Short Lines: Gulf Coast Switching at 10 year milestone / EconDev for Rail at Fort Hood?
December 15th, 2018
December 11, 2018 - ProgressiveRailroading.com -
Anacostia Rail Holdings Co.'s Gulf Coast Switching Co. (GCSC) recently marked its 10th anniversary. The company launched operations on Oct. 1, 2008.
GCSC provides switching and freight-car storage services in the Houston area and currently handles about 18,000 carloads annually.
The company recently won a contract to begin switching cars at a new staging yard in Angleton, Texas, beginning Jan. 1. Although the yard's initial capacity is 500 cars, there are plans to expand the facility in the future, Anacostia officials said in a press release.
Read more: https://www.progressiverailroading.com/short_lines_regionals/news/Gulf-Coast-Switching-reaches-10-year-milestone--56293
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December 13, 2018 - CoveLeaderPress.com -
Monday’s meeting marked County Judge John Firth’s last official meeting overseeing the Coryell County Commissioners’ Court and was full of discussion of the future of Coryell County.
Firth provided an update regarding the Fort Hood Joint Use Multimodal Rail/Truck Facility Feasibility Study, which was commissioned to determine the feasibility of such a facility to accommodate Fort Hood’s needs during a military surge conditions as well as meeting private sector/commercial needs.
CPCS Transcom Inc. completed and submitted the draft of the final study earlier this month and presented the draft at the Steering Committee meeting and the meeting with the Fort Hood Garrison Commander and staff last week, where it was well-received, according to Firth.
The proposed potential location is a site north of the current Fort Hood railhead, east of Route 9 and south of Tank Destroyer Blvd, which could provide direct rail network access, has truck connectivity via Tank Destroyer, provides direct access to the existing Fort Hood facility and is of the size and configuration to meet rail and truck processing needs for Fort Hood and regional multimodal freight shippers.
Read more: https://www.coveleaderpress.com/news/commissioners-talk-future-joint-use-rail-facility-cove-economic-development-project
Anacostia Rail Holdings Co.'s Gulf Coast Switching Co. (GCSC) recently marked its 10th anniversary. The company launched operations on Oct. 1, 2008.
GCSC provides switching and freight-car storage services in the Houston area and currently handles about 18,000 carloads annually.
The company recently won a contract to begin switching cars at a new staging yard in Angleton, Texas, beginning Jan. 1. Although the yard's initial capacity is 500 cars, there are plans to expand the facility in the future, Anacostia officials said in a press release.
Read more: https://www.progressiverailroading.com/short_lines_regionals/news/Gulf-Coast-Switching-reaches-10-year-milestone--56293
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December 13, 2018 - CoveLeaderPress.com -
Monday’s meeting marked County Judge John Firth’s last official meeting overseeing the Coryell County Commissioners’ Court and was full of discussion of the future of Coryell County.
Firth provided an update regarding the Fort Hood Joint Use Multimodal Rail/Truck Facility Feasibility Study, which was commissioned to determine the feasibility of such a facility to accommodate Fort Hood’s needs during a military surge conditions as well as meeting private sector/commercial needs.
CPCS Transcom Inc. completed and submitted the draft of the final study earlier this month and presented the draft at the Steering Committee meeting and the meeting with the Fort Hood Garrison Commander and staff last week, where it was well-received, according to Firth.
The proposed potential location is a site north of the current Fort Hood railhead, east of Route 9 and south of Tank Destroyer Blvd, which could provide direct rail network access, has truck connectivity via Tank Destroyer, provides direct access to the existing Fort Hood facility and is of the size and configuration to meet rail and truck processing needs for Fort Hood and regional multimodal freight shippers.
Read more: https://www.coveleaderpress.com/news/commissioners-talk-future-joint-use-rail-facility-cove-economic-development-project