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IRON HORSE EXPRESS INC

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Company CheckIRON HORSE EXPRESS INC · DOT 631931

8888 KENYON BLVD, FARIBAULT, MN, 55021

DOT# 631931 MC# 353280 Faribault, Minnesota 27 years

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Power Units

Drivers

Crashes (24-Month)

$1,000,000

Insurance

Satisfactory

Safety Rating

Inspections

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Contact Details

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Physical Address8888 KENYON BLVD, FARIBAULT, MN, 55021

Mailing AddressPOST OFFICE BOX 864, FARIBAULT, MN, 55021

Other Companies at This Address

Address8888 KENYON BLVD, FARIBAULT, MN 55021

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Company	DOT	Phone	Status
IRON HORSE EXPRESS INC this company	631931	Sign in	Active
CHMELIK TRUCKING	619584	Sign in	Inactive

Note: sharing an address is legal and common (registered agents, virtual offices, business centers). A shared address never reduces the Trust Score.

Operating Authorities

Authority TypeAUTHORIZED FOR HIRE

Carrier OperationA - Interstate

DocketMC353280

CommonActive

ContractNot Active

BrokerInactive

Operating27 years

Operation Classification

Authorized For Hire

SMS BASIC Scores

FMCSA safety categories, last 24 months. Above Cutoff = FMCSA flags a problem · Below cutoff = within limits · Clean = no violations.

Unsafe Driving

measure 3.33 · 1 insp with violations

Below cutoff

Hours-of-Service Compliance

measure 0 · 0 insp with violations

Clean

Driver Fitness

measure 0 · 0 insp with violations

Clean

Controlled Substances / Alcohol

measure 0 · 0 insp with violations

Clean

Vehicle Maintenance

measure 1.7 · 3 insp with violations

Below cutoff

Source: FMCSA SMS, updated monthly.

Mileage

Annual Mileage230,000 miles

Mileage Year2024

VMT SourceMCS-150 Form

Drivers

Interstate

Intrastate

CDL

Total

Interstate >100mi0

Interstate <100mi0

Intrastate >100mi0

Intrastate <100mi0

Equipment

No equipment breakdown on file with FMCSA.

HazMatYes

Safety Summary

Safety RatingSatisfactory

Total Crashes (24-mo)0

Fatal0

Driver OOS0.0% avg 5.5%

Vehicle OOS11.1% avg 20.7%

SmartWay PartnerNo

Last Review04/28/2011

Insurance

Amount$1,000,000

Type91X

VerifiedFMCSA · 06/03/2026

CompanyUNITED FINANCIAL CASUALTY COMPANY

Policy #CA868966634

Last checked09/11/2026

Quick Facts

StatusActive

TypeCarrier

Fleet3 units

Drivers3

Mileage230,000 mi

Operating27 years

MCS-15007/2026

Safety & Inspection Data

Crash Summary

Total Crashes (24-mo)0

Fatal0

Injury0

Tow-Away0

Safety RatingSatisfactory

Driver Inspections

Total10

Out of Service0

OOS Rate0.0%

National Avg5.5%

Below National Average

Vehicle Inspections

Total9

Out of Service1

OOS Rate11.1%

National Avg20.7%

Below National Average

Last FMCSA Review: 04/28/2011 | Rated: 05/03/2011

Safety Trends by Year

Roadside inspections and crashes on file, year over year. The red portion of each inspection bar is the out-of-service share; ▲/▼ compares to the prior year.

Inspections · red = OOS

2023

1 · 0 OOS -

2024

4 · 0 OOS =

2025

6 · 1 OOS ▲

2026

2 · 0 OOS ▼

Crashes

No crashes on record.

Based on FMCSA crash and roadside inspection records (rolling 3-year window). The latest year may be partial.

Out-of-Service Summary Last 24 months

Live FMCSA roadside inspections through Jul 2026, 9 inspections, 1 resulted in out-of-service (11.1% OOS rate).

