Jll Chicago Industrial - Real Time
Episode 35: Progressive Rail
- Autor: Vários
- Narrador: Vários
- Editor: Podcast
- Duración: 0:36:15
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Sinopsis
Phillip Smailes, Director of Marketing for Progressive Rail Incorporated joins the podcast to talk about the Chicago Junction Railroad and the Chicago, St. Paul & Pacific Railroad. These two short lines service the Centex Industrial Park in Elk Grove Village and the Bensenville Industrial Park. Progressive Rail has a national reach operating 13 short lines in 8 states and locally services a diverse group of industries on their 20 miles of track and yards with the ability to interchange with other Class 1 railroads. 2:35: Progressive Rail is heavily concentrated in the Midwest and got their start in Minnesota by taking over an abandoned rail line. 8:40: Short line railroads provide detailed local switching service which compliments precision scheduled railroading (PSR). 10:36: Mention of some of the various industrial customers served. 12:10: JLL’s introduction to PGR while working with 3W Plastics and reactivating rail service in their new Elk Grove Village facility. 17:35: Transloading off