Rail car and fleet wash in Canada, mobile and runoff-compliant.
Caravex runs mobile rail car, locomotive, bus and truck fleet wash operations with rail-yard-trained crews, containment-and-reclaim runoff capture, and photo-documented compliance reports. Scheduled routes or on-demand.
Your wash vendor has never set foot in a rail yard.
Open hoses into storm drains. No containment. No safety brief. No photo record of what was actually cleaned. Your compliance officer and your yard manager both have the same question: who just washed these cars?
Mobile rigs. Rail-trained crews. Runoff captured every time.
Rail-yard certified technicians, self-contained wash rigs, reclaim-water systems as standard operating procedure, photo report delivered before the crew leaves your site.
See how it works →Eight Rail & Fleet Wash Services
From tank car exteriors to transit bus interiors to long-haul truck fleets, Caravex runs mobile routes with rail-yard-certified crews and environmental runoff capture as standard operating procedure.
Rail Car Exterior Wash
Tank cars, boxcars, hoppers, gondolas — hot-water detergent wash with runoff capture.
Rail Car Interior Cleaning
Sweep-out, residue removal, interior wash for food-grade and bulk-commodity cars.
Locomotive Wash
Full locomotive exterior plus radiator fin cleaning. Cab interior on request.
Bus Fleet Wash
Transit bus exterior and interior. Scheduled overnight routes for depot-based fleets.
Truck & Trailer Wash
Tractor, trailer, refrigerated unit exterior and interior. Mobile to fleet yards.
Refrigerated Trailer Sanitation
Food-safe sanitation for reefer trailers with temperature-logged cleaning.
Scheduled Fleet Routes
Weekly, bi-weekly or monthly mobile route service for fleet operators.
Environmental Compliance
Runoff containment, reclaim water management, and waste manifesting.
See Our Operation Across Canadian Yards
Six Operational Pillars Behind Every Caravex Account
Rail-Yard Trained
Blue-flag procedures, catenary awareness, yard radio protocols, three-point contact — every crew briefed before first deployment.
Mobile Self-Contained
Hot-water rigs, detergent carts, generators, reclaim systems. We come to you. No cars or units move for cleaning.
Runoff Captured
Containment berm, absorbent boom, sealed drums, manifest paperwork. No exceptions, no "just this once."
Photo Documented
Every unit photo-logged before and after. PDF report delivered before the crew leaves the yard.
Scheduled Routes
Weekly, bi-weekly or monthly mobile routes. Your fleet gets cleaned on a calendar, not on request.
Procurement Ready
ISNetworld / Avetta / ComplyWorks registered. COR certified. Insurance and compliance vetted for rail and industrial procurement.
Five Steps. Every Visit.
Site Brief
Crew arrives, signs in, reviews yard-specific safety brief with site contact.
Setup
Containment berm deployed, rigs positioned, reclaim-water lines connected.
Wash
Hot-water detergent wash per unit, rinse, spot-check per manufacturer/lessor specs.
Reclaim
Runoff pumped to drums, containment broken down, waste manifested.
Report
Photo report generated and delivered before crew leaves site. Single invoice monthly.
4-Level Escalation Framework
When something goes sideways — and occasionally it does — here is exactly what happens, and how fast.
Immediate corrective action by assigned wash crew
On-site supervision, re-wash if required, root-cause note
Full route audit, written corrective plan, compliance review
Direct escalation with written action plan and compensation if warranted
Six Commitments That Protect Your Fleet
Fixed-Price Route Agreement
Walk the yard, scope the route, fixed price per visit. No hourly surprises.
$10M Liability + Rail Endorsement
Full commercial GL plus rail-yard endorsement. COIs on file with ISNetworld, Avetta, ComplyWorks.
100% Runoff Capture
Containment and reclaim on every wash. No discharge to municipal storm drains. Manifest paperwork delivered with every invoice.
Photo Report Per Visit
Before-and-after photos of every unit cleaned, delivered before crew leaves the yard.
Rail-Safety Trained
Every crew certified on yard safety. No yard manager has to orient us.
