Formerly a Watco-operated sand receipt facility for the energy industry, the Refugio Transload Terminal is now owned by the short line holding company, which is looking to bring in more customers and commodities from the Corpus Christi, Rockport and Sinton industrial areas. Watco serves seven terminals in the state. The Refugio Transload Terminal connects with BNSF and Union Pacific (UP). While it can accommodate 650 railcars, there are plans to add railcar storage or a SIT (Storage in Transit) yard, Watco reported. The terminal also has eight 2,000-ton concrete silos with conveyer systems for handling bulk commodities, with the option to transload from rail to silo to truck, in any combination. According to Watco, the facility’s automatic truck transloading system can “rapidly fill from multiple lanes to maximize the terminal’s truck throughput.” “We are excited at the opportunity to bring in new customers to the facility, and provide consistent and cost-effective storage, transportation and transloading options,” Watco Vice President of Sales Maureen Conaway Solomon said. In other news, Watco Executive Chairman Rick Webb was recently named one of the Railway Age Readers’ Influential Leaders for 2021. The post For Watco, New Texas Terminal appeared first on Railway Age. Continue reading...
