America’s Industrial Freight Rail Engineering Specialists
20+ years, 100% employee-owned, serving carriers coast to coast.
Every Phase, One Connected Team
Your Rail Engineering Partner From Rail Viability to Final Inspection
Via Rail Engineering supports every phase of a freight rail project under one connected team, so nothing falls through the cracks between design, permitting, and construction.
From first concept to construction-ready plans, we design track geometry, yards, and sidings to each railroad's exact standards, every set PE-stamped.
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Before you commit to a design, we tell you whether a site can support rail and what it will take, so you decide with facts, not guesswork.
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We manage every conversation with your serving railroad, Class I or short line, from submittal packages through final authorization to construct, so approvals move faster.
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We integrate rail into master plans for industrial parks and multi-tenant developments, balancing site circulation, building footprints, and room to grow.
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Our engineers stay on through construction, managing RFIs, submittals, and railroad coordination, then help you assess and optimize what's been built.
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Serving Diverse Markets Nationwide
Via Rail Engineering brings tailored rail expertise to ten core industries, each with its own commodities, equipment, and operating challenges.
Aggregates
quarries and crushed stone, engineered for heavy car loading and high-volume unloading
Agriculture
grain elevators and fertilizer terminals, built around seasonal volume and loop-track efficiency
Warehousing & Distribution
rail-served distribution centers, integrated with dock and spot-track design
Energy
biofuel, ethanol, and wind-component distribution, engineered for unit-train loading and outbound capacity
Chemicals
chemical plants and LPG terminals, designed around unloading manifolds and strict safety clearances
Intermodal
container and trailer handling facilities, engineered for high-throughput operations
Transload
bulk and break-bulk transfer facilities, designed for efficient rail-to-truck interchange
Industrial Parks
multi-tenant developments, master planned for long-term rail access and growth
Manufacturing
steel, automotive, and heavy industrial plants, with in-plant track tied to production flow
Specialty Freight
oversized, hazmat, and project cargo, supported by purpose-built facility design
Don’t see your industry listed? We’ve probably worked in it so let’s talk.
NorthPoint Development Rail-Served Industrial Facility
Warren, Michigan
Conrail Shared Assets, Sterling Secondary Branch
Nearly 4,100 feet of new track, including dedicated boxcar and center beam service lines, connecting a major distribution and logistics facility directly to the rail network.
Nestlé USA Rail Infrastructure Improvements
Little Chute, Wisconsin
Wisconsin Central / Canadian National
New track, a new turnout, and derail protection installed at an active Nestlé USA facility, engineered around ongoing plant operations.
Reynolds Presto Products Rail Expansion
Waupaca, Wisconsin
Wisconsin Central / Canadian National
Over 1,300 feet of new rail infrastructure expanding service to an active manufacturing facility, designed and built without interrupting day-to-day operations.
About Us
One Team, Four Companies, One Mission
Via Rail Engineering has spent 20+ years doing one thing: industrial freight rail engineering. Founded in 2005 by Ben Guido, who brought 40+ years of railroading experience to the table. We’re not a generalist civil firm that also does rail, and we’re not affiliated with Canada’s passenger rail service. In fact, rail is the only thing we do: every plan we issue is PE-stamped, and our team includes people who’ve worked inside railroad companies themselves, not just around them.
The Via Rail Group
Via Rail Engineering is part of The Via Rail Group, a family of rail-specialized companies built to provide wrap-around care from feasibility through construction and beyond.
Together, the Group means one consistent point of contact can take a project from “is this site even viable?” to “how do we keep this running for the next twenty years,” without handoffs or knowledge gaps along the way.
And since 2017, Via Rail Engineering has been 100% employee-owned. When you work with us, you work with owners, the people with a direct stake in getting your project right.
The Via Rail Group, is a family of rail-specialized companies built to provide wrap-around care from feasibility through construction and beyond.
Via Rail Engineering handles industrial freight rail engineering.
RailEx handles turnkey, open-book construction services nationwide.
Track Smarts handles ongoing track inspection.
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Build Your Career in Rail
At Via Rail Engineering, you don’t just work on rail, you own it. As a 100% employee-owned company with a fully remote, nationwide team, we offer one of the most specialized career paths in civil engineering and a real stake in the work you do.
- 100% employee-owned
- nationwide team
- fully remote
- specialized career paths
Ready to Talk Rail?
Whether you’re evaluating a site, planning a project, or exploring a career with us, we want to hear from you.
Most conversations start with a 20-minute call, and we respond within one business day.
