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Participating at the B&O Railroad Museum’s groundbreaking ceremony for its Campus Transformation Plan was Joe Hinrichs, CSX President and CEO and the museum’s capital campaign co-chair. (CSX Photograph)

Class I Briefs: NS, CSX/B&O Railroad Museum

Norfolk Southern (NS) presented the first Alan Lambert Short Line of the Year Award at its May conference for small-road partners. Also, the Baltimore and Ohio (B&O) Railroad Museum hosted a groundbreaking ceremony for restoration work ahead of the 200th anniversary celebration of American railroading in 2027; capital campaign co-chair Joe Hinrichs, CSX President and CEO, served as keynote speaker.

STB Issues Draft EA for Construction, Operation of Georgia Rail Line

The Surface Transportation Board’s (STB) Office of Environmental Analysis (OEA) on April 11 issued a Draft Environmental Assessment (Draft EA) for Savannah Industrial Logistics (SIL) and Savannah Industrial Transportation’s (SIT) construction and operation of an 11,404-foot rail line in Effingham County, Ga. SIL and SIT are both holdings of OmniTRAX.

NSR AMPS Traction G9 BEL in Revenue Service

OmniTRAX Ohio rail affiliate Newburgh & South Shore Railroad (NSR) on March 21 placed a battery-electric locomotive (BEL), the AMPS Traction G9, into regular linehaul revenue service. OmniTRAX describes its deployment as

BRG Celebrates 40 Years

OmniTRAX, an affiliate of The Broe Group, recently commemorated the 40th anniversary of its Texas rail division, Brownsville and Rio Grande International Railway (BRG), at a ceremony of economic and community partners in Brownsville, Texas.

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OmniTRAX Expands Rail Network With Purchase of CAZCP

OmniTRAX announced Sept. 5 that it has acquired Central Arizona Commerce Park’s (CAZCP) rail infrastructure and remaining park acreage marking the infrastructure developer’s third rail transaction in the past six months.

OmniTRAX Advances Brown to EVP

OmniTRAX, an affiliate of The Broe Group, has promoted Nathan Brown to Executive Vice President of Strategy and Corporate Development, an expanded role reporting directly to CEO Dean Piacente. Brown will lead