Watco Team member named “Rising Star”
A Watco Team member has been named a "Rising Star" of the North American railroad industry by Progressive Railroading magazine.
Stu Towner, our senior vice president of network strategy, was one of 20 chosen...
Watco moves Bradley fighting vehicles
By Andra Bryan Stefanoni
The Kanawha River Railroad (KNWA), which runs from Ohio to West Virginia, typically moves carloads of product for the energy, aggregate, agriculture, and chemical industries. Just as...
Team member is an everyday hero
When Cahokia Leadman Aaron Garcia isn’t busy as a liquids terminals operator on the Mississippi River, he takes on the daunting role of saving lives.
While driving back to Illinois from a Florida vacation, G...
How a railroad in Birmingham bounced back
When a steel company shut down its blast furnace at its plant near Birmingham, Ala., 18 months ago, it didn't just impact the 1,100 employees that lost their jobs. It impacted Watco Companies, as well: the Cust...
Watco moves commodity used in kitchen appliances
If you own a stainless steel appliance in your kitchen, there's a chance the materials used to make it were moved by Watco.
At the Ghent Terminal on the Ohio River in Ghent, Kentucky, we have 58 Team members...
Watco earns elite stevedoring safety award
Watco has been recognized as being one of the safest in the industry when it comes to marine cargo handling.
More than 300 Team members are celebrating this news after receiving an elite stevedoring safety a...
Locomotive cuts ribbon at facility grand opening
A ribbon cutting by locomotive instead of scissors marked the official opening of a unique transload facility in Great Bend, Kansas, in which Watco is a partner.
A transloading facility allows cargo to be tr...
Team member’s family fosters dignity, love
When Paula Tarwater’s younger son, Joshua, turned 16, she felt a void.
“He and our older son, Matthew, were pretty much done with me mothering them, and it was hard,” she said. “I wasn’t through mothering ye...
BLU shares safety training with Customer, firemen
From Customers to volunteer firemen, our Team on the Blue Ridge Southern Railroad (BLU) is helping to ensure the safety of others.
When the Balsam-Willets-Ochre Hill Volunteer Fire Department had questions a...
Summer job turns into lifelong career
When Keith LaCaze graduated from high school, he needed a summer job. He found one sweeping out boxcars for Watco in DeRidder, Louisiana.
And he never left.
Today, LaCaze, is senior vice president of oper...