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

HYDRA’s new Salt Lake City facility will be served by the Salt Lake Garfield & Western (Patriot Rail Photograph)

HYDRA Expands Transloading Operations

HYDRA, a Patriot Services Company, has officially launched new warehouse and transloading operations in Salt Lake City, Utah.

(Image Courtesy of Patriot Rail)

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.

The Commtrex platform will allow Patriot Rail “to promote our growing transload network” and “meet increasing demands for transload services from our customers,” according to Tom Tisa, Chief Commercial Officer for Patriot Rail. (Image Courtesy of Patriot Rail)

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,

Watco recently congratulated its Guntersville Terminal staff for a “significant safety milestone.” (Watco Photograph)

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.

(Utah Central Railway Photograph Courtesy of Patriot Rail)

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)

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.

"Our new dock is open for business! Patriot Rail and Merced County celebrated a significant milestone at the Castle Commerce Center 'Castle' in Atwater, CA," Patriot Rail reported Oct. 31 via social media. Brandy Christian, the new Patriot Rail CEO, attended the grand opening event with members of the Merced County Board of Supervisors, County Executive Officer Raul Lomeli Mendez, and Morning Star Vice President Bob Henry, among others.(Patriot Rail Photograph)

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

Up to $12.17 million of FRA funding will be invested at Napolean, Defiance & Western, Railway Age's 2023 Short Line of the Year, to replace deteriorating and broken rail and ties and expand capacity along the eastern half of the railroad. A 2020 CRISI award of $4.1 million covered the replacement of 29,000 ties and 13 miles of rail (pictured). (Patriot Rail Image)

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

The NARS 2024 Annual Meeting took place at the Sheraton Grand Chicago Riverwalk on April 30–May 2, 2024. (NARS Photograph)

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

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