2012
Cargill Grows with Railserve
As a leading agricultural company, Cargill’s goal is to
nourish people. Cargill tackles complex supply chain challenges by working with its partners and local communities
to identify and adopt responsible
supply chain practices.
When Cargill needed to overcome the challenge of moving
massive quantities of agricultural
products at its Blair, NE and Memphis, TN plants, they
selected Railserve as their in-plant rail switching provider.
By “owning” the switching operation and developing
innovative solutions to efficiently manage carload volume,
Railserve plays a key role in helping the Blair & Memphis
sites fulfill Cargill’s mission. Railserve Site Leader Scott
Cabell and his team take pride in helping the Blair site
manage the switching requirements of multiple plant areas.
Due to strong carload volume, Cargill recently chose to
have Railserve allocate a LEAF® locomotive to the Blair
site. Paul Phillips is the Regional Leader for this
area and Dave Mazza maintains Railserve’s locomotive fleet in Blair.
Railserve began the switching operation at the Cargill
Memphis plant in early 2012 and Site Leader Mike Clifton
and his Memphis team are eager to replicate the safe and
reliable service we provide at Railserve’s other Cargill sites
(Blair, Dayton, Eddyville, and Hammond). Les Lammers
is Railserve’s Regional Leader for this area and Jay Holman
maintains Railserve’s locomotive fleet for the Memphis site.
Railserve’s team at Cargill Blair
“Crude by Rail” for US Development
As technology has enabled the oil industry to discover
and extract oil and gas deposits that were previously unreachable, a significant volume of domestic fossil fuel now needs
an efficient way to get to market. US Development has
designed a “Crude by Rail” system to efficiently move oil
and condensate from major production areas to refining
and distribution centers. USD designs, develops, owns,
and manages large-scale rail logistic centers and is an
industry leader in unit rail facility development for
both biofuels and crude oil distribution
The Bakken Shale deposit in North
Dakota; the Eagle Ford deposit in Texas; and
the Niobrara deposit in Colorado/Wyoming have hundreds
of wells (in isolated, underdeveloped areas) and the challenge has been how to safely and efficiently move the crude
to market. USD addressed this challenge by creating origination
sources for crude oil in Gardendale, TX; Carr, CO; and
recently, Van Hook and Ross, ND. Nearly 90 Railserve team
members provide safe and efficient service at these sites and
help to reduce US energy dependency from foreign sources. Most of this crude is delivered to the (Railserve-handled)
USD site in St. James, LA, a newly-expanded facility with
28,000 feet of track constructed by Ameritrack Rail.
The Bakken oil fields have many characteristics of the
Gold Rush of the 1800s. With the tremendous quantity and
quality of the crude in Central and Western North Dakota,
there is a tendency by some to “strike while the iron is
hot” and get people onsite quickly. Railserve adheres
to its vision to be “a place to work where people feel
good about the company” by using its behaviorbased interviewing process to (slowly, deliberately) recruit
team members locally who possess our core safety values.
In addition, the brutal weather at USD’s North Dakota
sites demands a focused and resilient team (the wind chill
during startup in Van Hook often reached -25°!). Railserve
Regional Leader Chris Rogers and our team are proud to
provide these USD crude sites with safe and reliable service.
Railserve Values Its Roots
Railserve Turns Over a New LEAF
W hile it is exciting to read about
Railserve’s many new operations in the US
and Canada, it is important to recognize
the commitment demonstrated by customers who have recently chosen to renew their
agreements with Railserve. We appreciate
their support and encouragement of our
efforts and look forward to continued safe
performance at their sites.
In response to rising demand for efficient, economical, and
environmentally sound locomotive power, Railserve continues
to increase its high standard for performance and value with
improvements to the LEAF gen-set locomotives. The Railserve
LEAF reduces NOx emissions by 76%, cuts fuel consumption
by 45–60%, and decreases oil consumption by 90% while meeting EPA Tier III 2015 emissions standards. These locomotives
are manufactured by Railserve at
its locomotive shop in Longview,
TX and are in service at nearly 30
operations in the US and Canada.
The R ailser ve LE A F now
incor porate s a modu la r networked control s ystem w it h
greater remote and field diagnostic capabilities, simplified installation, reduced cabling, and a more rugged design. To learn
how a Railserve LEAF can improve your operation, please contact
marketing@railserve.biz.
Brunswick Cellulose Brunswick, GA
Chevron Salt Lake City, UT
P&G Jackson, TN
Tate & Lyle Decatur, IL; Lafayette, IN;
Loudon, TN
Toledo Refining Co Toledo, OH
Undisclosed Sturtevant, WI
Unilever Hammond, IN
New site in the Buckeye State
Railserve is proud to provide switching and coal unloading at
SunCoke Energy’s brand new facility in Middletown, OH. SunCoke
is the largest independent producer of coke (a key material in steelmaking) in the Americas with an annual production capacity of
nearly 6 million tons at its 6 plants worldwide. At full capacity, the
Middletown site will have an annual capacity of 550,000 tons.
Railserve Site Leader Mike Haigis and his Middletown team play
a crucial role in SunCoke’s success by safely handling the inbound
unit trains of coal, efficiently unloading them, and constantly communicating with SunCoke. Mike Meister is Railserve’s Regional
Leader for this area and Brian McQueary maintains Railserve’s
locomotive onsite.
