Jay Benedict

Greens Port loads locomotives for global trip

April 23, 2020

Commodity: LocomotivesCustomers: Liburnia Maritime Agency and NRELocation: Greens Port Industrial Terminals The Greens Port Industrial Terminals team continues to develop new solutions for customers by addi...

Two Watco short lines help bring potatoes to Appalachia

Jay Benedict

March 27, 2020

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Commodity: PotatoesCustomer: Corey Brothers ProduceLocation: Charleston, West Virginia - Kanawha River Railroad Short line railroads often play the crucial role of the first-mile and lastmile service provid...

Watco divisions collaborate to create complex solutions for the wind energy industry

Jay Benedict

February 5, 2020

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Commodity: Wind turbine componentsCustomer: Multiple wind component OEMs Location: Great Bend, Kansas The individual Watco divisions, Transportation, Terminals & Ports, Mechanical, and Supply Chain, all...

GDLK and customer team up to craft new brewing ingredient supply chain

Jay Benedict

December 31, 2019

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Commodity: Beer MaltCustomers: Northern Dry Bulk/Brewers Supply Group/Founders BrewingLocation: Grand Elk Railroad – Grand Rapids, Michigan (AKA, Beer City USA) The craft brewing scene in the U.S. continues...

Kanawha River Railroad has a special four-legged fan

Jay Benedict

December 12, 2019

Team Drive

Chloe just might be the Kanawha River Railroad’s biggest fan. Chloe also happens to be a border collie/spaniel mix. “We walk about a mile down the hill to the tracks. It gets her a pretty good walk, but she...

From barges to ballparks, Industry Terminal handles unique clay

Jay Benedict

November 27, 2019

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Commodities: DuraEdge Red Clay and BlackStick Gumbo Mound Clay Customer: DuraEdge Products, Inc.Location: Industry, Pennsylvania, Terminal You never know where an opportunity to create a new relationship a...

Watco’s Mobile Repair Units save customers time and money

Jay Benedict

November 14, 2019

Extra!

“Creating one point of contact for our Customers is crucial to providing the best service possible. It streamlines the repair process for them and frees our team up to perform at their highest level,” Renfroe said.

How Black Thunder and Peabody Teams load unit coal trains in the Powder Basin

Jay Benedict

October 28, 2019

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Watco Switching Services currently operates two locations in Wyoming’s Powder River Basin. They’re made up of several mines, but since the team works for two companies, they’re consolidated under only two oper...

Things are “swinging” at the Pittsburg Terminal

Jay Benedict

August 23, 2019

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Commodity: Wooden PlaysetsCustomer: Backyard DiscoveryLocation: Pittsburg, Kansas Warehouses If you pass close enough by Watco’s Pittsburg, Kan., Terminal warehouses, there’s a good chance you’ll catch a ...

EIRR and Burley Warehouse team up to help two Customers

Jay Benedict

July 10, 2019

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Commodity: Recycled Cardboard Customers: WestRock and Hamilton Manufacturing Location: Burley, Idaho Warehouse and the Eastern Idaho Railroad Watco’s Burley, Idaho Warehouse and the Eastern Idaho Railroa...

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