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ST. PAUL, Minn., May 9, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Today CHS Inc. (NASDAQ: CHSCP), an energy grains and foods company and the nation's leading farmer-owned cooperative, and the Aurora Cooperative, a leading grain marketer and agricultural supplier throughout Nebraska and the U.S., announced formation of a limited liability company (LLC) to build and operate a high-speed shuttle loading facility near Superior, Nebraska. The new entity, Superior East, LLC expects to begin construction...

Cold Train Continues to Increase its Pacific Northwest Service Area and Locations Served PORTLAND, Ore., May 7, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Cold Train is expanding its express refrigerated intermodal service from Portland, Oregon to complement its existing expedited service out of Quincy, Washington. Cold Train's expanded eastbound service out of Portland will deliver to the same destinations and locations as it does from Quincy, WA, including: Connecticut - Central area, including...

WILMINGTON, Calif., April 16, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- The California Employer Advisory Council (CEAC) has named Pacific Harbor Line (www.anacostia.com/phl/phl.html) Veterans Employer of the Year for its "exemplary contribution in hiring our American heroes, our veterans." Currently, about one-fourth of Pacific Harbor Line's 150 employees are veterans or active duty guardsmen and reservists, according to PHL President Otis Cliatt II, himself a U.S. Army veteran. "We're very pleased to...

Cold Train Continues to Expand Service Area and Locations Served CHICAGO, March 4, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Cold Train is opening a new office in downtown Chicago in 2013 that will primarily focus on hauling more cargo and various products back from the Midwest and East Coast to Washington State and Oregon. Cold Train recently tripled the size of its Quincy, Washington based refrigerated container fleet and now has 300 state-of-the-art 53 ft. Hyundai refrigerated containers. As a...

SEATTLE, Feb. 7, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Seattle-based energy and facility services firm McKinstry has released a carbon analysis study that confirms that the unique (Cold Train) refrigerated express intermodal service to/from the Port of Quincy Intermodal Terminal produces a smaller carbon footprint than shipping by long-haul truck to/from Quincy, Wash. The report validates a previous estimation of carbon emissions reported by the Burlington Northern Santa Fe (BNSF) Railway's Carbon...

QUINCY, Wash., July 24, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- As a result of continued growth, Cold Train is expanding its Washington State based refrigerated container fleet to 300 state-of-the-art 53' containers (all built by Hyundai), and will also be adding several new destinations this year. In early 2010, Rail Logistics (www.rrlx.com) launched the "Cold Train" Pacific Northwest-Chicagoland Express Refrigerated Intermodal Service in partnership with Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway and the...

WAHPETON, N.D., July 17, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- The 577-mile Red River Valley & Western Railroad Company (www.rrvw.net) will mark its 25th anniversary July 19. RRV&W is a short-line railroad that provides local rail freight service to mostly rural North Dakota communities formerly served by the Burlington Northern, now BNSF Railway. Since beginning freight operations in 1987, annual volume has increased 141 per cent to 55,600 carloads last year. During this time, RRV&W has...

NORFOLK, Va., May 11, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Norfolk Southern (NYSE: NSC) is making it easier for communities, businesses, and informed observers such as rail fans to report issues relating to public safety and security to the railroad's police force. The NS announcement is a significant expansion of the community-based rail security initiative started by BNSF Railway. Everyone with a stake in rail operations is invited to join Norfolk Southern's new "Protect the Line" reporting...

CHICAGO, May 7, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Rail Logistics and Iowa Pacific Holdings have announced a new partnership in which Rail Logistics (www.rrlx.com) will manage, operate and market Iowa Pacific's (www.iowapacific.com) refrigerated railcar fleet beginning May 1, 2012. The state-of-the-art refrigerated railcar fleet will initially be equipped with 150 cars. Iowa Pacific has ordered an additional one-hundred 64-ft. refrigerated boxcars, which will be added to the fleet in 2013. All cars...

OVERLAND PARK, Kan., April 30, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- BNSF Logistics, one of the fastest-growing third-party logistics providers in North America, has selected YRC Freight for its 2011 Carrier Excellence Award in the LTL services category. YRC Freight received the award in a presentation at its corporate headquarters attended by Ray Greer, president of BNSF Logistics, and other members of their management team. "We've had a very good relationship with BNSF Logistics over the last...