Precision rail placement
Continuous Welded Rail (CWR) Distribution Machine
Herzog’s Rail Unloading Machine (RUM) is the industry’s only mobile, road-to-rail distribution system capable of safe, hands-free precision rail placement.
Requiring no DOT permits for highway travel, the RUM is able to move to multiple job sites under its own power and can unload a 50-pocket rail train in approximately four hours.

New construction
Rehabilitation projects
Short line railroads
Rail transit systems
Rail unloading in the 21st century
Unloading of CWR trains was a labor and capital-intensive process for decades. With the idea of doing more with less, Herzog went to work designing a mobile, nimble machine that made rail unloading faster, safer, and more economical, while freeing up railroad labor to perform other maintenance tasks.
The RUM takes personnel out of harm’s way and removes the need to store large equipment or switch it from train to train or job site to job site. Additionally, railroads are not burdened with switching this unloader onto different CWR trains.
Rail Unloading Machine Features
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Road-to-rail mobility The RUM can be easily disconnected from the rail train and removed from the tracks, ready to travel to the next assignment.
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Rail train compatibility The RUM is fully-operated and maintained by Herzog, and can be used with all Herzog rail trains and most Class 1 rail trains.
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Efficient & safe No need for the RUM’s two-operator crew to contact rail when using Herzog’s Automated Tie Down Car℠.