There's no better place to celebrate a historic event than in one of the most historic places in the United States - Philadelphia. Although no declarations were signed on October 21, 2014, Watco's Philadelphia Energy Solutions (PES) Team did declare that they had gone injury-free since their start up one year ago. The team at the Philadelphia Terminal handles crude oil unit trains and has moved more than 700 trains through the facility. Not only has the crew faced many challenges moving this kind of volume, additionally, they have also had to work around construction of a second unloading manifold. This work has seen 24/7 activities with more than 250 contractors working near active rail movement.

The PES team stepped up to the chal-lenge and saw the new manifold com-pleted and placed into service on October 27, 2014. The team will now see and move more than 1,200 unit trains through the facility with the new operations coming on line. The PES teams will also provide start-up for an new operation for the Cus-tomer in mid-November. The new Butane Terminal is nearing completion and team members will provide daily switching of more than 100 butanne cars.

To commemorate the event, team member Jim Clyde drafted a design for a new logo for the terminal. Termi-nal Manager Brian Spiller received several other ideas from the team and reviewed them with the Customer at the location. The logo was then fine-tuned and presented back to the manager for final approval.

"Both myself and our Customer representative felt that the logo picked really displayed the history of Philadelphia," said Spiller.

The team looks forward to a long lasting relationship with Philadelphia Energy Solutions and looks forward to celebrating many more years injury-free.

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Philadelphia Terminal Team celebrates one year anniversary

This Philadelphia Terminal logo was drawn up by team member Jim Clyde and then put into the hands of a graphic artist to complete.

The Philadelphia Terminal with the skyline of the city in the background.

Watco's 2014 CA Days a "grand slam"

How many people can say that they got to watch history in the mak-ing with more than 200 great Customers? Team members at Watco have the privilege of doing so since the World Series began on the first evening Customers began arriving for Watco's Annual Customer Appreciation Days. While the guests were busy watching baseball and singing karaoke in the evenings, the days were filled with golfing, shooting clay targets, and shooting live birds. Customers traveling the furthest for the event were Mick McGinniss and Neil Wandel from Western Australia. The two grain growers were getting in some R&R before the grain harvest gets into full swing.

Jason Fleck with Mussselman & Hall, a sponsor of the event, has made it for a few years and said not only does he shoot the birds but he also takes some home to marinade in his special spices before grilling.

"We loved the event and had a blast," said Fleck. "We look forward to it every year."

Although Customers and sponsors may look forward to our CA Days event each year, they can't enjoy it near as much as the team enjoys getting to host them.

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Greens Port Rail Crew keeps things movingWhen people mention rail-

roads, old steam engines chug-ging across lonesome prairies often comes to mind but at Greens Port Industrial Park (GPIP) in Houston, Texas, that vision is worlds away from what actually happens. Multiple train crews work 24 hours a day, 7 days a week at the bustling facil-ity to ensure that all Customers are taken care of. Not only do the crews have regular manifest cars interchanging with the Port Terminal Rail Association (PTRA) Monday through Friday, they also inter-change GPIP unit trains seven days a week.

Roidino "Dino" Trevino, GPIP trainmaster, said, "Our group works hard no matter how big or small the task is here in Texas. They have always continued to remember that we are here because of our Customers and work with them each day to ensure we provide them with the best service. The crude by rail terminal has brought our teams closer in that we have to work in groups in order to make the time lines and continue to keep safety our number one goal."

In addition to receiving unit crude trains (which can be 20+ trains a month), they also handle loaded unit coil trains, loaded unit trains of ethanol, and unit trains of wind fan blades that are 1.5 miles long.

Tim Haas, senior vice presi-dent, WTPS operations, said, "The rail group in Greens Port has worked very hard to ser-vice our Customer’s increased volume safely and efficiently. The whole team at Greens Port

is proud of the progress that has been made and is dedicated to ensuring the success of the entire industrial park."

