CSX and subsidiary Quality Carriers employees recently assembled 5,000 care packages for U.S. troops stationed in Eastern Europe, who have been mobilized in response to the conflict in Ukraine. (Photograph Courtesy of CSX)

ESG Briefs: CN/CP, CSX, OmniTRAX

CN and Canadian Pacific (CP) have earned spots on the Best 50 Corporate Citizens in Canada list for 2022. Also, care packages from CSX, in partnership with Operation Gratitude, are headed to U.S. active-duty service members in Eastern Europe; and Newburgh & South Shore Railroad (NSR), a managed affiliate of OmniTRAX, presented a community donation to a Cleveland, Ohio-area fire department in honor of Charter Steel.

A $5,000 donation was made recently to the Sand Springs, Okla., fire department in honor of five shippers that received the 2021 OmniTRAX Safe Shipper Award from the Sand Springs Railway Company. (Photograph Courtesy of OmniTRAX)

Sand Springs Shippers Honored for Safety

Sand Springs Railway Company (SS), a managed affiliate of OmniTRAX, presented a community donation to the Sand Springs, Okla., fire department in recognition of five shippers that demonstrate a commitment to safety.

Earlier this month, the Illinois Department of Transportation tweeted: “IDOT joined our @CREATE_Chicago partners to present $200,000 in education funding as part of the 75th Street Corridor Improvement Project, giving local students more access to STEM-focused programs. It represents an opportunity to bring real equity to a transportation project.” (Photograph Courtesy of IDOT via Twitter)

Rail Briefs: CREATE, OmniTRAX

The Chicago Region Environmental and Transportation Efficiency (CREATE) Program partners are bolstering STEM education in the Chicago, Ill., area with donations totaling $400,000. Also, Stockton (Calif.) Terminal and Eastern Railroad, a managed affiliate of OmniTRAX, presented a community donation to the Waterloo-Morada Fire District in honor of Pacific Northwest Oil.

Lineage Logistics, JBS USA and OmniTRAX have teamed on a new cold-storage facility project in Windsor, Colo. OmniTRAX will be designing, building and operating “a custom intermodal rail solution” for the facility, which is slated to open in 2023. (Among the officials pictured is OmniTRAX CEO Dean Piacente, third from right.)

OmniTRAX-Served Cold Storage Facility to Open in Colorado

Lineage Logistics LLC and customer JBS USA in 2023 will open an automated cold-storage facility at the Great Western Industrial Park (GWIP) in Windsor, Colo., to be served by OmniTRAX, The Broe Group’s transportation affiliate.

Diversified CPC International Director-Supply Chain and Logistics Chad Rainey (left) presents an Excellence in Partnership Award to New York, Susquehanna and Western Railway Corp. President Nathan Fenno.

Small-Road Briefs: NKCR, NYSW

OmniTRAX’s Nebraska, Kansas & Colorado Railway (NKCR) has made community donations in honor of three Safe Shipper Award recipients. Also, New York, Susquehanna and Western Railway Corp. (NYSW) has earned an Excellence in Partnership Award from Diversified CPC International.

Pictured, from left to right: Don Filippi, COO, Metrolink; Arnold Hackett, CFO, Metrolink; Paul Hubler, Chief Strategy Officer, Metrolink; John Spiegleman, Chief Legal Officer and General Counsel, Broe Real Estate Group and OmniTrax; and Brooke Belman, acting CEO, Sound Transit, effective June 1.

High Profile: Metrolink, Sound Transit, The Broe Group

Southern California’s Metrolink; Seattle’s Sound Transit; and The Broe Group, parent company of transportation firm OmniTrax, have announced executive leadership appointments.

Stacey Posey is President of Winchester & Western and Regional Engineer for OmniTRAX’s Central Region.

Posey to Lead Winchester & Western

OmniTRAX, an affiliate of The Broe Group, has tapped Stacey Posey to serve as President of Winchester & Western (W&W).

Through its Rail-Ready Sites program, OmniTRAX is marketing six properties along ATN in partnership with Marshall County (Ala.) EDC and Gadsden-Etowah IDA.

OmniTRAX: ‘Rail Ready’ in Alabama

Denver-based OmniTRAX is linking properties along its Alabama and Tennessee River Railway, LLC (ATN), with customers interested in locating in one of five counties between Birmingham and Guntersville, Ala.

Through its Rail-Ready Sites program, OmniTRAX, an affiliate of The Broe Group, is partnering with the Borger, Tex., economic development corporation to market two new properties.

Rail Ready: OmniTRAX Teams With Borger, Tex.

Denver-based OmniTRAX is connecting properties along its Panhandle Northern Railroad (PNR) in Borger, Tex., with customers interested in locating there.

Brian Ward, Senior Vice President of Marketing, Development and Transload, OmniTRAX (left); Jeff Goutcher, Senior Vice President of Sales, OmniTRAX.

OmniTRAX Appoints Commercial Team Members

OmniTRAX, The Broe Group’s transportation affiliate, has named Brian Ward and Jeff Goutcher to Senior Vice President roles.

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