railcar services
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Railcar storage locations
Full-time railcar cleaning locations
Transloading sites
Our History
Creative Railcar Marketing Services (CRMS) was founded by Craig Bargowski, who previously held various positions with GATX.
2001Our sister company CRS was founded for in-house remark, stenciling and inspection operations across the country.
2010Partnerships established with 5 fixed-based railcar cleaning locations. Expanded our railcar storage network to 250+ locations with 100+ transload site potentials.
2014Our CEO and partner in Seneca Partners acquired Tactical Cleaning Company and Altrans Terminal Companies and all of its locations.
2017Our CEO and partner in Seneca Partners acquired Specialty Fire and Rescue for site safety services.
2020CRMS acquired a railcar storage site in Sweetwater, TX.
2022Expanded our railcar storage network to 450+ locations, 16 fixed-based railcar cleaning and maintenance locations.
2024CRMS History
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Why CRMS:
We provide completely customized solutions for all your railcar and railroad services needs.
In addition to being a one-stop shop to your railcar needs, our key differential elements from our competitors include:
Rail access to all major railroads
Ability to mobilize across the country
Central point of contact for many distinctive rail services
Exceptionally responsive team with 130+ years of railcar experience
Long-term relationships with our partners
Our Team
Craig Bargowski
Craig Bargowski has over twenty years of experience in all aspects of the railcar service industry, including but not limited to: leasing, maintenance, storage, cleaning systems, and fleet management. He has an educational background in hydrogeology and chemistry from Western Michigan University.
Craig created CRMS in 2001 after working in various capacities at GATX, with the vision of bringing railcar service providers and their customers together to better establish win/win/win relationships. In the last 16 years CRMS has grown to increase services provided for the customers we assist with credible and reliable services provided efficiently. Outside of rail, Craig’s interests include biking, hiking, skiing and hockey, but most of all he enjoys time with his family. He strives for each customer and vendor to feel like a member of that extended family.
Sales
Matthew Berberich
Texas Office
Ben Hines
Colorado Office
Jeremy LeBeau
Florida Office
