With
its headquarters in Denver, Colorado, OmniTRAX owns and
operates many
railroads across the U.
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The transaction is subject
to regulatory approval and is
expected to be completed in early May,
2005.
"These three short-line railways are an ideal
match with our
strategic expansion and service plans," states Bob Parker, OmniTRAX
Chief Operating
Officer.com.
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"BNSF could not have done this alone," says Smith.railroads relating
The transaction
excludes NAR's Canadian subsidiary, Alberta
RailNet, which will be owned post-transaction by current
NAR
shareholders.
Rob McKenney, Chairman and CEO of North American RailNet,
comments, "These
three railroads have provided excellent service to
their shippers and connecting carriers, and we
are confident they will
continue to grow and prosper under the management of OmniTRAX.S. and in three
Canadian Provinces. OmniTRAX
also owns and operates the Port of Churchill, Manitoba. BNSF
Railway
is an industry leader in Web-enabling a variety of customer
transactions at http://www.trains handcars
GFRR's commodity
mix is quite diverse, with carload revenue
split between wood pulp, beer, agricultural commodities
,
limestone/aggregate and a multitude of other commodities. Included in
its diverse base of 60
customers are Miller Brewing, Procter + Gamble
(P+G) and Buckeye Technologies.
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North American RailNet to Join OmniTRAX Family of
Rail Business; Will Add Three U.S.-Based Short Lines to OmniTRAX; OmniTRAX Now Operates 18 Railroads
Across N
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include:
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In addition to grain, NKCR ships inbound coal
to the largest power plant in Nebraska. Mr.
Additionally,
OmniTRAX provides intermodal terminal services to Class I railways
through its Quality
Terminal Services subsidiary.com
With this new
enhancement, customers can now visit
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A subsidiary of Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corporation
(NYSE: BNI), BNSF
Railway operates one of the largest railroad networks in North America, with
about
32,000 route miles in 28 states and two Canadian provinces. The railway
is among the world's top
transporters of intermodal traffic, moves more grain
than any other American railroad, transports
the components of many of the
products we depend on daily, and hauls enough low-sulphur coal to generate
about ten percent of the electricity produced in the United States.magazines rail
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Silica, Wedron Silica, and Unimin
Corp.
Nebraska, Kansas + Colorado RailNet (NKCR). "It took the
collaboration of several Class
1 railroads to develop the technology to be
able to provide an instantaneous and easy-to-use pricing
tool.directories spotting
The three U. IR is comprised of four track segments
aggregating 113 miles of track just
west of the Chicago suburbs. NKCR operates
approximately 559 miles of track in three states and carries
a diverse
mix of wheat, corn, coal, fertilizer.com and get a price from point A to
point B on
any participating destination railroad -- instantly.Non-commercial sites relating to full-size trains
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"Under OmniTRAX management, the addition of
these railroads is significant step in
the plans for expansion of the
regional railway holdings as well as diversification of the customer
base." Mr."
This enhancement is part of a freight rail industry technology initiative
to
make interline carload pricing easier to use, more efficient and timelier
for customers.
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Parker
explains that the
addition of the three brings the OmniTRAX family to 18 railroad
operations in
North America. FORT WORTH, Texas, BNSF Railway Company
(BNSF) today announced a new instantaneous
method for carload customers to
obtain interline prices at BNSF.recreation museums
Specifically, NKCR recently made
considerable track improvements in
conjunction with upgrade investments by the owners of grain elevators
at Venango, Loomis and Maywood, Nebraska, each of which now loads
110-car shuttle trains. Baird
+ Co.OmniTRAX.simulation railroad
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S. Parker also comments that managing these companies
expands
the partnership with CSXT, NS, and BNSF.New Quicker Interline Pricing Method Available at
BNSF.com
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IR
services what is often called "the Sand
Capital of the World" in
northern Illinois, and serves such leading industrial mineral
producers
as U.S.bnsf.merchandise fanning
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S. NKCR has benefited from its
ability to attract high throughput grain elevators to
its lines due to
its superior service record and excellent relationship with BNSF."
Robert W.
com, customers can obtain prices for most general merchandise
carload commodities from all BNSF origins
to any destination served by CSX
Transportation and some of its affiliated shortlines, and the Canadian
National Railway Company.spotting handcars
GFRR is a network of
approximately 297 miles of track radiating from
its Albany, Georgia,
headquarters, and extending into northwestern Florida near the Gulf of
Mexico
.broe.railroad relating
served as financial advisor to North
American RailNet in connection with the transaction.
About OmniTRAX
An affiliate of The Broe Companies (www.com), OmniTRAX is the
largest privately
held rail services company in North America. It also delivers
customized private switching services
for major industrial complexes
through its OmniTRAX Switching Services subsidiary, and provides
locomotive
maintenance services to Class I railways through its
OmniTRAX Locomotive Services subsidiary.antiques miniature
Business Editors/Transportation Writers
BEDFORD, Texas and DENVER----North
American RailNet
(NAR) and OmniTRAX have jointly announced a
transaction whereby an OmniTRAX affiliate will merge
with NAR and
acquire NAR's U.
"Our carload customers have long requested an easier and more
efficient
way to obtain prices for movements originating on our railroad and terminating
on another
," says Denis Smith, BNSF vice president, Industrial Products
Marketing.simulation trains
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price, carload customers had to
call the originating railroad, the originating railroad would have
to call the
destination railroad and then get back to the customer.graphics relating
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