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Watco’s South Kansas & Oklahoma Railroad will serve a new $325 million Barlett soybean crushing facility in Montgomery County, Kans.

October 15, 2021
Class I, Freight, Intermodal, M/W, News, Short Lines & Regionals, Switching & Terminal

Industrial Development Briefs

Intermodal service provider Tiger Cool Express will develop a logistics center at the former Union Pacific Cold Connect warehouse in Wallula, Wash. In addition, CSX has designated a third Tennessee property as a CSX Select Site; Bartlett, a Savage Company, will build a $325 million soybean crushing facility in Kansas, to be served by Watco; and the U.S. Economic Development Administration is awarding CARES Act Recovery Assistance grants for the construction of a new industrial rail spur in Arkansas and improvements to the Lubbock Rail Port in Texas.

Diane K. Duren, member of the Savage Board of Directors

September 24, 2021
Class I, Freight, Intermodal, News, Short Lines & Regionals, Switching & Terminal

Diane Duren Joins Savage Board

Diane K. Duren, a former Union Pacific executive, is now on the Savage Board of Directors.

Savage on Sept. 1 celebrated the grand opening of a new terminal at UP’s Pocatello, Idaho, rail yard for transport of containerized hay and other agricultural commodities to Northwest Seaport Alliance ports in Washington state.

September 07, 2021
Class I, Freight, Intermodal, News, Switching & Terminal

Intermodal Briefs: Sasser, Savage/UP

Sasser Family Companies (Sasser) is acquiring Singapore-based global container lessor Falcon Lease Holdings Pte. Ltd. and its group of companies. In addition, Savage has opened Idaho’s first intermodal rail terminal.

The new CPT Chicago Transload is part of Savage’s network of about 50 multi-commodity, rail-connected terminals across North America and the first developed in coordination with CP.

August 24, 2021
Class I, Freight, Intermodal, News, Short Lines & Regionals, Switching & Terminal

Savage Expanding Transload Business

Savage has completed construction of its CPT Chicago Transload terminal for lumber and building materials at Canadian Pacific’s Bensenville, Ill., rail yard.

Salvage will own and operate the Mossville (La.) railport, which will be built on property leased from KCS. It is slated to start handling commodities from Lake Charles-area refineries, chemical plants and other businesses by January 2022.

August 18, 2021
Class I, Freight, Intermodal, News, Switching & Terminal

Savage, KCS to Launch Louisiana Railport

Savage, a Utah-based global infrastructure and supply chain services company, is teaming with Kansas City Southern (KCS) to build a multi-commodity railport for transloading and storage in Mossville, La.

Savage Railport-Stockton (Calif.) is now operational. Served by OmniTRAX affiliate Stockton Terminal and Eastern Railroad, it connects with BNSF and Union Pacific.

August 04, 2021
Class I, Freight, Intermodal, News, Switching & Terminal

Savage Debuts Stockton, Calif., Railport

Savage, a Utah-based global infrastructure and supply chain services company, has opened a multi-commodity transload terminal in San Joaquin County, Calif., near Stockton.

PST developed a customized training package for Savage, using the logistics provider’s yard configurations, rules and operating practices to shape the curriculum.

May 14, 2021
Analytics, Freight, Intermodal, News, Passenger, Safety, Switching & Terminal

Supply Side: PS Technology, Savage, Siemens

PS Technology (PST) has designed and supplied 3D simulation training to Savage for its rail yard and industrial switching operations; Savage has established a team to work on renewable energy assets and services projects; and Siemens Mobility has acquired Software as a Service (SaaS) provider Padam Mobility.

May 05, 2021
Class I, Freight, Freight Forecasting, Intermodal, News, Switching & Terminal

Savage Debuts Tooele Railport, Utah

Utah-based global transportation and logistics company Savage has opened Savage Railport in Tooele, Utah, described as “a multi-commodity transload facility strategically located to serve Salt Lake City and surrounding markets.”

Savage is constructing a new terminal at UP’s Pocatello, Idaho, rail yard that will transport, by mid-year, containerized hay and other agricultural commodities to Northwest Seaport Alliance ports in Washington state.

March 25, 2021
Class I, Freight, Intermodal, News

Savage, UP Partner on Idaho’s First Intermodal Rail Terminal

Savage and Union Pacific (UP) will open the Savage Railport-Southern Idaho terminal for the export of containerized hay and other agricultural commodities; it will be the first to serve the state of Idaho, they reported.

July 23, 2019
Freight, Freight Cars, Locomotives, News

Savage to design, build and operate GCGV facility

Savage revealed that it has been chosen by ExxonMobil and SABIC to design, build and operate a rail facility that will serve their recently announced joint venture, Gulf Coast Growth Ventures (GCGV), to be constructed in San Patricio County, Texas.