Eric Jakubowski, Chief Commercial Officer of Anacostia Rail Holdings, and Donald Itzkoff, Chief Policy Officer for Patriot Rail Company LLC, were selected to join the Railroad-Shipper Transportation Advisory Council (“RSTAC”), following a nomination process to fill two small railroad representative vacancies. The ICC Termination Act of 1995 established RSTAC, which focuses on issues of importance […]
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Anacostia Rail Holdings Company (ARH) and Brown Brothers Harriman Capital Partners (BBHCP) today announced the formation of Precision Terminal Logistics (PTL), a jointly owned entity that will operate, build, and acquire transloading terminals across the U.S. In conjunction with its formation, PTL has acquired select assets from Arrow Material Services, LLC, a provider of transloading
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Pacific Harbor Line promoted Stephane Perri to vice president, effective January 2020. Perri’s rail career spans 20 years beginning with PHL in April 2000 as an assistant locomotive engineer. In 2005, he advanced to assistant trainmaster and subsequently moved through management posts becoming senior director of Transportation in 2016, superintendent in 2017 and general superintendent
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New York & Atlantic Railway Roadmaster Timothy Lesniak has been selected as one of “10 Under 40” 2020 recipients in Railway Age magazine’s annual search for rising stars in the railway industry. In its February 2020 issue, Railway Age said, “Tim Lesniak has consistently demonstrated a keen focus on developing, training and inspiring his engineering
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Progress Rail, a Caterpillar company, has reached an agreement with Pacific Harbor Line (PHL) to supply its new EMD® Joule battery electric locomotive for a demonstration project operating in the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach, California. The new, six-axle locomotive will feature the latest lithium-ion battery technology and battery management system, alongside AC
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Pacific Harbor Line, Inc. (PHL) and the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen (BLET) have signed a new five-year labor agreement. The contract, effective September 20, governs rates of pay, benefits and work rules for 150 of PHL’s 189 employees. In a joint announcement, PHL-BLET said, “The new agreement includes wage increases, a matching 401(k)
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Pacific Harbor Line has appointed Monte Stokes as chief engineer of the 75-mile short-line railroad serving the Ports of Long Beach and Los Angeles. Effective February 1, he succeeds Robert Giannoble, who retired effective December 31, 2020. Stokes joins PHL from the National Railroad Passenger Corporation (Amtrak), where he had been deputy division engineer at
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“Vision, patience, transformation and execution” paid off for the Louisville & Indiana Railroad, which Railway Age named “2019 Short Line of the Year.” Railway Age, founded in 1856 and railroading’s oldest trade journal, said LIRC culminated a five-year transformation in 2018 by upgrading its entire 106-mile main line between Louisville, Ky. and Indianapolis, Ind. The
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Kimia Khatami, director of customer service for Pacific Harbor Line (PHL), has been named president of the Harbor Association of Industry & Commerce (HAIC), a commercial and industrial trade association representing the business community of Long Beach and Los Angeles harbors. Formed in 1975, HAIC plays a key role in advocating for its members on
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Anthony S. Kazakevicius has been appointed director of sales and marketing at the Chicago South Shore and South Bend Railroad effective September 21. He joins CSS from the Indiana Harbor Belt, Hammond, Ind., where he had been assistant director of business development since 2013. Based at South Shore’s Michigan City, Ind. headquarters, Mr. Kazakevicius will
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