All Aboard Foundation awards scholarships

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It's always a difficult decision, says All Aboard Foundation Fundraising and Event Coordinator Cassie Bicknell, but scholarship recipients have been chosen for this year. "We had 20 applicants this year and ...

Watco Team includes a mayor

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Watco's Assistant General Counsel Michael Gray wears a lot of hats depending on where he's headed. Royals baseball caps when he drives to games in Kansas City. Pittsburg State University Gorillas hats when h...

SKOL, KNWA move unique oversized loads

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What seems impossible — to move unusually oversized loads across the U.S. in 10 days — was made possible for Customer Victory Energy. The move also was noteworthy for the way it started and ended: On Watco s...

Museum complex preserves railroad history

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CARONA, Kan. — At one time a bustling railroad hub, with as many as five freight and passenger trains coming in and out each day carrying freight, coal and passengers, Carona, Kansas, is now a sleepy little bur...

Watco moves last circus train

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Watco helped make history last week by helping to move on a two-mile train "The Greatest Show on Earth" one last time. The final trip of Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus, which is set for a fina...