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KC Car Cleaning Team celebrates one year of service

June 7, 2017

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...

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...

Watco holds Ribbon Cutting for STAT Center

Tracie VanBecelaere

May 22, 2017

Safety First

Watco Companies hosted a ribbon cutting near Fairfield, Alabama, at the state-of-the-art STAT (Safety Through Awareness and Training) Center. Hundreds of Team members from around the country will be trained eac...

Watco moves malt for Sierra Nevada beer

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April 7, 2017

Moves

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 began as a “Mom and Pop”

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March 29, 2017

Extra!, Team Drive

Today, on National Mom and Pop Business Day, we pause for a moment to honor the late Dick Webb and his wife, Kaye Lynne Webb, the ultimate in Mom and Pop business owners. Watco operates today in 38 states an...

Jacksonville begins operations of new short line

Tracie VanBecelaere

March 10, 2017

Milestones

Team members are happy and Customers are pleased after a successful start-up to our first railroad in Florida. The Jacksonville Port Terminal Railroad (JXPT) officially began services on March 8 as...

Watco women part of a growing industry trend

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March 8, 2017

Team Drive

Watco Team members Andrea Harville and Lori Vaden are two of a growing number of women to make a career of railroading — a trend that started slowly as long ago as the early 1800s, then picked up steam in recen...

Watco moves core components for Tuff Sheds

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March 8, 2017

Moves

If Spring Fever has you ready get out in your yard and install a garden shed, or head to the lake and erect a getaway cabin, thank the team at Watco Terminal & Port Services for hauling the core components ...

Houston volunteer mentors homeless men

Tracie VanBecelaere

February 28, 2017

Strong

It's not easy to overcome an addiction to anything, but the Open Door Mission in Houston has established a mentoring program that connects its residents with volunteers who themselves have had issues and can un...

Watco CMO retires after 40 years

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February 28, 2017

Milestones

Larry Jensen wears a lot of hats in his off-time, from gardener to woodworker to traveler. So it figures that in the railroad industry, where he spent 40 years, he’s worn a lot of hats, too. Jensen, now 60, ...

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