Vehicle Out-of-Service 1 OOS

Live FMCSA roadside inspection records, refreshed monthly.

Roadside Violations by Safety Category Last 24 months

5 roadside violations across 9 inspections, grouped into FMCSA safety-behavior categories. The shaded portion shows how many were serious enough to result in an out-of-service order.

ViolationsOut-of-service

Vehicle Maintenance 2 violations · 1 OOS

Unsafe Driving 1 violation · 0 OOS

Other (General) 2 violations · 0 OOS

Categories follow FMCSR violation parts (Part 393/396 = Vehicle Maintenance, Part 395 = HOS; "Other" = general/administrative parts such as 390). Raw violation counts and out-of-service results, not FMCSA percentile rankings, which are not published for property carriers.

Inspection Records (13)

Date	State	Level	Location	Violations	OOS	Vehicle Viol	Vehicle OOS	HazMat
07/28/2026	CA	Full (Level I)	CA	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
06/09/2026	NM	Walk-Around (Level II)	NM	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
11/07/2025	KS	Walk-Around (Level II)	LOGAN COUNTY - 109	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
09/11/2025	CA	Full (Level I)	SIDEWINDER PLATFORM SCALE	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
08/27/2025	IA	Walk-Around (Level II)	39 - I35 SB MM 212 NORTHWOOD	1	1	1	1	-	▲Detail
08/11/2025	CA	Walk-Around (Level II)	CORDELIA CVEF	2	0	2	0	-	▲Detail
06/05/2025	UT	Driver-Only (Level III)	SALT LAKE CITY UT	1	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
03/27/2025	CA	Full (Level I)	SIDEWINDER PLATFORM SCALE	1	0	1	0	-	▲Detail
11/02/2024	NM	Full (Level I)	LORDSBURG PORT OF ENTRY	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
08/20/2024	WY	Full (Level I)	CHEYENNE I-80 POE	4	0	4	0	-	▲Detail
06/29/2024	SD	Walk-Around (Level II)	VALLEY SPRINGS SD	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
05/15/2024	IL	Driver-Only (Level III)	I80	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
08/28/2023	CA	Full (Level I)	DONNER PASS IF	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail

Safety Performance Percentiles

FMCSA SMS percentile rankings. Higher percentile = worse performance relative to peers.

Total Inspections10

Unsafe Driving 1 viols

Vehicle Maintenance 3 viols

Licensing & Insurance

Form	Type	Insurance Company	Policy	Coverage	Effective	Cancel Date	Method
85	TRUST FUND	PACIFIC FINANCIAL ASSOCIATION, INC.	NONE	$0	11/21/2002	09/09/2012	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	CANAL INSURANCE CO.	PIA07577101	$750,000	09/24/2014	02/01/2015	Replaced
34	CARGO	GREAT WEST CASUALTY CO.	CLP87546A	$0	02/10/1999	01/03/2014	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	GREAT WEST CASUALTY CO.	CLP87546A	$1,000,000	02/10/1999	02/01/2014	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	UNITED FINANCIAL CASUALTY COMPANY	CA 935948012	$750,000	02/01/2020	02/01/2022	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	MIDWEST FAMILY MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY	CPMN0560113866	$750,000	02/01/2017	02/01/2020	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	SENTRY SELECT INSURANCE COMPANY	A0032248001	$750,000	02/01/2015	02/01/2017	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	CANAL INSURANCE CO.	PIA07577101	$750,000	02/01/2014	09/24/2014	Cancelled

No active insurance policies.

Docket	Type	Action	Served	Disposition	Disp Date
MC353280	PROPERTY BROKER	GRANTED	12/03/2002	REVOKED	09/17/2012
MC353280	COMMON	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	08/28/2014	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	09/17/2014
MC353280	MOTOR PROPERTY COMMON CARRIER	GRANTED	02/19/1999	-	-
MC353280	COMMON	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	01/06/2014	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	02/03/2014
MC353280	COMMON	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	01/05/2017	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	01/31/2017

No revocation records.