Team members at the location are: Adam Barrera, Ashton Speckman, Bernardino Osorio Vargas, Bobby Wynne, Brandon Francis, Carlos Alvarez, Janie Robles, Joe Valle, Jose Rubi, Kevin Hoffman, Lamar Mitchell, Larkland Linton, Marlin Garcia, Martin De Leon, Michael Garza, Nolan Darthard, Pedro Armendariz Jr., Reynaldo Vargas, Richard Goodman II, Richard Juarez, Serafin Contreras, Steven Mancillas, Taylor Denman, Yeibi Gutierrez, and Roidino (Dino) Trevino.

On Oct. 20th the Customer Service team took a break for some team building exercises to celebrate the new structure of Watco’s Customer Service department. The new structure combines the Data Integrity and Customer Service Teams under the Customer Service title. The Customer Service Team has been divided into three separate teams.

As part of the reorganization the Customer Service department has sepa-rated into the separate teams to better serve internal and external Customers 24 hours a day. To create unity within the groups, each team selected a team color and received t-shirts in that color with a saying they selected on the back.

This structure will allow each team to focus on specific groups of railroads, allowing the teams to become experts and provide a superior level of Cus-tomer Service. Managers will also be on site around the clock from Monday am - Saturday am.

A new phone, fax, and e-mail system has been implemented to provide the teams with the information they need in the most efficient manner possible.

Customer Service Team 1 Birmingham Terminal Railway, Grand Elk Railroad, South Kansas & Oklahoma Railroad, Stillwater Central Railroad, Wisconsin & Southern Railroad. Phone: 866-889-2826, Ext. 1 ■ Fax: 844-476-6725 ■ E-mail: CS1@watcocompanies.com Customer Service Team 2 Alabama Southern Railroad, Alabama Warrior Railway, Arkansas Southern Railroad, Austin Western Railroad, Autauga Northern Railroad, Blue Ridge Southern Railroad, Kansas & Oklahoma Railroad, Louisiana Southern Rail-road, Mississippi Southern Railroad, Pennsylvania Southwestern Railroad, San Antonio Central Railroad, Timber Rock Railroad, Vicksburg Southern Railroad. Phone: 866-889-2826, Ext. 2 ■ Fax: 844-476-6726 ■ E-mail: CS2@watcocompa-nies.com

Customer Service Team 3Eastern Idaho Railroad, Great Northwest Railroad, Palouse River and Coulee City Railroad, Mission Mountain Railroad, Yellowstone Valley Railroad, Boise Valley Railroad, Kaw River Railroad, Pecos Valley Southern Railroad, Swan Ranch Railroad. Phone: 866-889-2826, Ext. 3 ■ Fax: 844-476-6727 ■ E-mail: CS3@watcocompanies.com

Grain TeamGrain Team covers all agricultural shipments. Phone: 866-889-2826, Ext. 4.The Grain Team's fax number and email is specific to the railroads listed above.

Customer Service restructured

Members of the Customer Service Team work on a team building challenge in Pittsburg, Kansas.

Watco U 101 Leadership and Management classes were held for the West Region in Burley, Idaho from Oct. 14-16. Team members who attended the courses were: front row (l-r) John Naing, Nickole Corr, Thomas Glover, Travis Chamberlain, Eli Nick and Jon Peter. Back row (l-r) are: Cris Had-dow, Keith Green, Jeff Deakins, Richard Carter and Steve Monson.

Watco U courses held in Idaho

Greens Port Rail Crew

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Fourty and Eight locomotive back in action

Time is a valuable commodity and Watco Team Members will be making use of a new system to measure their time. In the 4th quarter and early next year, Watco will be introducing a Kronos timekeeping and payroll system. This system will utilize electronic time clocks to capture team member work hours. Team members will clock in and out with their personnel number using a touch screen key pad. This will reduce the need for paper time sheets in many areas. It will also allow for more accuracy in the payroll process since all team member time punches are auto-matically uploaded into the payroll system. This will reduce keying and paperwork errors that lead to team members receiving incorrect paychecks.

