Roundhouse Track Services, LLC
Roundhouse Track Services provides railroad and ground level track inspections for DOD facilities, industrial, short-line and museum railroads. Roundhouse also provides initial and refresher training classes for Railroad and Crane Track inspectors. All training classes meet the requirements of NAVFAC Instruction 11230.1F and UFC 4-860-3.
Greg Ramsey, the owner of Roundhouse Track Services, has over 20 years experience in the NAVFAC Trackage program and from 2007 to 2019 he was the Navy's Trackage SME, and has performed trackage inspection for all Navy and USMC railroads.
Roundhouse Track Services provides 3 standard off-the-shelf training classes:
Elevated Crane Trackage Inspector Course. 2-day. Provides training for inspectors who have to inspect the rails and support structure for top running bridge cranes. Training consists of classroom instruction.
Crane Trackage Inspector Course. 3-day. Provides the same training as the Elevated Training Class above plus includes modules covering ground level trackage for Portal, Container, Gantry and similar weight handling equipment. Training consists of classroom instruction and field exercises.
Railroad Trackage Inspector Course. 5-day. Provides training for inspectors responsible for the inspection and maintenance of railroad trackage. The regular class covers standard gage (56-1/2”) railroad trackage. The class may be customized to cover narrow gage tracks and/or shipyard specialized trackage. Training consists of classroom instruction and field exercises.
On request, above classes can be customized to meet specialized needs of any facility or location.
Current schedule of classes include:
August 19-23, 2024: Railroad Trackage Inspector Course, Kings Bay, GA
August 27-28, 2024: Elevated Crane Trackage Inspector Course, Naval Station Norfolk, VA
August 29-30, 2024: Elevated Crane Trackage Inspector Course, Naval Air Station Jacksonville, FL
November 20-21, 2024: Elevated Crane Trackage Inspector Course, Port Hueneme, CA
December 4-5, 2024: Elevated Crane Trackage Inspector Course, Okinawa
Payment for the above classes may be made by check, ACH Transfer or credit card.
To register for any of the scheduled classes or to request a class at your location send an email to greg.ramsey@roundhouse.com. Please include the name of the desired course, the requester, the student(s) names and email addresses and if required, the contact information for the person with the credit card.
Recently complete Courses
September 12-13, 2023: Elevated Crane Trackage Inspector Course, Naval Buisness Center, Philadelphia, PA
September 6-7, 2023: Elevated Crane Trackage Inspector Course, Alexandria, VA
August 28-29, 2023: Elevated Crane Trackage Inspector Course, Guam.
May 1-5, 2023: Crane & Railroad Trackage Inspector Course, Portsmouth, NH
June 6-9, 2023: Crane Rail Course, Pearl Harbor, Hawaii
Documents
Elevated Crane Trackage Student Handbook
Videos used in Training Classes
Army Experiments In Train Derailment & Sabotage – 1944
The Origin of Zatoichi's Sword (An Example of Sounding)
Roundhouse Track Services, LLC
440
Nirvana Dr.
Las Vegas, NV 89110
805-984-0332