George Avery Grimes

OmniTRAX, Inc. operates short-line freight railroads. It provides solutions to the industrial and transportation sectors. The firm offers rail, switching, locomotive, port, intermodal, transloading and real estate services. The company was founded in 1986 and is headquartered in Denver, CO.

The Missouri Pacific Railroad Co. is a major carrier serving the Midwest and Southwest with routes from Chicago, St. Louis, Kansas City, Omaha, and Memphis to the Mexican border and the Gulf of Mexico. The company maintains coordinated schedules with othercarriers for the handling of freight to and from the Atlantic Coast, the PacificCoast, the Southeast, the Southwest, Canada and Mexico

Union Pacific Railroad Co. engages in the provision of railroad and freight transportation services. Its railroad links coast ports and provides transportation service through its gateways. The company was founded by Abraham Lincoln on July 1, 1862 and is headquartered in Omaha, NE.

Kansas City Southern is a transportation holding company. The firm also engages in the freight rail transportation business operating through a single coordinated rail network. It focuses on the growing north/south freight corridor connecting key commercial and industrial markets in the central United States with major industrial cities in Mexico. The company was founded by Arthur E. Stilwell in 1887 and is headquartered in Kansas City, MO.

Patriot Rail Co. LLC manages and operates short line railroads. It offers tank railcar cleaning; wastewater treatment; railway track cleaning; railroad construction; transloading and warehousing; contract railcar switching; railcar storage; real estate and track access; and scenic rail excursions. The company is headquartered in Jacksonville, FL.