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RAIL LINKS LLC

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Company CheckRAIL LINKS LLC · DOT 1294000

DBA: EVERFINE CARRIERS SERVICES

1176 SAPPHIRE LANE, SHAKOPEE, MN, 55379

DOT# 1294000 MC# 850796 Shakopee, Minnesota 12 years

MOTOR CARRIER

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Power Units

Drivers

Crashes (24-Month)

$1,000,000

Insurance

Not Rated

Safety Rating

Inspections

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Public record

3 events tracked · latest Mar 4, 2025 ↓ Show details ↓

Safety & compliance 3

Mar 4, 2025
REVOKED MOTOR PROPERTY COMMON CARRIER.
Nov 6, 2024
Roadside inspection, 5 violations (no OOS).
Aug 13, 2024
Roadside inspection, 2 out-of-service violations.

Public FMCSA record · blue clean · orange change · red risk.

Contact Details

Phone(612) 709-5560

Fax(952) 445-3994

Email[email protected]

Physical Address1176 SAPPHIRE LANE, SHAKOPEE, MN, 55379

Mailing Address1176 SAPPHIRE LANE, SHAKOPEE, MN, 55379

Other Companies at This Address

Address1176 SAPPHIRE LANE, SHAKOPEE, MN 55379

Others here

Distinct phones

Active

Company	DOT	Phone	Status
DESIGNER CURBING	1086649	(952) 233-0990	Active
RAIL LINKS LLC this company	1294000	(612) 709-5560	Active
B A D TRUCKING INC	632239	(952) 496-2217	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

DocketMC850796

CommonInactive

ContractNot Active

BrokerNot Active

Operating12 years

Company Overview

RAIL LINKS LLC is a FMCSA-validated motor carrier based in Shakopee, Minnesota. The company has been in operation for 12 years, registered with the FMCSA on 10/11/2004. The fleet consists of 2 power units and 1 driver. Annual mileage is reported at 400 miles (2023). The company has a clean safety record with zero reported crashes. Insurance coverage of $1,000,000 is on file through UNITED FINANCIAL CASUALTY COMPANY. Based on authority, insurance, safety, and compliance data, RAIL LINKS LLC has a Trust Score of 90/100 (Excellent).

Operation Classification

Authorized For Hire

Mileage

Annual Mileage400 miles

Mileage Year2023

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

No safety rating or inspection data on file with FMCSA.

Insurance

Amount$1,000,000

Type91X

Effective03/20/2025

CompanyUNITED FINANCIAL CASUALTY COMPANY

Policy #CA965194824

Quick Facts

StatusActive

TypeMotor Carrier

Fleet2 units

Drivers1

Mileage400 mi

Operating12 years

MCS-15001/2024

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 · 1 OOS —

2024

5 · 2 OOS ▲

Crashes

2023

1 crash —

2024

0 crashes ▼

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 Nov 2024 — 2 inspections, 1 resulted in out-of-service (50% OOS rate).

Driver Out-of-Service 1 OOS

Vehicle Out-of-Service 1 OOS

Live FMCSA roadside inspection records, refreshed monthly.

Crash Records (1)

Full crash history on file (all years), newest first. This list may show more than the headline Crashes figure above, because that figure follows the official FMCSA 24-month SMS window used for the Trust Score — older crashes still appear here for transparency.

Date	Location	State	Fatal	Injuries	Tow	Vehicles	Weather	Road	Light
10/12/2023	CHICAGO	IL	0	0	1	2	Rain	Wet	Daylight

Roadside Violations by Safety Category Last 24 months

15 roadside violations across 2 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

Unsafe Driving 8 violations · 0 OOS

Vehicle Maintenance 5 violations · 1 OOS

Hours-of-Service (HOS) Compliance 2 violations · 1 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 (6)

