Ponder Environmental offers 24/7, 365 days-a-year environmental services for the Railroad Industry, managed by our team of trained and licensed professionals.
California features over 4,800 miles of railroad – handling 162 million tons of freight that originates in, terminates in, or moves through the state.*
With over 7.1 million railcars originating in or terminating in California, the need for a comprehensive range of railroad services in Bakersfield, Sacramento and the San Francisco Bay Area is significant.
Ponder Environmental offers California’s 25 freight railroad operators the technical expertise, state-of-the-art equipment and the safety protocols necessary to provide standard and on-call emergency services.
Our railroad services team is E-Rail trained and the company is a rated Oil Spill Response Organization (OSRO) for Terrestrial and On‐Water spills in Response Planning Areas 2, 4, & 5.
Ponder Environmental provides the following services from our Benicia, Sacramento and Bakersfield locations:
- Hazmat Clean Up from Leaks, Equipment Failures, and Train Derailments
- Spill Response
- Railcar Cleanouts
- Railcar Pressure Washing/ Steam Cleaning
- Railcar Loading/Unloading
- Load Adjustments and Transfers
- Environmental Remediation
- Waste Management Services
California features over 4,800 miles of railroad and 25 different freight railroad operators – handling 162 million tons of freight that originates in, terminates in, or moves through the state.* With over 7.1 million railcars originating in or terminating in California, the need for a comprehensive range of railroad services in Bakersfield, Sacramento and the San Francisco Bay area is significant.
*Source: Association of American Railroads, 2017 Data
