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Industrial spur · cost triage

The number industrial developers cannot find anywhere else.

Industrial-rail spur cost is hard to estimate because it depends on geometry, region, and seven other variables that move the per-foot number by 4x. This is a free triage tool that returns a defensible ROM band before the developer commits to a site or a contractor.

AREMA + CRISI calibrated · mid-2026 dollars · triage only, not engineering

What this is

  • ROM cost band, low to high, with mid-point per linear foot
  • Region-adjusted base cost (Northeast through Alaska)
  • Ties (wood, composite, concrete) and ballast depth factors
  • Turnouts, bridges, grading, utility relocations as separate components
  • Mobilization 7.5% + contingency 20% (industrial spur ROM standard)
  • Downloadable triage summary (.txt)

What this is NOT

  • A defended budget. Geotech and survey are required first.
  • Engineering judgment. This screens, it does not certify.
  • A bid. Contractors price spurs in their own format.

Industrial spur cost triage

Estimate the spur before the developer commits to the site.

Industrial developers cannot find this number anywhere. We model it from AREMA + CRISI award data, region cost factors, and the variables that actually move spur cost: turnouts, bridges, grading, utility relocations.

Geometry

Site complexity

Defend the cost

Send the spur for a 10-day defended estimate.

Tell us the corridor, owner, scorecard result, constraint, deadline, and procurement path. The first reply is a fit screen, record request, and recommendation on whether the 10-day brief is the right step.

Capability packet, W-9, COI, NDA, and scope letter available on request.

Posts to RailForge intake. No third-party form host. No tracking pixel. Capability packet, NDA, COI, W-9, and scope letter available on request.