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100/100

Excellent

VERIFIED

Every carrier starts at 100. We subtract points for each missing requirement or risk factor below. Verified means all four core requirements pass.

Score breakdown

100, no deductions

Clean record, the bar stays full at 100.

Verification, 4 core requirements

Active operating authority

FMCSA shows the USDOT registration and authority are active.

Authorized for hire

Holds active for-hire (common or contract) authority.

Active insurance on file

Insurance coverage and carrier are on file with FMCSA.

Safety rating not Unsatisfactory

Satisfactory FMCSA safety rating.

What's lowering this score

Clean record, no deductions. This carrier starts and stays at 100.

How we calculate the Trust Score

Every company starts at 100

We subtract points for each missing requirement or risk factor. Verified means all the core requirements for that company's type pass. Nothing is added back, the score is a deduction model built only on public FMCSA data. No pay-to-play, no opinions.

Requirements differ by company type

Each company is judged fairly on its own FMCSA obligations. Anything that doesn't apply shows as a grey N/A, not required, never a penalty.

Carrier (for-hire)

Operating authority, authorized-for-hire, insurance on file, safety rating.

Broker

Broker authority + $75k surety bond (BMC-84/85). MCS-150 not required (no fleet).

Freight forwarder

FF authority + $75k bond + BOC-3. MCS-150 not required (no trucks).

Private carrier

Active USDOT + MCS-150 + safety. No operating authority / for-hire / insurance filing required (hauls its own goods).

Crashes are scaled, not flat

Crash history is proportional. We don't apply a flat penalty, we scale it to (a) crashes per vehicle in the fleet and (b) the share of those crashes that were fatal. So a big, safe fleet barely moves; a small fleet with many (and fatal) crashes takes a large hit.

0 pts deductedscaled by rate & severityup to −28 pts

Low end

50,000 vehicles + 1 crash → ~0 pts. A huge fleet with very few crashes per vehicle is almost untouched.

High end

5 vehicles + 3 crashes incl. fatal → large deduction (near the −28 cap). Many crashes per truck, fatal-heavy.

Mechanics: deduction is capped at 28 points, weighted roughly 60% on crashes-per-vehicle and 40% on the fatal ratio. Zero crashes = zero deduction. If fleet size is unknown, only crash severity can move the score (conservative).

Out-of-service rate vs. the national average

Driver and vehicle out-of-service rates are measured against the FMCSA national average, not a flat number. A company only takes the deduction when it sits above the national benchmark, for example “Vehicle OOS 37% vs national avg 20.7%”.

Point reference, the full menu

Every factor and exactly how many points it can remove. Knockout factors (they also fail Verification) are marked.

Factor	Points
USDOT / authority not active with FMCSA knockout	−25
Missing operating authority (when required) knockout	−15
No insurance or surety bond on file (when required) knockout	−25
Unsatisfactory safety rating knockout	−30
Conditional safety rating	−12
MCS-150 biennial update overdue (carriers)	−10
Crashes, rate-adjusted (per-vehicle & fatal share)	0 to −28
Driver OOS rate above national average	−5
Vehicle OOS rate above national average	−5
Very new carrier (under 1 year)	−10
Limited operating history (1-3 years)	−6
Moderate operating history (3-5 years)	−3
Operating history unknown	−3
No public phone number	−3
No public email address	−2

All inputs come from public FMCSA records (operating authority, insurance/bond filings, the SAFER/SMS safety profile, crash & inspection reports). If FMCSA updates a record, the score updates with it. For the full deduction table, see the methodology page.

IRON HORSE EXPRESS INC

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Out-of-Service Summary Last 24 months

Roadside Violations by Safety Category Last 24 months

Inspection Records (13)

Safety Performance Percentiles

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