About Us

Providing Engineering Services for all aspects of your track construction project

(314) 729-7600 | info@design9.com

COMPANY HISTORY

Design Nine, Inc. was formed in 1986 by Engineers from the former Missouri Pacific Railroad Company as a result of the merger with the Union Pacific Railroad Company.

These engineers each brought 10 to 15 years of working experience from various sectors of the Missouri Pacific Railroad’s engineering department to Design Nine. Their combination of their individual talents resulted in a company with a wide range of available railroad engineering capabilities.

Their philosophy on engineering was to provide superior services to clients through years of experience and honed ability. We are proud to say that, throughout our history, Design Nine, Inc. is still strongly rooted in the area in which we are the most qualified – railroad engineering.

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Compliant

Design Nine is compliant with current FRA policies for on-track safety, bridge worker safety, and Class I railroad requirements.

Qualified

Design Nine maintains professional, Licensed Engineers on staff for nearly every state in the United States of America.

Centrally Located

Our office location in St. Louis, MO gives us the capability to efficiently provide our services over a vast range across the country.

Widely Known

We are well regarded throughout the railroad industry and proud of the reputation we have built.

SAFETY

We ensure the safety of our employees by providing yearly Roadway Worker Protection training and fall protection training.

We maintain current enrollment in e-RAILSAFE, contractor orientations, and other industry requirements and we are also OSHA and TWIC certified and compliant.

Our Specialty

We serve many major Class I railroads, regional & short line railroads, switching & terminal railroads, and the industries those railroads serve.

CLASS I RAILROADS
Including Union Pacific Railroad, BNSF Railway, Norfolk Southern Railway, CSX Transportation, KCS Railway, Canadian National and Canadian Pacific.

REGIONAL, SHORT LINE, SWITCHING & TERMINAL RAILROADS
Including Terminal Railroad Association of St. Louis, the Alton and Southern Railroad, The Iowa Interstate Railroad, The Indiana Rail Road Company, Genesee & Wyoming, various short lines of RailAmerica & OmniTRAX and many more.

Engineers at Design Nine are enthusiastically involved with the Association of Railway Engineering and Maintenance-of-way Association (AREMA) and are active on many of the committees of the association. In addition, we are members of the following associations: