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3/25/2009
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Bay Line, R.J. Corman’s Memphis Line and St. Lawrence & Atlantic earn ASLRRA's top marketing honors
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The American Short Line and Regional Railroad Association (ASLRRA) has named three short lines as winners of its 14th annual marketing awards.
The 2009 winners are:
• The Bay Line Railroad L.L.C., for working with Green Circle Bio Energy to construct the world’s largest wood pellet bio-fuel production facility in Cottondale, Fla.;
• R.J. Corman Railroad Co./Memphis Line, for working with the Logan Aluminum and Precision Strip Cos. to shift substantial truck business to rail; and
• St. Lawrence & Atlantic Railroad, for developing and implementing a strategy for shifting ethanol and bio-diesel truck traffic to rail in New Hampshire, Maine and Vermont.
ASLRRA chose the winners from among 15 nominees. The association will present the awards on April 27 during its annual convention, which will be held April 25-28 in Las Vegas. The three winning railroads will make brief presentations about their projects during the closing marketing breakout session on April 28.
The 2009 winners are:
• The Bay Line Railroad L.L.C., for working with Green Circle Bio Energy to construct the world’s largest wood pellet bio-fuel production facility in Cottondale, Fla.;
• R.J. Corman Railroad Co./Memphis Line, for working with the Logan Aluminum and Precision Strip Cos. to shift substantial truck business to rail; and
• St. Lawrence & Atlantic Railroad, for developing and implementing a strategy for shifting ethanol and bio-diesel truck traffic to rail in New Hampshire, Maine and Vermont.
ASLRRA chose the winners from among 15 nominees. The association will present the awards on April 27 during its annual convention, which will be held April 25-28 in Las Vegas. The three winning railroads will make brief presentations about their projects during the closing marketing breakout session on April 28.