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Burlington Junction Railway Partners with City of Clinton
Enhanced service to Lincolnway Rail and Air Industrial Park
Burlington Junction Railway (BJRY) announced today it has signed a long-term rail switching agreement with the City of Clinton, IA for the Lincolnway Rail and Air Industrial Park.
Lincolnway is a 450-acre industrial park on the west side of Clinton, served by the Union Pacific Railroad. BJRY will provide railcar switching services to all tenants in the park, including the new Atlas Roofing Corp. shingle manufacturing facility and a new Clausen Trucking & Warehousing rail-truck transloading and warehousing facility.
BJRY provides short line rail service to customer locations elsewhere on the Union Pacific Railroad as well as on the Burlington Northern Santa Fe (BNSF) Railway, Canadian National Railway, CSX Transportation system, and the Norfolk Southern Railway.
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“At BJRY, our commitment to excellence in customer service and experience in rail switching have allowed us the opportunity to join forces with the growth minded City of Clinton,” says Peter Hoth, President and CEO, BJRY. “I am excited to build the relationships with the current customers of the industrial park and for the additional development potential in the upcoming years. Being able to act as a bridge between the communities we serve, our customers, transload partners, and the Class I railroads facilitates these opportunities.”
About BJRY
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Based in Burlington, IA, Burlington Junction Railway (BJRY) has been in operation since 1985 providing flexible and reliable shipping and receiving services by rail.
BJRY provides railcar switching services for 100 customers located at 20 locations in Iowa, Illinois, Missouri, and Tennessee. A wide range of customers include Fortune 500 companies, government facilities, municipalities, privately owned industrial parks, and individual smaller volume transloading customers.
A wide variety of commodities are managed by BJRY such as wallboard, lumber, bulk liquids, dry bulk, machinery, steel rebar, specialty oversize shipments, and many more. Its specialty services include switching, transloading, and locomotive servicing. For more information, visit www.bjryrail.com.
