PowerRail Locomotive Services
PowerRail is a certified AAR M-1003 Manufacturer, Remanufacturer, and Distributor of aftermarket locomotive parts and components, offering a wide range of products. We are North America’s leading aftermarket parts provider, supporting both EMD and GE locomotives. In addition to our broad locomotive line, we also provide products for Passenger Transit, Marine and Power Generation markets. From Customer Service, Manufacturing, Quality & Technical Support, to Inside and Field Sales, Warehouse and Shipping, PowerRail has only one goal in mind ... your total satisfaction.
PowerRail is a United States locomotive parts and service company, with additional locations in various parts of the world. CEO Paul Foster formed
PowerRail in 2003 in Wilke-Barre, Pennsylvania. Today the corporate offices and main distribution center are located in Duryea, Pennsylvania, next to the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton International Airport. The company provides new and re-manufactured parts for the locomotive market, as well as a variety of locmotive maintenance and rebuilding services. PowerRail maintains other locations throughout the United States and Canada, including PowerRail Locomotive Services in Monroe, Georiga, started in 2014. This 17 acre facility offers both locomotive and freight car service including light repair, re-wiring, traction motor and truck work, and engine component change outs. The facility is provided interchange service by the Great Walton Railroad.
Monroe, Ga / May 2021 / RWH
Facility
Monroe, Ga / May 2021 / RWH
May 2021 / RWH
Monroe, Ga / May 2021 / RWH
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Google Maps
Monroe, Ga / May 2021 / RWH
Monroe, Ga / May 2021 / RWH
Monroe, Ga / May 2021 / RWH
Monroe, Ga / May 2021 / RWH
PowerRail Locomotive Services #101
Monroe, Ga / Han 2018 / Daniel Higginbotham 
Aug 2015 / Allan Willimans Jr.
See also our complete Great Walton Railroad scrapbook in Shortlines
Locomotives
The following locomotives in storage at the Monroe facility during the summer of 2021 offer a sampling of the kinds of equipment serviced by PowerRail Locomotive Services.
Monroe, Ga / May 2021 / RWH
Monroe, Ga / May 2021 / RWH
Monroe, Ga / May 2021 / RWH
CIT Group/Capital Finance #1007
Monroe, Ga / May 2021 / RWH
CIT Group/Capital Finance #1007
Monroe, Ga / May 2021 / RWH
CIT Group/Capital Finance #1016
Monroe, Ga / May 2021 / RWH
CIT Group/Capital Finance #1017
Monroe, Ga / May 2021 / RWH
CIT Group/Capital Finance #1018
Monroe, Ga / May 2021 / RWH
CIT Group/Capital Finance #1019
Monroe, Ga / May 2021 / RWH
CIT Group/Capital Finance #1020
General Electric AC44CW (2001) / Monroe, Ga / May 2021 / RWH
Monroe, Ga / May 2021 / RWH
Monroe, Ga / May 2021 / RWH
CIT Group/Capital Finance #1023
Monroe, Ga / May 2021 / RWH
CIT Group/Capital Finance #1024
Monroe, Ga / May 2021 / RWH
Rail Switching Services #722
Monroe, Ga / May 2021 / RWH
Rail Switching Services #722
to Illinois Central Gulf #7722 (GP8)
to Illinois Central #7722
to Arkansas Midland #722
to Rail Switching Services #722
May 2021 / RWH
Monroe, Ga / May 2021 / RWH
Monroe, Ga / May 2021 / RWH
Monroe, Ga / May 2021 / RWH
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Monroe, Ga / May 2021 / RWH
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Arkansas Midland #722
Plymouth, Fl / Mar 2005 / Kevin Andrusia
Little Rock, Ar / Apr 2009 / William Davis
Rail Switching Services #7989
Monroe, Ga / May 2021 / RWH
Rail Switching Services #7989
to Illinois Central Gulf #7989 (GP8)
to Chicago Central & Pacific #7989
to Rail Switching Services #7989
May 2021 / RWH
Monroe, Ga / May 2021 / RWH
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Monroe, Ga / May 2021 / RWH
Illinois Central Gulf #7989
Council Bluffs, Ia / Aug 1981 / Alan Gaines
Kinder Morgan Coke #220
EMD SW1200 RS / Monroe, Ga / May 2021 / RWH
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May 2021 / RWH
Monroe, Ga / May 2021 / RWH
PowerRail testbed
PowerRail Locomotive Services #5651
Monroe, Ga / May 2021 / RWH
PowerRail Locomotive Services #5651 is a testbed apparatus adapted from St. Lawrence & Hudson #5651, an EMD SD40-2 built in 1972 for Canadian Pacific. GOMX are the reporting marks for Avoca Locomotive Services, a division of PowerRail.
St. Lawrence & Hudson #5651
Vermillion, Mn / Oct 2010 / Alec Holmes
May 2021 / RWH
Monroe, Ga / May 2021 / RWH
Monroe, Ga / May 2021 / RWH
Monroe, Ga / May 2021 / RWH
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Monroe, Ga / May 2021 / RWH
Monroe, Ga / May 2021 / RWH
Monroe, Ga / May 2021 / RWH
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Monroe, Ga / May 2021 / RWH
Links / Sources
- PowerRail website
- Railroad Picture Archives PowerRail roster