Date	State	Level	Location	Violations	OOS	Driver Viol	Driver OOS	Vehicle Viol	Vehicle OOS	HazMat
11/06/2024 ▼	WI	Driver-Only (Level III)	BLACK RIVER FALLS WI	5	0	0	0	0	0	-
Violations (5) 392.2-SLL — Failing to Secure Cargo Non-OOS (Unsafe Driving) 392.2-SLLSR — Failing to Secure Cargo Non-OOS (Unsafe Driving) 395.8A — CFR 395.8A Non-OOS 392.2-SLLML — Failing to Secure Cargo Non-OOS (Unsafe Driving) 392.82DUMT — CFR 392.82DUMT Non-OOS
08/13/2024 ▼	WI	Walk-Around (Level II)	WISCONSIN DELLS WI	10	2	0	1	0	1	-
Violations (10) 392.2 — Failing to Secure Cargo Non-OOS (Unsafe Driving) 393.9(a) — CFR 393.9(a) Non-OOS 392.2 — Failing to Secure Cargo Non-OOS (Unsafe Driving) 392.2 — Failing to Secure Cargo Non-OOS (Unsafe Driving) 392.2 — Failing to Secure Cargo Non-OOS (Unsafe Driving) 393.60(c) — CFR 393.60(c) Non-OOS 393.9(a) — CFR 393.9(a) Non-OOS 393.9(a) — CFR 393.9(a) OOS 395.8(k)(2) — CFR 395.8(k)(2) OOS 396.17(c) — CFR 396.17(c) Non-OOS
05/07/2024 ▼	MN	Driver-Only (Level III)	WEST LAKELAND MN	1	0	0	0	0	0	-
Violations (1) 392.2 — Failing to Secure Cargo Non-OOS (Unsafe Driving)
04/19/2024 ▼	MN	Full (Level I)	FRIDLEY MN	13	2	0	0	0	2	-
Violations (13) 393.75(a)(3) — CFR 393.75(a)(3) OOS 396.3(a)(1) — CFR 396.3(a)(1) OOS 396.3(a)(1) — CFR 396.3(a)(1) Non-OOS 393.47(e) — CFR 393.47(e) Non-OOS 393.53(b) — CFR 393.53(b) Non-OOS 393.45(d) — CFR 393.45(d) Non-OOS 392.2 — Failing to Secure Cargo Non-OOS (Unsafe Driving) 392.2 — Failing to Secure Cargo Non-OOS (Unsafe Driving) 392.2 — Failing to Secure Cargo Non-OOS (Unsafe Driving) 393.95(a)(4) — CFR 393.95(a)(4) Non-OOS 392.2 — Failing to Secure Cargo Non-OOS (Unsafe Driving) 393.78 — CFR 393.78 Non-OOS 393.11(a)(1) — CFR 393.11(a)(1) Non-OOS
01/25/2024 ▼	WI	Walk-Around (Level II)	MENOMONIE WI	11	0	0	0	0	0	-
Violations (11) 390.19(a)(2) — CFR 390.19(a)(2) Non-OOS 393.11A1-LCL — CFR 393.11A1-LCL Non-OOS 393.11A1-CSURR — CFR 393.11A1-CSURR Non-OOS 393.60(c) — CFR 393.60(c) Non-OOS 392.2-SLL — Failing to Secure Cargo Non-OOS (Unsafe Driving) 392.2-SLLSR — Failing to Secure Cargo Non-OOS (Unsafe Driving) 392.2-SLLUCR — Failing to Secure Cargo Non-OOS (Unsafe Driving) 392.2-SLLIRP — Failing to Secure Cargo Non-OOS (Unsafe Driving) 392.2-SLLIFTA — Failing to Secure Cargo Non-OOS (Unsafe Driving) 393.11A1-CSLRR — CFR 393.11A1-CSLRR Non-OOS 393.9A-LIL — CFR 393.9A-LIL Non-OOS
11/03/2023 ▼	MN	Walk-Around (Level II)	MINNEAPOLIS	6	3	0	0	6	3	-
Violations (6) 392.2 — Failing to Secure Cargo Non-OOS (Unsafe Driving) 393.75(a)(3) — CFR 393.75(a)(3) OOS 393.9(a) — CFR 393.9(a) Non-OOS 393.23 — CFR 393.23 OOS 393.9(a) — CFR 393.9(a) OOS 393.45(d) — CFR 393.45(d) Non-OOS

Licensing & Insurance

Form	Type	Insurance Company	Policy	Coverage	Effective	Cancel Date	Method
91X	BIPD/Primary	GREAT WEST CASUALTY CO.	MCP02791A	$1,000,000	01/17/2014	02/26/2025	Cancelled

No active insurance policies.

Docket	Type	Action	Served	Disposition	Disp Date
MC850796	MOTOR PROPERTY COMMON CARRIER	GRANTED	02/24/2014	REVOKED	03/04/2025

No revocation records.

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90/100

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 — from 100 to 90

−10

Starts at 100−10 totalFinal 90

MCS-150 update overdue−10

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

No Unsatisfactory rating on file.

What's lowering this score

-10

MCS-150 update overdue

The required biennial MCS-150 update has not been filed on time (score factor, not a verification failure).

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) knockout	−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.

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Out-of-Service Summary Last 24 months

Crash Records (1)

Roadside Violations by Safety Category Last 24 months

Inspection Records (6)

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