Railserve’s Middletown team
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Platinum Anniversary for DuPont Belle
Railserve recently celebrated its 20th year of service
to the DuPont complex in Belle, WV. Railserve Regional
Leader Terry Patrick and his Belle team have delivered
outstanding results earning 19 Gold Spike awards, 1 Silver
Spike, 8 Special Merit awards and 3 Contractor of the Year
awards. We are proud to provide this high level of service
to DuPont and look forward to
continued safe performance at
Belle (in addition to our other
DuPont operations in Memphis,
TN and Washington, WV).
Museum-Quality Service at Husky Energy
Railserve has been proud to provide safe and reliable switching for
Husky Energy’s Lima, OH refinery
since 1997. To celebrate the refinery’s 125 year anniversary, the Allen
County Museum in Lima constructed
a permanent exhibit, which contains a
Railserve locomotive and railcars.
Railserve Site Leader Jeremy Kaser
and his Lima team share Husky’s core
values — a commitment to safety
and a work environment that fosters
teamwork, accountability, and open
communication. Mike Meister is
Railserve’s Regional Leader for this
area and Brian McQueary maintains
Railserve’s locomotive fleet in Lima.
A Perfect Dozen at P&G Jackson
Railserve Site Leader Calvin Jones and his team recently
celebrated 12 years with no first aids, recordable injuries, or
human errors for Railserve’s operation at the Pringles plant
in Jackson, TN. Railserve attributes its safe performance to
its focus on training, individual commitment to safety, and
the support and encouragement of Jackson plant personnel.
Les Lammers is Railserve’s Regional
Leader for this area and Jay Holman
maintains Railserve’s locomotive fleet
onsite. We look forward to a “baker’s
dozen” next year!
Safe performance at Suncor
Railserve’s operation at Petro-Canada’s Lubricants
Centre in Mississauga, Ontario recently celebrated 3 years
incident free. A Suncor Energy business, the Mississauga
site blends and packages 350 different lubricants, specialty
fluids, and greases.
Petro-Canada’s mission is “to provide innovative,
superior products that customers trust for productivity
improvements.” Railserve contributes to this mission by
delivering reliable in-plant rail switching which enables
those products to get to market. The brutal Ontario winters,
operating challenge of a significant uphill grade, and travel
across a public crossing (in a thriving Toronto suburb) adds
to this achievement for Site Leader Joe Dillon and his team.
Railserve Regional Leader Jason Smith provides support
for the Mississauga site and Dan Creger keeps Railserve’s
motive power properly maintained.
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• Cargill Grows with Railserve
• “Crude by Rail” for US Development
• Railserve Values Its Roots
• Railserve Turns Over a New LEAF ®
• New site in the Buckeye State
• Platinum Anniversary for DuPont Belle
• Museum-Quality Service at Husky Energy
• A Perfect Dozen at P&G Jackson
• Safe performance at Suncor
• Railserve 2012 Safety Awards
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Railserve 2012 Safety Awards
Railserve’s primary commitment to its customers and employees is to create, maintain,
and heighten a safe operating environment. A
formal process of training, testing, and audits
forms the foundation of our safety program, but
it is each team member’s personal commitment
that reinforces safe behaviors with every switch,
every time.
In early 2012, Railserve recognized those
locations that achieved safe performance in calendar year 2011 with gold, silver, and bronze spike
awards. It is significant to note that Railserve
handled 2.7 million carload movements for
its customers in 2011. Congratulations to these
locations and we look forward to continued safe
performance in 2012.
Gold Spike
BASF, Freeport, TX
BASF, Kankakee, IL1
BASF, Wyandotte, MI
Braskem, La Porte, TX
Cargill, Blair, NE1
Cargill, Dayton, OH
Chevron, Pt Arthur, TX
Chevron, Salt Lake City, UT
Dow, Pittsburg, CA
DuPont, Belle, WV
Emery-Oleochemicals, St Bernard, OH1
Georgia-Pacific, Palatka, FL1
Haywood, Brownsville, TN1
Honeywell Philadelphia, PA
Husky Energy, Lima, OH
International Paper, Springfield, OR
Kimberly-Clark, Mobile, AL
Kinder Morgan Linden, NJ
Lubrizol, Painesville, OH
P&G Cincinnati, OH
P&G, Jackson, TN1
P&G, Lima, OH
PPG Natrium, WV
SI Group, Freeport, TX1
SunCoke Middletown, OH2
Suncor, Mississauga, ON
Sunoco, Fulton, NY
Tate & Lyle Lafayette, IN
Toledo Refining Co Toledo, OH
Undisclosed, Sturtevant, WI1
US Development, W. Colton, CA
Silver Spike
Buckeye, Foley, FL
Cargill Eddyville, IA
Cargill Hammond, IN
Chevron, Richmond, CA
Dow, Ft Saskatchewan, AB
DuPont, Memphis, TN
DuPont Washington Works, WV
Evergreen Packaging, Pine Bluff, AR
International Paper, Eastover, SC
National Starch, Indianapolis, IN
Tate & Lyle Loudon, TN
Unilever Hammond, IN
US Development, Bayport, TX
Bronze Spike
ADM, Decatur, IL
Brunswick Cellulose, Brunswick, GA
Dow B Freeport, TX
Dow, Midland, MI
Eastman, Longview, TX
Georgia-Pacific, Crossett, AR
Graphic Packaging, W. Monroe, LA
Kinder Morgan Deer Park, TX
Kinder Morgan, Galena Park, TX
Preferred Sands, Genoa, NE
Provident Redwater, AB
Tate & Lyle, Decatur, IL
US Development St James, LA
1 = Also earned “Special Merit” award
2 = Earned “Safe Startup” award