The purpose of this project was to analyze Brunswick Rail’s recent transition to outsourcing railcar maintenance. The sponsor agency, Brunswick Rail, is a Russian freight railcar leasing company. In March 2016, the company began outsourcing railcar maintenance to reduce operating expenses. There are three phases to this report. First, the transition from insourcing to outsourcing maintenance was audited. Second, the best practices of railcar leasing companies in North America and Europe were researched. Third, recommendations for Brunswick Rail were derived.

• This report represents the work of one or more WPI undergraduate students submitted to the faculty as evidence of completion of a degree requirement. WPI routinely publishes these reports on its website without editorial or peer review.

Creator

• Uvarov, Nikolay Alexandrovich
• Rivera, Rachel Lauren
• Lamare, Matthew M.

Subject

• Industry
• Sustainability
• Infrastructure

Publisher

• Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Identifier

• E-project-101616-170859

Keyword

• Local transit

Advisor

• Pavlov, Oleg V
• Balistrieri, Thomas J.

Year

• 2016

Center

• Moscow, Russia Project Center - IQP

Sponsor

• Brunswick Rail

Date created

• 2016-10-16

Location

• Moscow

Resource type

• Interactive Qualifying Project

Rights statement

• In Copyright

Last modified

• 2021-02-01