Additionally, team members will be able to view their time sheets from the Kronos terminal to ensure the appropriate hours have been captured for the active pay period. Team members will also be able to request time off through the Kronos terminal and the request will automatically reach their supervisor’s payroll screen in the Kronos system. This allows team members to monitor their hours and save them from filling out forms for vacation requests.

“Ensuring our team members are paid correctly and on time is a key first step in expressing how much we value their contributions, " said Aaron Jensen, vice president of special projects. "Successfully rolling out this system will make sure we do a better job with this and gives our team members an opportunity to point out mistakes before they make it to their checks.”

Be on the lookout for clocks in your area.

Watco launching new time-keeping and payroll system

One of the Kronos time clocks that are being installed at Watco locations.

One of the best entries in the Pittsburg, Kansas, Homecoming Parade might have been the oldest as well. The Forty and Eight locomotive which was built back in 1950 made a reappearance in the parade after a long absence. The motor powered locomotive normally pulls a box car, which happened to be in the shop. The set was built by W.B. (Bus) Johnson, father of Kaye Lynne Webb and father-in-law of Watco founder, Dick Webb. The train was originally built for the Forty and Eight society which was founded by veterans from World War I. The society was called such after the French boxcar stenciled with a 40/8, denoting the car’s capacity to hold 40 men or eight horses.

The train had been used for many occasions since Johnson built it and Kaye Lynne remembers riding in it in parades as a teen. The train disappeared around the 1960’s and resurfaced when Watco CEO Rick Webb saw the engine sitting at an old gas station at the corner of 4th and Elm street in Pittsburg.

“I asked my dad if he knew anything about it and he told me that it was the train that my grandpa had built,” said Webb. “The guy who owned it said he had bought it from someone who was getting ready to sell it as scrap iron and he agreed to sell us the set.”

Dick and Kaye Lynne 's grandchildren rode in parades in the set with Watco Chairman Gary Lundy behind the wheel. In the 2014 parade a different Lundy drove the locomotive, Cameron (Bubba) Lundy, a former passenger, drove the locomotive which carried his daughter, and nephew and a few others while team members and their kids also walked along the sides of the locomotive and tossed candy along the parade route.

Bubba Lundy said, "Riding in the locomotive was something that we always had done as kids and always had a great time. Now that I have children of my own I wanted them to get to share some of the same experiences that I did as a kid and, just like when I was a kid, my daughter had a great time as well. We owe a lot of appreciation to the team at the Neodesha mechanical shop who dedi-cated their free time a couple of years ago to fix the locomotive up."

The top photo is the Fourty and Eight locomotive in one of it's first parades and below at is it's recent appearance in the 2014 Pittsburg Homecoming Parade.

When Mick McGinniss and Neil Wandel boarded the plane from Perth to the US they had a special gift in tow. The two Australians brought along a cricket bat and ball to present to Watco CEO Rick Webb. McGinniss is a grower in Western Australia and Wandel is a grower and a director of CBH Group, who Watco has partnered with to deliver grain to the ports.

McGinniss explained the reasoning behind the gift because most Americans wouldn’t get the meaning of the wording on the bat. The inscription says, " To the Watco 'Test' Team. For customer service to Cooperative Bulk Handling rail and to appreciative West Australian grain growers. October 2014."

He added, “A 'test' team is one that is known for its ability to strate-gize and plan for the long haul. In Australia, a test cricket match often lasts up to five days. That’s where the Watco Team that serves the growers in WA is similar to the test cricket teams, they battle at their best all of the time and don’t let distractions stop them from achieving their goals over the long haul."

McGinnis and Wandel visited Pittsburg during Customer Apprecia-tion Days and guests and team members alike enjoyed meeting our guests from down under.

Watco's Test Team

The months of September and October have been busy for the Wisconsin & Southern Rail-road's (WSOR) training team. As part of WSOR's dedication to improving safety and providing continuing education to its team members, the team has been conducting hands-on training for freight car air brake and mechanical inspections.

