Non-Revenue Trips are eliminated. This enhances locomotive utilization, thereby reducing  costs.

Cost of building and maintaining service facilities is reduced or eliminated.

Transfers sand into locomotives at a faster rate than gravity hoppers. 

Saves valuable locomotive travel time that was formerly required to reach the service center.

Eliminates or reduces the cost of maintaining the service facility and reduces the cost of operating vehicles. Less Service Facilities, Less Stored Supplies, Less Cost!

Mobile Servicing can be performed 365 days per year 24 hours per day

Any location where locomotives are, can be used.

Maintenance is easier to schedule

Less congestion at diesel maintenance & repair facility because most locomotives require only service.

Increased production at maintenance facility

Less visits to a maintenance facility, thereby keeping the locomotives working and on their assignments.

Easier to meet customer needs when regular locomotives don’t have to sit on the service and maintenance facility.

By eliminating the need to transport locomotives back to the central service site, more locomotives can remain in field to service customers