Swezey Appointed as Miner President and General Manager

Railcar component manufacturer Miner Enterprises, Inc. on Oct. 20 announced that John Swezey has been appointed as the company’s President and General Manager, effective Nov. 1.

Ross Hartley, International Sales Manager, Miner Enterprises (left); and Amy Fisher, General Counsel, PANYNJ (right).

People News: Miner Enterprises, PANYNJ

Miner Enterprises, Inc. hires Ross Hartley as International Sales Manager. Also, the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey (PANYNJ) announces Amy Fisher as General Counsel overseeing the agency’s law department.

(Photograph Courtesy of Miner)

Miner and TTX: 32 Years of Excellence

Miner Enterprises, Inc., has earned the Supplier Evaluation Committee Award (SECO) from TTX Company for the 27th consecutive year, achieving Supplier Excellence status each year since the program’s inception.

David Withall, 78, CEO of Miner Enterprises

David Withall, Chief Executive Officer of Miner Enterprises, Inc. for 24 years and a 53-year company veteran, has died after a brief illness. He was 78.

Installed in the railcar pocket, the Miner FCS® uses two draft gears in a specialized tandem arrangement. (Miner Enterprises)

Making or Breaking Safe Train Operation

RAILWAY AGE, MARCH 2023 ISSUE: Critical components like couplers, draft gears and end-of-car cushioning units must be capable of managing thousands of tons of force.

Herzog’s ACT was used to assist with reconstruction of tracks impacted by Hurricane Ian in southwest Florida. (Photograph Courtesy of Herzog)

Digitizing Drainage

RAILWAY AGE NOVEMBER 2022 ISSUE: High-production machines and attachments, as well as computerized inspection vehicles, are built by (and sometimes operated under) multiple suppliers to help dump, spread, tamp, profile and clean ballast, helping to keep track in its place.

For Miner, an EOCC Milestone

Miner Enterprises, Inc. reports that it has received orders for more than 1,000 carsets of its Miner Friction Cushioning System (Miner FCS) end-of-car-cushioning (EOCC) devices, adding to the 2,700 carsets already in service. The new orders, expected to be shipped during the next few months, are from Class I railroads and car lessors for boxcars and coil-steel gondolas.

Rocky Road

RAILWAY AGE, NOVEMBER 2021 ISSUE: The three most important words to a railroad chief engineer are (pardon the alliteration; I’m sure you’ve heard this before) drainage, drainage and drainage.

For Miner, Friction Cushioning System Order, TTX Award

Miner Enterprises, Inc., has received an order for 600 car sets of its friction cushioning system, plus TTX Company’s SECO (Supplier Evaluation Committee) Award.

Miner Expands Gate Product Offerings

Miner Enterprises, Inc., has acquired the Toggle-Lock™ gravity gate product line for covered hoppers from Davanac, Inc., a division of The Railway Supply Group.

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