Progress Rail

Progress Rail, A Caterpillar Company
Company typeSubsidiary
IndustryTransportation
FoundedAlbertville, Alabama, United States (1982 (1982))
FounderBilly Ainsworth
Headquarters
Albertville, Alabama
Number of locations
United States - 110
Mexico - 28
Canada - 4
Brazil - 2
UK - 5
Italy - 1
Germany - 1
Area served
Worldwide
Key people
John Newman, CEO
Products
List
    • Remanufactured locomotives and railcars
    • Rail and other track materials
    • Special trackwork
    • Signals and communication products
    • Rail welding equipment
    • Remanufactured trackwork components
    • Railroad MOW equipment
    • Vegetation control equipment
Services
List
    • Rail and other track material sorting
    • Track removal
    • Signal and communication design, installation and maintenance
    • Mobile welding
    • Equipment financing, leasing and rental
    • Locomotive and railcar repair and refurbishment
    • Recycling
Number of employees
8,000+
ParentCaterpillar Inc.
DivisionsInfrastructure
Rolling Stock
Subsidiaries
List
Websiteprogressrail.com
Footnotes / references
[1][2][3]

Progress Rail Services Corporation (reporting mark PRLX), a fully owned subsidiary of Caterpillar since 2006, is a supplier of railroad and transit system products and services headquartered in Albertville, Alabama.[1] Founded as a recycling company in 1982, Progress Rail has increased the number of its product and service offerings over time to become one of the largest integrated and diversified suppliers of railroad and transit system products and services in North America.[4] Progress Rail markets products and services worldwide and maintains 110 facilities in the United States, 34 in Mexico, 4 in Canada, 2 in Brazil, 5 in the UK, 1 in Italy, and 1 in Germany.[1][2] Progress Rail is organized into two divisions: Infrastructure and Rolling Stock.[3]

  1. ^ a b c "Progress Rail - Company Overview". 2010. Archived from the original on 2009-04-05. Progress Rail Services Corporation, a subsidiary of Caterpillar Inc.,...
  2. ^ a b "MGE Transportes". mgetransportes.com. MGE Equipamentos & Serviços Ferroviários Ltda. 2009. Archived from the original on 2010-07-13. Retrieved 2010-10-24. ...two factories: one in Diadema and another in Hortolandia, both in the state of Sao Paulo.
  3. ^ a b "The Power of Progress at Work". progressrail.com. Progress Rail Services Corporation. 2010. Archived from the original (Adobe ShockWave flash video - .swf) on 2010-11-28. Retrieved 2010-10-24. Two divisions....Locomotive & Railcar Services....Engineering & Track Services...
  4. ^ "Progress Rail Services - Services - Recycling". progressrail.com. Progress Rail Services Corporation. 2010. Archived from the original on 2010-11-28. Retrieved 2010-10-24. Progress Rail started out as a recycling company in the early 1980s, and although we have expanded our line of product and service offerings, recycling is still the heartbeat of our company.