Text Box: Press Release Archive

 

 

2008
12-31-2008 Announcement:  Millennium Rail, Inc. & Fitzgerald Railcar Services, Inc. Name Change
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12-18-2008 Announcement:  Louisiana Southern Railroad General Manager
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12-18-2008 Announcement:  Baton Rouge Southern Railroad, Mississippi Southern Railroad and Vicksburg Southern Railroad General Manager
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12-18-2008 Announcement:  Timber Rock General Manager
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12-18-2008 Announcement:  Louisiana Southern Railroad Trainmaster
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12-18-2008 Announcement:  Louisiana Southern Railroad Chief Mechanical Officer
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12-10-2008 Announcement:  Grand Elk Update
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12-09-2008 Announcement:  SKOL Assistant Trainmaster
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12-08-2008 Announcement:  Public Relations/Communications Director and Executive Assistant
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11-26-2008 Announcement:  Mechanical Team Appointments
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11-06-2008 Announcement:  Central/Gulf/Houston/East Region Accounting Update
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09-02-2008    

Announcement:  Fitzgerald, GA Shop Names Production Analyst
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08-21-2008    

Announcement:  South Kansas & Oklahoma Railroad Names General Manager
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08-18-2008    

Announcement:  Watco Names Operations and Systems Analyst
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08-15-2008    

Announcement:  Fitzgerald, GA Mechanical Shop Names Safety & Environmental Manager
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08-08-2008    

Announcement:  Central Region Management Changes
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08-01-2008    

Watco Expands Service Offerings to Wyoming
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06-03-2008    

Watco Acquires Fitzgerald Railcar Services, Inc.
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03-18-2008    

South Kansas & Oklahoma Railroad Chosen as Railway Age Magazine Regional Railroad of the Year
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01-09-2008    

Watco Acquires Reload, Inc.
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2007  
09-18-2007 Amtrak and Michigan Central Railway Reach Agreement to Support Michigan Passenger Rail Service
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09-05-2007    

Bridge Reconstruction Continues As Railroad Plans to Open Interchanges for Traffic Next Week
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08-21-2007    

Stillwater Central Railroad plans traffic rerouting & confirms timeline; embargo still in effect.
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08-20-2007    

Heavy rain leads Stillwater Central Railroad to impose traffic embargo
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07-23-2007    

Embargo lifted from Winfield subdivision of South Kansas and Oklahoma Railroad; all interchanges now open.
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07-16-2007    

Embargo remains in effect for South Kansas and Oklahoma
      Railroad Winfield, Kan., interchange
     
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07-13-2007    

South Kansas & Oklahoma Railroad Lifts Embargo at
      Coffeyville Interchange
     
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07-12-2007    

Michigan Central Railway Will Initiate Freight Service in  
      Michigan and Indiana

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07-11-2007    

Successful Emergency Reopening Allows South Kansas
      Oklahoma Railroad to Move Online Traffic; Embargo Still    
      in Effect

         [ PDF ]                Click here to see a map of the embargo area

07-10-2007    

Emergency Reopening Schedule Progressing As      
      Planned; Embargo Still in Effect

         [ PDF ]                Click here to see a map of the embargo area

07-09-2007    

South Kansas & Oklahoma Railroad Plans Emergency
      Reopening; Embargo Still In Effect

         [ PDF ]                Click here to see a map of the embargo area

07-06-2007    

Repairs Begin on South Kansas & Oklahoma Railroad Flood Damage; Embargo Still In Effect
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07-05-2007    

Embargo Still Remains in Effect for South Kansas & Oklahoma Railroad
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07-03-2007    

South Kansas & Oklahoma Railroad Expands Traffic Embargo; Adds Bartlesville
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07-02-2007    

South Kansas & Oklahoma Railroad Imposes Traffic Embargo
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07-01-2007    

UPDATE:  South Kansas & Oklahoma Railroad Suspends Operations Due to Flooding
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06-30-2007    

South Kansas & Oklahoma Railroad Suspends Operations Due to Flooding
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05-08-2007    

Kaw River Railroad Leases Bedford Industrial Park Switching in Kansas City from BNSF
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05-01-2007    

Watco acquires Millennium Rail, Inc.

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04-21-2007    

Thirteen Watco railroads recognized for outstanding safety

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02-15-2007    

Watco signs agreement with Washington State for sale of Palouse River and Coulee City Railroad CW line.