24/7 Route Capability
Overnight, weekend, holiday route service. Your fleet is in yard when it is in yard.
Real Results for Real Fleets
Lessor with 300+ rail cars across 4 yards had previous vendor using open-hose wash — municipal storm drain violations were adding up.
Containment berm and reclaim system deployed on every wash. Zero violations in the first 12 months. Quarterly compliance report to the lessor's regulatory team.
City transit authority was moving 60 buses to a third-party wash bay nightly — 14 hours of non-revenue mileage per week per bus.
Mobile wash crew on site overnight at depot. Buses clean in yard, ready for first service. 10 hours/week of non-revenue mileage recovered per bus.
Bulk commodity shipper needed food-grade interior wash on rail cars between loads — previous vendor quoted 3-day turnaround.
Dedicated interior wash crew on 4-hour turnaround with food-safe detergents and temperature-logged cleaning. Cars back in service same day.
Trusted by Fleet Managers Across Canada
Runoff capture is finally not a box we have to check for them — it is the way they work. That is the first vendor where that is true.
Every car gets photographed. I have a PDF file of every wash for every car in the fleet. That is unheard of in this space.
They showed up, they were briefed, they knew where to stand. First vendor we did not have to re-orient to rail-yard safety.
Three Cities. One Standard.
1140 Boul. de la Carrière, Laval, QC H7N 5J6
120 Adelaide St W, Toronto, ON M5H 1T1
1090 W Georgia St, Vancouver, BC V6E 3V7
Plus 26 surrounding areas including Laval, Mississauga, Burnaby and more.
Frequently Asked Questions
Do you clean rail cars on the car owner's yard?+
Yes. Caravex operates entirely mobile. We bring self-contained hot-water pressure rigs, detergent carts, generators, and reclaim systems to your yard, siding, depot, or terminal. We do not move rail cars for cleaning — we come to them.
How do you handle wash water and runoff?+
Every wash site gets a containment berm and absorbent boom set up before water flows. Runoff is pumped into sealed drums, manifested, and hauled to a licensed treatment facility. No discharge to municipal storm drains. Tracking paperwork delivered with every invoice.
Are your crews cleared for rail-yard work?+
Yes. Every crew is trained on rail-yard safety including blue-flag procedures, three-point contact, high-voltage catenary awareness, yard radio protocols, and Class-I rail contractor safety. We maintain registrations with ISNetworld, Avetta and ComplyWorks.
Do you do tank cars, boxcars, hoppers, locomotives?+
Yes to all. Tank car exteriors with DOT-compliant detergents. Boxcars, hoppers, gondolas, flatcars exterior wash and interior sweep-out. Locomotive exterior wash including radiator fin cleaning. Interior locomotive cab cleaning on request.
Do you do bus and truck fleets too?+
Yes. Transit bus interior and exterior, long-haul truck fleet exterior and interior, refrigerated trailer sanitation, refuse truck deep wash. Same mobile model — we come to your yard, overnight or scheduled.
What is the turnaround per unit?+
Exterior wash on a rail car or locomotive: 20-35 minutes per unit. Transit bus interior plus exterior: 45-60 minutes. Tractor-trailer exterior: 15-25 minutes. Multiple rigs can run in parallel on larger yards for higher throughput.
Do you work overnight?+
Yes — most fleet wash work happens between midnight and 6am because that is when equipment is in yard. Overnight is standard operating mode, not a premium.
Standards We Operate Under
A Wash Operation Built for Rail Yards and Fleet Depots.
Caravex was started by operators who worked with rail lessors and transit authorities and watched wash vendors fail the same three tests again and again: yard safety, runoff compliance, and photo-documented accountability.
Caravex is built around those three things. Mobile rigs, trained crews, runoff-captured every time, photo report before the crew leaves the yard.
Learn more about Caravex →Read our blog →Have a Fleet That Needs Scheduled Wash? Let's Scope a Route.
Tell us about your fleet. A Caravex operations lead will walk your yard, design the route, and respond within one business hour. Free site survey for any fleet larger than 10 units.