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Locomotive cuts ribbon at facility grand opening

July 3, 2017

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

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June 30, 2017

Strong

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

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June 16, 2017

Safety First, Strong

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...

Walking a bridge: The only time it’s OK

Tracie VanBecelaere

June 9, 2017

Safety First

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

Tracie VanBecelaere

June 9, 2017

Moves

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

Tracie VanBecelaere

June 7, 2017

Moves

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...

All Aboard Foundation awards scholarships

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June 6, 2017

Strong

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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June 1, 2017

Strong

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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May 25, 2017

Moves

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...

Ann Arbor Team completes capital projects

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May 24, 2017

Team Drive

Last week was the perfect week for the Ann Arbor Railroad to wrap up an infrastructure project, noted Roadmaster Steven Ayala: It was national #InfrastructureWeek2017. The Team began the 2017 capital road cr...

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