20, per the "Beyond the Data" blog on Climate.gov. 

Last year brought a highly diverse mix of destructive events, including three hurricanes, two wildfires, various floods, two tornado outbreaks and nine severe weather/hail situations. The year also was deadly: The 18 events caused at least 474 fatalities, the eighth-highest number of disaster-related fatalities in the contiguous United States."...

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Article written by Julie Sneider, Senior Associate Editor, and originally published on Progressive Railroading.

Hulcher Services Inc. and Hulcher Resources participates in select location, regional and national industry events throughout the year meeting with professionals in the railroad, grain, intermodal, environmental and safety industries to showcase the diverse line of services we provide.

Please stop by the Hulcher Services booth to get a first hand look at the wide variety of innovative services and learn how we can help you keep your business on time and on target .