Omnitrax Archives

March 25, 2015
News

OmniTRAX’s Billie Johnson earns ASLRRA top safety award

Billie Johnson, General Manager at OmniTRAX Inc. short lines Newburgh & South Shore Railroad and Northern Ohio & Western Railway is the American Short Line and Regional Railroad Association’s (ASLRRA) 2014 Safety Person of the Year. Johnson will receive the award at the ASLRRA Convention in Orlando March 28-30, 2015.

February 23, 2015
Finance/Leasing

OmniTRAX acquires Illinois short line

OmniTRAX announced Monday, Feb, 23, 2015 that its affiliate, Peru Industrial Railroad, Inc., is purchasing Peru Rail Line from the short line’s namesake Illinois City.

August 18, 2014
News

OmniTRAX Canada suspends CBR moves

OmniTRAX Canada said Monday, Aug. 18, 2014 it would “suspend its plans to ship crude oil for the foreseeable future,” even as it “anticipates a record shipping season in 2014.”

May 09, 2013
News

Omnitrax bidding in Romania

The Romanian Government on May 8 received three bids for the sale of a 51% stake in CFR Marfă, the national rail freight operator, and U.S. short line operator Omnitrax is one of them. Omnitrax is bidding against Romania’s two largest independent rail freight operators—Grup Feroviar Român, and Transferoviar Grup, which is part of a consortium with Austrian-based financial investors Donau Finanz.