A variety of freight cars were carefully selected

to include different car types with various brake equipment. They included a boxcar equipped with a plug door and a lever-type branch pipe cut out cock, a tank car with empty/load air equip-ment, and a selection of cars equipped with truck-mounted or standard body mount brake equip-ment.

With the assistance of WSOR Janesville Car De-partment, the cars were then prepared with safety defects such as: worn or missing brake shoes, missing brake shoe keys, missing pins or cotter keys, disconnected brake rods, excessive piston travel, and more. Even a simulated Improvised Explosive Device (IED) was hidden somewhere on the consist. Lastly, a locomotive was coupled to the cars to facilitate a full air brake test.

Then one by one, students, conductors, and team members re-certifying as conductors were instructed to perform a full Class I air brake and mechanical train inspection on the consist. Instructors walked alongside the conductor to ob-serve his "discoveries" of defects, offering instruc-tion and advice as the work was performed.

This hands-on exercise provided a great op-

portunity to further the practical knowledge of our train service team members and allow them to ask questions and receive immediate answers "on the scene." It heightened and solidified the real-world application of rules and information learned from preceding classroom sessions. The end goal is to maximize rules compliance and reinforce a safe work environment for all.

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WSOR Road Foreman of Engines Don Pingel dis-cusses bottom-rod safety supports and associated hardware with WSOR Team Member Josh Kramer.

WSOR provides hands-on training

Road Foreman of Engines Don Pingel (left) and Regional Safety Manager Frank Mayfield (right) discuss truck mounted brake system decals with Engineer/Conductor Josh Kramer (center).

Watco Locomotive Team helps excursion train get back on track

Hurricane Ike hit the Texas coast and Galveston Island in September of 2008 and left behind a wake of destruction. One of the victims of the massive storm was the Galves-ton Railroad Museum (GRM) who sustained damages estimated over $8 million dollars. Sadly, two of their historical locomotives had to be cut up and scrapped.

The curators located two other F7A locomotives but several defects were noted as they made their way to Texas. Morris Gould, GRM executive director, contacted Benny Coward, Watco's CMO- Leasing, inquiring if Watco could bring the units up to FRA compliancy.

Coward stated, “The list of defects was a mile long on each unit. We worked diligently over the past year to get them into compliance.”

On September 20, 2014, the Galveston Museum ran a special 124 mile round trip excursion train from Galveston to Rosenberg, Texas. The train consisted of two locomo-tives, two coach cars, one dining car, and approximately 150 passengers. Among the passengers were officials from the BNSF, Union Pacific Rail-road, Amtrak, and local government officials.

Coward rode in the lead locomo-

tive to ensure no issues arose during the excursion. The excursion was a great success and everyone was very thankful for what Watco and Cow-ard's team were able to accomplish.

After the test run, Coward stated, “With the time and energy that we put into making this happen, we now not only have a satisfied Customer, but a new relationship that will last for many years to come.”

Don Rudd, director of locomotives for the South Region said, "I am ex-tremely proud of Benny Coward and his team members: Wally Acosta, Juan Ramirez, Santiago Montoya, and James Zimmerman. This is another great example of why Watco has continued to grow over the past 30 plus years."

The Galveston Railroad Museum excur-sion train is back on track thanks to repairs made by the Locomotive Leas-ing Team.

Swan Ranch Railroad injury-free since start-upA town rich with

railroad history also has a railroad that’s very proud of setting a significant safety milestone. Located on a pla-teau of southeastern Wyoming, the Swan Ranch Railroad (SRRR) celebrated 1,000 days being in-cident & injury-free since the railroad's start-up. Lead by Trainmaster Al Rojas, “The Ranch” stands tall in the railroad industry with their safety and teamwork cul-ture. What’s the secret to their success?

"Communication is paramount to everything," said Rojas. “We hold job briefings for everything, there’s no luck when it comes to safety.”

