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...
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...
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 ...
KC Car Cleaning Team celebrates one year of service
If you drive through the Kansas City area you’ll notice that things seem extremely busy with the railroads there. The increased activity of a Class I partner has created new opportunities not only for Team memb...
SKOL, KNWA move unique oversized loads
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...
Watco moves last circus train
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...
Watco moves a key product in Texas growth
"You drive on it, walk on it, there are buildings made of it," says Watco Commercial Manager Chuck Carr of the Austin-Western. "It's a big part of everyday life in Texas."
Carr is referring to aggregate — sa...
Watco moves malt for Sierra Nevada beer
If you’re celebrating National Beer Day today with a Sierra Nevada beer, or if you gather with friends this weekend at the local pup over a cold one, thank the Team on the BLU!
The Blue Ridge Southern Railro...
Watco partners on Kansas staging site for wind turbines
Watco Supply Chain Services is a key partner in a newly-opened $6.8 million transload shipping hub site in Kansas that is a staging area for wind turbine components, and has wasted no time in filling acreage wi...