Donald M. Itzkoff, Chief Policy Officer, Patriot Rail Company LLC and Patriot Port Holdings LLC
Jacksonville, Fla.-based Patriot has named Donald M. Itzkoff to the newly created position of Chief Policy Officer. He will lead strategic policy engagement for Patriot Rail Company LLC and Patriot Port Holdings LLC, a U.S. operator of short line and regional railroads, rail services and integrated port logistics companies.
Itzkoff, a
Railway Age Contributing Editor, most recently headed Global Government Affairs for Wabtec Corp., and earlier led U.S. Government Affairs for GE Transportation. He has also served as Deputy Administrator of the Federal Railroad Administration and as Senior Counsel to the U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Itzkoff is a member of the Board of Directors for the Center for Hearing and Communication in New York City.
Patriot Rail finalizes acquisition of Utah short line
Short line operator and port logistics provider Patriot Rail has finalized its acquisition of the Salt Lake Garfield & Western Railway (SLGW) short line in Utah.
As part of the deal, Jacksonville, Florida-based Patriot acquires SLGW and two storage and transload service providers, Caballero and Caballero 2.
Patriot itself was acquired by infrastructure investment firm First Sentier Investors in October 2019.
SLGW runs 26 miles and handles more than 6,000 loaded railcars annually. Located near Salt Lake City, the short line has access to
BNSF (NYSE: BRK) and the Salt Lake International Airport. The SLGW has been a long-trusted railroad in the Salt Lake City area for more than 125 years. We are proud to carry that legacy forward for our customers, said Patriot CEO John Fenton. This addition to the Patriot portfolio strengthens our ability to continue providing competitive and innovative transportation solutions in the we
Todayâs current top story salutes Southern Arkansas University graduate
Caroline Lester, who graduated in May 2017 and who was just named the Arkansas Farm Bureauâs 2020 Outstanding New Ag Instructor of the Year. We received the Farm Bureauâs annual educatorsâ award list on Monday. We werenât familiar with the names on the list but know from past experience that if the Farm Bureau is handing out awards, thereâs probably an SAU graduate there somewhere. So, we dispatched an inquiry to Dr. Jeffry Miller, chair of the SAU Department of Agriculture. Came back the message, âCaroline Lester graduated from SAU! She is one of the best students we had during my time at SAU.â We obtained additional details and included them in todayâs article. We hear it all the time from the SAU Ag Department â public schools and ag-related businesses across the region literally scream for SAU students with ag-related business or education degrees. This part