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Genesee & Wyoming subsidiary to operate bulk transfer facility in central California

17 June 2021

A photograph of a Genesee & Wyoming train.

A subsidiary of short line operator Genesee & Wyoming (G&W) has acquired and will operate a bulk transfer facility serving the Central Valley of California.

Ivory Choice Terminal (ICTC), a subsidiary of G&W’s contract rail and related services division, has acquired a facility formerly known as the Port of Ivory. ICTC will operate the facility as a G&W Choice Terminal bulk transfer facility.

The existing facility is a 91-acre industrial park in the heart of California’s dairy industry in Reedley,...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/genesee-wyoming-subsidiary-to-operate-bulk-transfer-facility-in-central-california

Rail Roundup: OmniTRAX, G&W develop, expand partnerships

26 April 2021

OmniTRAX, partners seek to develop site in southern Indiana

Short line operator OmniTRAX is working with the River Ridge Development Authority of southern Indiana to develop the River Ridge Commerce Center.

The center, located near Louisville, Kentucky, where it has access to several transportation modes. It connects directly with CSX (NASDAQ: CSX) and is in close proximity to I-64, I-65, I-71, the Louisville International Airport, the Ohio River and the Port of Indiana-Jeffersonville....

https://s29755.pcdn.co/news/rail-roundup-omnitrax-gw-develop-expand-partnerships

Vermont short line: CSX acquiring Pan Am Railways could hurt competition

19 March 2021

A photograph of a train locomotive at a suburban platform.

Critics of CSX’s (NASDAQ: CSX) proposed acquisition of Pan Am Railways in New England say the deal could harm competition and workers.

Vermont Rail System (VRS), a short line operator of six railroads controlled by Trans Rail Holding Co., has qualms with CSX’s plans to acquire Pan Am because of how CSX and Norfolk Southern (NYSE: NSC) will manage joint ownership of Pan Am Southern.

The operations of Pan Am Southern (PAS), a Pam Am subsidiary that is partly owned by Norfolk Southern (NS) would be...

https://s29755.pcdn.co/news/vermont-short-line-csx-acquiring-pan-am-railways-could-hurt-competition

Could battery-electric locomotives become mainstream?

18 March 2021

A photograph of a train in a yard. In front of it is a sign that says, Attention. Remote control locomotives operate in this area. Locomotive cabs may be unoccupied.

Can public and private interests work together to develop technological solutions that would enable a more sustainable freight transportation network? Rail technology provider Wabtec (NYSE: WAB) and others hope so.

Pittsburgh-headquartered Wabtec, short line operator Genesee & Wyoming (G&W) and Carnegie Mellon University are asking Congress to consider collaborating with them to form and co-fund a public-private partnership aimed at creating and funding technology research, demonstration and...

https://s29755.pcdn.co/news/could-battery-electric-locomotives-become-mainstream

Rail Roundup: CenterPoint, G&W provide development updates

15 February 2021

CenterPoint acquires Houston-area distribution facility

Industrial real estate developer CenterPoint Properties has acquired a rail-served distribution facility that has access to three railroads via the Port Terminal Railroad Association: Union Pacific (NYSE: UNP), BNSF (NYSE: BRK) and Kansas City Southern (NYSE: KSU).

The facility sits on 31 acres in Pasadena, Texas. It is a Class A, 601,261-square-foot building. The property has six rail spurs that can serve railcar storage capacity, and it...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/rail-roundup:-centerpoint-g;w-provide-development-updates

Commentary: High-tech railcar/inventory management

9 November 2020

A photograph of a train nearing a rail yard.

As previously described by multiple reports, customers have not been happy with the tracking of their valuable goods on freight trains. But within the next three years, shippers should see significant improvements in the age-old question, “Where are my goods?”

Steps underway now would introduce smart communicating devices to supplement the older RFID tags and manual recording used to date. Why? In part because railroads themselves want better train management data.

And today’s senior rail...

https://s29755.pcdn.co/news/commentary-high-tech-rr-carinventory-management

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