CR Rail - Construction and Maintenance Personnel for Track and Structures

CR Rail is a rail-team hire company, specialising in labour, plant and equipment hire for railway construction and maintenance. The company hires out experienced track and structure teams that deliver all types of rail works. Its most prominent activity is providing specialist rail and bridge personnel for construction and maintenance.

Re-sleepering work personnel

From January 2006 to December 2008, CR Rail personnel installed approximately 250,000 steel and timber sleepers for the Australian Rail Track Corporation (ARTC) on various projects throughout NSW.

All sleepers were inserted using off-track machinery, enabling CR Rail to maximize track possession time and insertion rates.

Re-railing work teams

CR Rail has provided personnel for re-railing locations for both ARTC and RailCorp. From June 2005 to December 2008, around 50km of track was re-railed in a number of locations.

Under-bridge and over-bridge work personnel

Between January 2006 and December 2008 CR Rail completed under-bridge and over-bridge works for both RailCorp and ARTC. Works included:

• Retransoming
• Corbel
• Girders
• Stringers
• Pile replacement

Rail track and asset maintenance teams

CR Rail is also able to provide personnel for the following:

• Track reconditioning
• CWR works
• Thermit welding
• Wire feed welding
• Renewal of timber bridges (retransoming, girders, corbels, stingers, etc.)
• Loading and unloading of sleeper trains, metal ballast trains and conventional rail sets
• Installation of CSPs with or without concrete headwalls
• Installation of concrete pipes and concrete box culverts
• Installation of level crossings (concrete, hot mix or pre-fabricated)
• Safe working
• Sledding
• Earthworks
• Maintenance relief / assistance: track patrol, inspections, etc.
• Plant hire
• Submersible pumps – installation, maintenance and repair
• Routine civil maintenance inspection
• Major periodic maintenance
  

Steel fabrication and windmill building and maintenance

CR Rail is a rapidly expanding company that also offers other services such as steel fabrication, building and maintenance of windmills, and all types of fencing.

Flexible rail maintenance and construction personnel

CR Rail provides its clients with:

• Flexibility
• Individual contracts
• A labour force on contracts valid for five years
• Ability to relocate staff with minimal notice
• Quality workmanship
• Cost efficiency
• Experience
• A total quality "can do" approach
• A track record of successes
• A comprehensive safety management system, including environmental management system, audited and in compliance with AS/NZS4801:2001
• A quality assurance system certified to AS/NZS9001:2000

CR Rail holds a safety-before-production work ethic for all personnel working for or associated with the company. Superior quality work that meets all rail industry and Australian standards is delivered on time and within budget.

CR Rail's streamlined management structure places it in a very competitive position to offer rail-engineering expertise specialising in railway construction, maintenance, labour and plant hire. Its large, modern, multi-purpose depot is within five hours of 90% of the CityRail network. The head office in Dubbo, NSW, is situated at the junction of both rail and road interstate networks.

CR Rail employs a large labour pool, ensuring it can mobilise utility and maintenance teams within 24 hours. This allows it to cover emergency situations.

The company supplies services to private rail networks and government rail networks throughout New South Wales. It is a member of the Railcorp Construction Works panel and the ARTC preferred contractors' panel for both construction works and labour hire.