Pittsburg, Kans.-based Watco Companies LLC (Watco) on June 17 reported receiving a “minor equity investment” of more than ...

Three crew members were injured when a Wisconsin & Southern Railroad train derailed today (June 30, 2025) in the town of ...

Pittsburg, Kans.-based Watco Railroad Company Holdings, Inc. (Watco) on March 6 reported plans to add Great Lakes Central Railroad (GLC) to its short line portfolio pending approval by the Surface ...

Watco Cos., the rail and transportation logistics company that operates 45 short lines, has received a minority investment of more than $600 million from Duration Capital Partners, the companies ...

Watco Cos., the rail and transportation logistics company that operates some 45 short lines, has received a minority ...

The Saluda Grade Trails Conservancy bought 31.5 miles of track to build a mixed-use path that could connect to other, already ...

The Surface Transportation Board has opened a formal review of Watco’s acquisition of Michigan rail short line Great Lakes Central. The post Regulator concerns pause Watco’s Michigan shortline ...

AUSTIN, Texas — A man was hit by a freight train in Central East Austin early Tuesday morning, according to police. The ...

Great Lakes Central Railroad SD40-2 No. 329, displaying the railroad’s new paint scheme, crosses South Chipman and Mack streets in Owosso, Mich., as the southbound turn to Ithaca, Mich., arrives ...

This includes Watco assuming full ownership of Industrial Rail Services, which operates the rail assets at six Dow Chemical facilities in the U.S. and Canada. The result will be Watco having 100% ...

Duration Capital Partners said it has invested $600 million in short line railroad operator Watco Cos. The post Watco rail gets $600M in new private equity appeared first on FreightWaves.