CSS, an affiliate of Anacostia Rail Holdings, provides freight service over 127 miles of line between Chicago and South Bend, Ind., and Chicago and Kingsbury, Ind., with connections to all Chicago-area railroads as well as the Port of Chicago.

CSS Freight, SMART TD Sign New Pact

Chicago South Shore & South Bend Railroad (CSS) and SMART TD (International Association of Sheet Metal, Air, Rail and Transportation Workers) have agreed to a new five-year contract for the short line’s 32 represented locomotive engineers, conductors and brakemen.

Peter Gilbertson, Chairman, Anacostia Rail Holdings

CEO PERSPECTIVE: Growing With People

As part of a special series in Railway Age’s March 2022 issue, 11 North American railroad CEOs address what must be done to grow and gain market share from competing freight transportation modes. Together, Peter Gilbertson, President and CEO of Anacostia Rail Holdings, and Eric T. Jakubowski, Chief Commercial Officer, share their perspective, in this 8th edition of the series.

Precision Terminal Logistics, effective Dec. 31, 2021, acquired The Kearney Companies, Inc. (New Orleans) as well as Kearney Page Warehouse Services (Savannah), which will be rebranded as The Kearney Companies—Savannah.

Precision Terminal Logistics Expanding Service

Pennsylvania-based Precision Terminal Logistics has added rail-served warehouse and yard capacity in New Orleans, La., and Savanna, Ga., to its transload terminal network spanning 15 states, company owners Anacostia Rail Holdings and Brown Brothers Harriman Capital Partners Opportunities Fund, L.P. reported on Jan. 11.

WOMEN IN RAIL 2021

RAILWAY AGE, NOVEMBER 2021 ISSUE: Railway Age’s Women in Rail awards recognize leaders for driving their businesses forward while making a difference in the industry and in their communities.

Anacostia Rail Holdings Forms Advisory Board

Anacostia Rail Holdings (ARH) has created an Advisory Board consisting of four individuals “with extensive leadership experience in the railroad industry.” Ronald L. Batory, Rodney Case, Andrew Fox, and Dean H. Wise will assist the company “in meeting its strategic objectives.”

Anacostia Appoints Corporate, PHL Execs

Anacostia Rail Holdings (ARH) has promoted Kimia Khatami to Corporate Senior Director of Business Development, and hired Diana Turubanova as Manager of Customer Service for its Pacific Harbor Line (PHL), which serves the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach.

Sand Traps, by Rail

The next time you’re golfing on Long Island, N.Y., and you hit a ball into a sand trap, think of the Brookhaven Rail Terminal (BRT), a rail/truck transload facility in Yaphank, Town of Brookhaven.

SmartWay Signs On More ARH Short Lines

The remaining five of Anacostia Rail Holdings Company’s (ARH) six short line subsidiaries are now certified partners of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s SmartWay® Transport Partnership program.

Farmer Among Rail Insights 2021 Headliners

Railway Age’s seventh annual Rail Insights Conference will be a three-hour virtual event on June 17 featuring top industry speakers, including BNSF President and CEO Katie Farmer.

Commentary

Short Lines: Part of the ‘Green’ Solution

Already the leader in fuel-efficient surface transportation, the railroad industry is now making every effort to be a part of the solution to improving the environment, and the short line industry is all in on a variety of fronts.

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