Red Lightning crew to the rescue
The Ohio River’s currents can run fast, so when the six-man crew of the MV (Motor Vessel) Dan L sent out a distress signal they were relieved to get an immediate response from Watco’s MV Red Lightning crew memb...
Unique agreement takes Watco operations into Canada
As of November 1, 2018, Watco can say they manage rail operations in Canada. Watco is now responsible for the management of all aspects of the operations of the Stewart Southern Railway (SSS), a short line rail...
Wisconsin Team creates a piece of history
A popular item in the news recently has been the Union Pacific 4141 locomotive, which carried President George H.W. Bush to his final resting place in College Station, Texas. What many people don't know, is tha...
PCC-Condon Team’s speedy rebound after trestle fires
While fires are raging through the state of California, Watco Team Members in Oregon had their own fire to deal with. Luckily, it was controlled within six hours, but not before it destroyed two trestles and a ...
Oshkosh Transload Terminal is open for business
The City of Oshkosh, the Greater Oshkosh Economic Development Corporation, and Watco Companies recently hosted a ribbon cutting at a new terminal facility in Oshkosh, Wisconsin’s Southwest Industrial Park. Watc...
Watco adds Cincinnati, OH, Tropicana facility to switching portfolio
Back in 1995, Watco’s Charlie Sigley was excited to help bring on a new mechanical Customer. That Customer was Tropicana, and he never imagined that 22 years later that relationship would lead to Watco providin...
Circus cars head to final home via the WSOR
Although the The Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus took its last official run down the tracks in May, that doesn't mean that the cars would never be on the rails again. Proof of that was seen on the...
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...
Walking a bridge: The only time it’s OK
There is only one time when it is ever acceptable to walk along a railroad bridge and when that happens, several safety precautions must take place first.
Kanawha River Railroad Roadmaster Sean Crowe recentl...
WSOR hosts industry tour and train excursion
A window to the railroad world is what passengers riding the Wisconsin & Southern business train got to experience recently as they traveled along the Reedsburg Subdivision in Wisconsin. The rail excursion ...