Rojas further explained, "Everyone on the team is very engaged and involved. This is not a one man operation. I have my radio turned on all the time not to spy on the team but to better assist them with their daily operations. Safety is not a given, we stride for it every day. Not just at work, but at home too."

"After we had reached the milestone, I shared it with our Customers. They were so excited that we shared the milestone because they didn’t know. It was great to get Customer feedback!"

Joe Bomgaars, who has been on the Swan Ranch team as an Engineer explained it as “Safety doesn’t happen by accident; it doesn’t matter how fast or how many cars you move. It’s important for everyone to go home in the same condition they arrived to work. We work closely with each other and we have to rely on each other. We build relationships with each team member for the long term. Our safety record is important to us and it’s important to Customers and potential Customers.”

Swan Ranch Railroad Team Members: (l-r) Tyler Dzierzek, Al Rojas, Cody Jensen, Bob Schaffer, and Joe Bomgaars.

Congratulations to the following team members celebrating their anniversaries!

1 Year: Thomas Allard, Bo Baker, Justin Bartle, Brandon Bentz, Earon Berotte, John Boehm, Kevin Boyles, Kim Bronson, Whitney Brooks, Brandon Burdick, Valrie Calhoun, Dwayne Coo-per, Steven Cornett, Jason DeCoteau, James DeGraaf, Taylor Denman, Lane Dokken, Andrew Driscoll, Kyle Eischen, Richard Favino, Wilson Fox, Brian Freeman, Rhett Frydenlund, Nick Golian, Terry Gooch, Dustyn Haman, Parker Helland, Kevin Hoffman, Nathan Immel, Karl Jones, Jared Kerlin, Grace Koehler, Josue Macedo, Jaime Martin, Justin Mead, Christopher Momerak, Noble Moses, Brock Oakland, Aaron Pacheco, Jason Pearsall, William Pearson, Tyler Phillips, James Roberts, Gregory Robertson, Rob-ert Rocha, Anthony Rodriguez, Rory Sampson, Adam Siegrist, Dylan Skeen, Annette Socie, Jose Sostre, Larry Sperier, Diane Steffen, Jeffrey Vande-genachte, Paul Vollmer, Aaron Voss, James War-ner, Hadyn Weeks, Dennis Wilson, Lance Wood2 Years: Matthew Adams, Dennis Burt, Kenyun Canada, Kenny Coberley, Russell Cunniff, Jeffrey Ebarb, Amber Gardner, Mickaela Gerler, Azarel Guzman, Karman Hogsett, Aaron Jensen, Leann Kennedy, Kacey Krueger, Ryan Luetzow, Teddy Mai, Steven Mancillas, Chris Meeker, Marlon Moore, Adrian Morgan, Zachary Pumphery, Amber Rickens, Dexter Sepulvado, Robert Shaffer, Timothy Showalter, Michael Smith, Cody Tracy, Michael Trull3 Years: Gregory Bartholomew, Brooke Beasley, Shane Bengson, Jessica Cancino, James Chi-nowith, Erik DeHoyos, Justin Gaulrapp, Brent Henson, Robert Hill, Geoffrey Holder, Cole Holter, John Janikowski, Melissa Jasper, Jonathan Key, Tara Kuenzel, Hilda Morin, Zachary Parker, Ty Schoon, Jayden Sjol, Amanda Smardo, Shane Sta-ton, Aaron Tombosky, Eric Turner, Robert Wakley, Robert Wambold, Jacob Welsch, William White, John Wiebelhaus, Gregory Wooldridge4 Years: Courtney Burks, Alan Cheek, Bobby Curtis, Michele Howard, Matthew Kuebrich, Tim Lewis, Shane Martin, Bryant Peeples, Keeland Scales, James Schaffer, Keith Singleton, Kevin St Aubin, James Tyler5 Years: Octaviano Barbosa, Chad Davis, Kevin Hampton, Jason Hubach, Brian Kemp, Jacob Link, Jacob McChesney, Jason Moore, Carl Reed, Brad-ley Scott, Jeff Swenson, John Walker6 Years: Earnest Austin, Derek Brau, Andrea Harville, Travis Hodge, Joseph Magruder, Don-ald Mixon, Jeffrey Pierce, Katie Sackett, Melinda Swisher, Aaron Williamson7 Years: Edgar Bazaldua, Kelly Callahan, Charles

