Railroad: WATCO

WATCO is a transportation company which operates short line railroads, transloading, terminal and post logistics services. It is privately owned and headquartered in Pittsburg, KA. The company has 5,000 employees and was founded in 1983.


Notes

The name WATCO originally stood for the Webb and Tims Company, the name of the original owner and his business partner.

In Michigan, WATCO owns or operates the following railroads, which are listed individually in the railroads section of michiganrailroads.com:


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Bibliography

The following sources are utilized in this website. [SOURCE-YEAR-MMDD-PG]:

  • [AAB| = All Aboard!, by Willis Dunbar, Eerdmans Publishing, Grand Rapids ©1969.
  • [AAN] = Alpena Argus newspaper.
  • [AARQJ] = American Association of Railroads Quiz Jr. pamphlet. © 1956
  • [AATHA] = Ann Arbor Railroad Technical and Historical Association newsletter "The Double A"
  • [AB] = Information provided at Michigan History Conference from Andrew Bailey, Port Huron, MI

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