NS’s Adams Tops 2025 Women in Rail Lineup
Topping the list of reasons to attend the much-anticipated 2025 Women in Rail Conference is kick-off speaker Annie Adams, Chief Human Resources Officer at Norfolk Southern (NS). Railway Age and RT&S are
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HYDRA Expands Transloading Operations
HYDRA, a Patriot Services Company, has officially launched new warehouse and transloading operations in Salt Lake City, Utah.
Small-Road Briefs: Patriot Rail, G&W
Patriot Rail earns a 2025 USA Today Top Workplaces award. Also, Genesee & Wyoming’s (G&W) Huron and Eastern Railway (HESR) marks 40 years of service.
Patriot Rail Teams With Commtrex to Boost Transloading Business
Shippers can now locate rail-accessible transload facilities on Patriot Rail Company’s 23-state network using Commtrex’s online marketplace, the short line holding company reported Feb. 26. The Commtrex platform will simplify railroad-shipper communication,
Small-Road Briefs: Watco, Patriot Rail, G&W
Subsidiaries of Pittsburg, Kans.-based Watco and Jacksonville, Fla.-based Patriot Rail reach safety milestones. Also, Genesee & Wyoming’s (G&W) Heart of Georgia Railroad property celebrates its “silver” anniversary.
UCRY Votes to Join BLET
Train and engine service workers from Patriot Rail’s Utah Central Railway (UCRY) have voted unanimously to join the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers & Trainmen (BLET) in an election certified by the National Mediation Board,
![“G&W is pleased to be at this year's Railway Age [and RT&S] Women in Rail Conference!” the company reported via social media during the event. “Our CEO, Michael Miller, was a featured speaker today on a panel for passenger and freight rail technology and innovation. #womeninrail #railinnovation #railtechnology” (Photograph Courtesy of G&W)](https://www.old.railwayage.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/LEAD-GandW-315x168.png)
Railway Age/RT&S Women in Rail 2024 Conference Roundup
Railway Age and Railway Track & Structures on Nov. 5-6 returned to Chicago for our second-annual in-person Women in Rail Conference featuring trailblazing women and their allies, who are influencing today’s freight, passenger and transit rail industry.
Patriot Rail Advances Castle Rail District Expansion Efforts
Patriot Rail, in partnership with Merced County, Calif., on Oct. 31 marked the grand opening of a new loading dock at the Castle Commerce Center (Castle) in Atwater, which it said, “lays
FRA Awards $2.4B for Rail Improvement Projects
The Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) on Oct. 29 reported that 122 freight and passenger rail improvement projects—including 81 at short lines—across 41 states will share more than $2.4 billion in grant funding
NARS: Elections, Honors, Awards, 2025 Meeting
The North American Rail Shippers Association (NARS) elected new officers, honored industry professionals with two major awards, and announced its 2024 scholarship recipients at its spring annual meeting in Chicago. Also, the