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2006
09-05-2006     

Boise Cascade & Watco agree to discontinue agreement to sell MD&W Railway

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07-13-2006     

Watco signs agreement to purchase MD&W Railway from Boise Cascade

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05-18-2006     

Stillwater Central Railroad employees reject BLET organization efforts

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05-15-2006     

Watco and Four Rivers announce sale of Appalachian and Ohio Railroad

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04-16-2006     

Eleven Watco Companies' railroads recognized for outstanding safety

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03-21-2006     

Stillwater Central Railroad employees to conduct representation revote

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02-08-2006     

Greenbrier to provide management services to Watco Companies

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02-01-2006     

Watco creates Strategic Relationship Team; names Roach Senior Vice President, Marketing.

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02-01-2006     

Watco names Hawley Senior Vice President, Service Assurance

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01-16-2006     

Watco names Eyermann Senior Vice President & Assistant COO

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2005
12-22-2005     

Watco names Creech Vice President of Engineering

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10-03-2005     

Timber Rock Railroad back in service after embargo lifted from DeRidder Subdivision

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09-30-2005     

Embargo remains on Timber Rock Railroad DeRidder Subdivision

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09-27-2005     

Timber Rock Railroad lifts traffic embargo on Conroe Subdivision

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09-26-2005     

Louisiana Southern Railroad achieves successful start-up despite Hurricane Rita

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09-26-2005     

Timber Rock Railroad imposes traffic embargo after Hurricane Rita

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09-23-2005     

Watco Companies Gulf Region employees affected by Hurricane Rita.

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09-13-2005

Memo from Gary Vaughn, Vice President of Safety; Introduction of Safety Team

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09-02-2005     

Timber Rock Railroad reopens trans-load site in East Texas in response to Hurricane Katrina.

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08-29-2005

Growth Spurs Regional Management Changes for Watco Companies, Inc.

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08-15-2005

Yellowstone Valley Railroad Announces Lease of Montana Rail Lines from BNSF

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07-20-2005

KCSR and Watco Announce Lease of KCSR Branch Lines In Four States to Watco
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06-09-2005 Watco Companies receives award from KDOC&H
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06-02-2005

 

Watco Companies wins Governor's Award of Excellence
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06-02-2005

Watco Companies Announces Management Change in East Region
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04-21-2005

Watco Companies leases Kearney Line from BNSF
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03-30-2005

KCS and Watco Companies, Inc. Announce Plan to Restore Rail Service to Bay Springs, Mississippi Branch Line
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03-28-2005

Appalachian & Ohio Railroad Achieves Successful Start-up
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01-07-2005 Watco Announces Lease Agreement of West Virginia Railroad from CSX
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2004  
12-28-2004 Watco Companies Announces Track Expansion in Oklahoma
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12-28-2004 Watco Companies Announces Acquisition of Montana Railroad
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11-01-2004 WSDOT Announces Purchase of Palouse River and Coulee City Railroad
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08-25-2004 Towner designated to lead Watco Companies
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07-03-2004 TIBR Announces Lease of Texas Line from BNSF
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04-29-2004 Greensport Ship/Channel Partners Acquire Key Houston Industrial Site
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02-16-2004 Great Northwest Railroad Announcement
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02-15-2004 TIBR Announces Lease of Texas Line from BNSF
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2003  
04-01-2003 Pennsylvania Southwestern Railroad Announcement
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03-19-2003 Leadership Changes Announced for Watco Companies, Inc.
 
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02-01-2003 The following report was issued by the K&O Railroad as a recommendation to preserve the Salina to Osborne branch line in north-central Kansas
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03-19-2003 Leadership Changes Announced for Watco Companies, Inc.
 
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02-01-2003 The following report was issued by the K&O Railroad as a recommendation to preserve the Salina to Osborne branch line in north-central Kansas
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2002  
09-03-2002 BNSF Announces Lease of Texas Line to TIBR
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03-04-2002 Watco Companies, Inc. announces new railcar tracing service
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02-04-2002

Alan Elliott appointed to VP of Customer Support and Billing Services
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2001
12-28-2001

Watco Companies, Inc. expands Stillwater Central Railroad to Snyder Oklahoma
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04-02-2001 Watco Companies, Inc. and OmniTRAX, Inc. Announce Agreement
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2000
09-15-2000 Watco Companies Incorporated to Launch Website.
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