ASLRRA
ASLRRA’s Legislative Policy Committee (LPC) recently held elections for an LPC representative on the ASLRRA Executive Committee and Board of Directors and for the LPC Chair and Vice Chair, the association reported in the Jan. 8 edition of its Views & News email newsletter.
Bob Ledoux of the Florida East Coast Railway was re-elected as LPC representative on ASLRRA’s Executive Committee and Board. He joins Iowa Interstate Railroad’s Joe Parsons, who is in the middle of his first term in that role, the association said.
Additionally, Laura McNichol of Watco and Jeff Van Schaick of Jaguar Transport Holdings are now Chair and Vice Chair, respectively, of LPC. McNichol succeeds Bob Ledoux, the former Chair.
Separately, ASLRRA has selected Ronald “Ron” Batory, Kedrick Earl Durden and Henry Posner III to join the Short Line Railroad Industry Hall of Fame. They will be inducted April 8 at the association’s Annual Conference & Exhibition in Denver, Colo. Durden, a short line railroad owner who served as ASLRRA Chair, will be honored posthumously.
Additionally, nominations are open for ASLRRA’s Business Development Awards; nominations are due Jan. 10. In a related development, Railway Age is now accepting nominations for its 2025 Short Line and Regional Railroad of the Year program; the deadline is Feb. 5. Small roads in the U.S., Mexico and Canada are eligible for an award. The 2025 honorees will be recognized at the ASLRRA 2025 Annual Conference & Exhibition. Articles covering their achievements will appear in Railway Age’s March 2025 issue, which will be distributed at the show.
Watco
Ten Watco subsidiaries achieved safety anniversaries last month, the Pittsburg, Kans.-based supply chain services company reported via social media and in the January 2025 edition of The Dispatch, its employee magazine.
They are:
- Dec. 5: Seadrift Industrial Rail (Texas), two years.
- Dec. 12: Elizabeth MTS Dedicated Terminal (New Jersey), two years.
- Dec. 13: Great Northwest Railroad (Iowa and Washington), one year.
- Dec. 17: Greens Port Docks, 14 years.
- Dec. 17: Greens Port Real Estate, 14 years.
- Dec. 20: Guntersville (Alabama), eight years.
- Dec. 22: Ferndale Dedicated Terminal (Washington), two years.
- Dec. 23: Decatur & Eastern Illinois Railroad (Illinois and Indiana)
- Dec. 26: Swan Ranch Railroad (Wyoming), 13 years.
- Dec. 30: Coffeyville Repair & Maintenance (Kansas), four years.
