Ongoing Rail Management

Keep the Rail Operating Process Working After the Recovery

Most companies experiencing recurring service failures, demurrage, poor car flow, or unclear internal ownership begin with a Rail Performance Review or the 90-Day Rail Performance Recovery Program.

Once the operation is stabilized, Move By Rail can continue providing the level of monitoring, management, communication, and executive oversight appropriate for the company's facilities, volume, and internal resources.

Companies with a stable process and a clearly defined ongoing need may also begin with one of these engagements after a fit review.

Diagnose
Correct
Stabilize
Manage

The 90-Day Program establishes the process. Ongoing Rail Management helps maintain it.

Continuing Engagements

Three Levels of Ongoing Rail Support

Rail Advisory Support

Starting at $3,000/month
Best For

Facilities with a reasonably stable rail operation that need scheduled guidance, periodic cost review, and support addressing defined service issues.

Includes
  • Railcar-ordering guidance.
  • Monthly demurrage review and recommendations.
  • Railroad communication guidance.
  • Basic rail-service review.
  • Monthly dashboard snapshot or reporting view when applicable.
  • Monthly rail-operations check-in.
  • Guidance on documentation and escalation.
  • Email and phone support within the agreed engagement.

This is an advisory and periodic-review engagement. It does not include daily car-ordering management, continuous monitoring, unlimited railroad intervention, a dedicated operating team, custom software development, or onsite services unless separately scoped.

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Most Common Continuing Engagement

Managed Rail Operations

Starting at $5,000/month
Best For

Companies that want Move By Rail actively involved in the recurring rail cycle, service-failure management, demurrage exposure, railroad communication, and weekly operating accountability.

Includes
  • Dedicated Rail Asset Performance Hub when applicable.
  • Active railcar-ordering support or management within the agreed scope.
  • Ongoing demurrage monitoring and mitigation support.
  • Direct communication with serving railroads within the agreed scope.
  • Active service-failure tracking.
  • Weekly rail operating-review workspace.
  • Operational process reviews.
  • Scheduled performance reporting.
  • Service escalation and corrective-action follow-up.
  • Strategic guidance on rail utilization and cost exposure.

Scope is based on the number of facilities, serving railroads, data sources, operating complexity, and required meeting cadence. Custom integrations, extensive historical audits, engineering work, legal services, and onsite visits are separately scoped.

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Fractional Rail Officer

Starting at $10,000/month
Best For

Multi-site shippers, developers, and rail-served operators that need senior-level rail leadership, cross-functional coordination, executive reporting, carrier strategy, and network oversight without creating a full internal rail department.

Includes
  • Executive-level rail strategy and oversight.
  • Multi-site performance visibility.
  • Custom KPI development and executive reporting.
  • Enterprise rail-performance evaluation.
  • Railroad relationship management.
  • Network and service optimization.
  • Rail expansion and transload strategy.
  • Railroad contract and service-agreement support that does not constitute legal advice.
  • Multi-site operational coordination.
  • Executive escalation support.
  • Fleet and asset strategy when included in scope.

Large capital projects, legal representation, engineering design, software development, construction management, and work outside the agreed facilities and carriers require a separate scope.

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How They Differ

Matching the Level of Support to the Operation

Rail Advisory Support

Periodic advice and review.

Managed Rail Operations

Active recurring operating support.

Fractional Rail Officer

Executive, multi-site, and strategic rail leadership.

The appropriate engagement is recommended after Move By Rail reviews the operation. Clients are not expected to diagnose or select their own service level without guidance.

Experiencing Multiple Problems at Once?

If service failures, demurrage, poor visibility, weak railroad communication, and internal process gaps are occurring together, the 90-Day Rail Performance Recovery Program may be the better starting point.

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Let's Match the Support to the Operation

Tell us how many facilities, railroads, and recurring responsibilities are involved. Move By Rail will recommend the most practical level of continuing support.

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