Farmrail
| Farmrail
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| legal form | Corporation |
| Seat |
Clinton , United States
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| Number of employees | 22nd |
| Branch | Railway company |
| Website | www.farmrail.com |
The Farm Rail Corporation ( AAR reporting mark: FMRC) is a shunting - Railway Company in the US -Bundesstaat Oklahoma . The company is part of the employee-owned Farmrail Systems Inc. That company also owns the Grainbelt Corporation .
The railway company operates a route network of 296 kilometers with 22 employees. In Altus there are transitions to the BNSF Railway and to the Wichita, Tillman and Jackson Railway . The most important goods in the transports carried out on demand are grain, fertilizers and equipment for oil drilling companies.
history
With the liquidation of the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad (Rock Island) in 1980, the western part of Oklahoma was cut off from the railway network. The Oklahoma government therefore acquired important routes and leased them to railroad companies. On November 19, 1981, Farmrail began on the leased Clinton - Elk City route with the implementation of train journeys. Later, the operation on the east-west route (former Memphis – Tucumcari railway line on the Rock Island) was extended to Erick . In January 1993, the section from Westhom to Elmer (164 kilometers), part of the former north-south route of the Kansas City, Mexico and Orient Railroad , was added. This stretch was also leased by the state.
Since 2007, Farmrail has been offering an excursion train running on Saturdays under the name “Quartz Mountain Flyer”.
Vehicle fleet
In 2006 the company owned four locomotives (one EMD SW9, three EMD GP9).
Corporate management
- Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
- since 1981: George C. Betke, Jr.
- President
- since January 2014: Judy A. Petry
literature
- James W. Kerr: The Official Locomotive Roster & News Edition 2006 . DPA-LTA Enterprises Inc., St. David's, ON 2006, ISBN 0-919295-43-6 .
- Edward A. Lewis: American Shortline Railway Guide . 5th edition. Kalmbach Publishing Co., Waukesha, WI 1996, ISBN 0-89024-290-9 .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Railroad Retirement Board: Total Employment by State and Last Railroad Employer Calendar Year 2006 ( Memento of the original dated May 11, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF file; 660 kB)
