Class I Briefs: BNSF, UP
BNSF provides customers with an operational performance update. Also, Union Pacific (UP) delivers the first unit train to the new Graneleras Bartlett Monterrey Facility in Mexico.
Savage
Savage Sites Utah CBR Transload Terminal
Global supply chain infrastructure provider Savage is developing a new crude-by-rail (CBR) transload terminal to connect supply chains for transporting Uinta Basin crude oil from wellheads to refinery markets across North America.
People News: SFMTA, ASLRRA, Savage
Director of Transportation Jeffrey Tumlin announces his departure from the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency (SFMTA). Also, the American Short Line and Regional Railroad Association (ASLRRA) mourns the passing of Robert Grossman, who was inducted into the Short Line Railroad Industry Hall of Fame last spring; and Savage announces that President and CEO Kirk Aubry is retiring. He will be succeeded by Jeff Roberts.
Savage Opening Transload at Ontario’s Thorold Multimodal Hub
Savage on Dec. 4 reported that it is opening a new transload facility in Ontario, Canada.
People News: UP, NS, IntelliTrans, Savage
Union Pacific (UP) Executive Vice President, Chief Legal Officer and Corporate Secretary Craig Richardson will retire in 2025. Also, Norfolk Southern’s (NS) Jackie Peets, a 2018 Railway Age “Fast Tracker,” is recognized
Supply Side: STV, Savage
STV expands its Charlotte, N.C., office. Also, Savage is recognized as a Military Friendly® Employer for the seventh consecutive year.
Savage Breaks Ground on 11-Mile Utah Line
Construction has begun on the approximately 11-mile Savage Tooele Railroad (STR) in Utah, parent company Savage reported Nov. 7. The Surface Transportation Board on April 1 approved the new line, which will
Bartlett Launches Watco-Served Kansas Plant
Bartlett, a Savage Company, on Sept. 19 officially opened its soybean processing plant in Cherryvale, Kans., that is served by Watco’s South Kansas & Oklahoma Railroad (SKOL), Railway Age’s 2022 Regional of the
Savage Developing New Transload Terminal to Serve Las Vegas Market
Savage, a family-owned supply chain infrastructure and solutions company, on Aug. 7 announced that it is developing a new multi-commodity, rail-connected transload terminal to serve the Las Vegas market.
Savage Celebrates Grand Opening of New Transload Facility
Savage, the Utah Inland Port Authority (UIPA), Iron County and Cedar City on June 7 celebrated the grand opening of the new Savage Cedar City, UT Transload facility, which provides transload services