Chipman, Shawn Coates, Armando DeLeon, Mi-chael Harlan, Kevin Jeter, Lisa Palomo, David Rotz8 Years: Robert Hampton, Josh Jewell, Afton Lundy, Marvin Miner, Earl Sims, Kenneth Socie, Ron Spencer9 Years: Gregg Bergholz, Dale Bright, Robert Bruner, Jeffrey Darnell, Betsy Foster, Robert Godfrey, Larry Lenington, Bobbie Moore, Dave Ruggles10 Years: Rick Baden, Joshua Braden, Zachary Henwood, Michael Marino11 Years: Robert Powell, Eric Slimp, James Wolf12 Years: Francis Mangiacarne13 Years: Jimmy Johnson, Randall Martineau, Gerald Wiser14 Years: Larry Cymbola15 Years: Steven Ayala, John Grassinger, Joseph Haase, Kelley Scarrow16 Years: Fernando Avila, Robert De Luna, Timo-thy Hoffman17 Years: Edward Cullinan, Lloyd Huston, Don Slaughter, Carol Toris18 Years: Lloyd Henderson, Paul Loper, Brian Mc-Coy19 Years: Chad Byles21 Years: Carlos Barnes, John Brown, Jack Lisle, John Ostrander, Terry Showalter22 Years: Ronald Chadwick, Charlie Everson, Thomas Murray23 Years: James Belsha, Bennie Hill25 Years: Floyd Swonke26 Years: Charlie Estes, Howard Green, Kenneth Jordan27 Years: David Louk29 Years: David Bidleman, Vic McClure, William Norris31 Years: Rolan Herman33 Years: Roy Thomas34 Years: Louis Sage35 Years: Gilbert Spencer36 Years: James Ellis39 Years: Herbert Liddell

MarriagesCharles (Blake) and Lindsey Gibson

Charles (Blake) and Lindsey Gibson were united in mar-riage in the countryside near Lincoln, Missouri, on June 14, 2014.

Blake is a conductor for the Kaw River Railroad in Kansas City, Kansas.

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Charles (Blake) and Lindsey Gibson

Kudos received by KO Track Team

Usually when a general manager receives an email from an FRA inspector there is some anxiety about what the inspector found. Kansas & Oklahoma (KO) General Manager Jimmy Patterson was extremely pleased with the information that was in the email sent to him in late September.

The FRA inspector had been on the KO inspecting various locations of track for proper maintenance, proper inspections, and correct repair procedures. What he found compelled him to write an email to Patterson stating how pleased his was with the track inspection and the quality of the repair work that had been completed and was in progress.

Patterson said, "I'm extremely proud of the work the KO track team is doing. This recognition from an FRA inspector tells me the track team is taking their job duties and the safety of this railroad serious. I couldn't be happier."

The inspector ended his email with this final comment, “I have to say this team of track folks are doing a great job.”

When a team as awesome as the 1989 College World Series champs gets together to reflect on their glory days most outsiders would have a hard time fitting in. However, at the 25th reunion held in late October one surprise guest was a huge - 262,000 pounds huge - hit. Pat Cedeno, Watco's Vice President WTS Marketing -Central and West Regions, played on that champion-ship team and thought it would be fun to have the team's picture taken on the Wooo Shock locomotive. The Wooo Shock is one of the few team themed locomotives in the country. Last spring the Kansas & Oklahoma Railroad con-tacted the school about using the logo on a locomotive and the community has responded well to the result.

The 1989 Wichita Shocker's baseball team won the College World Series and players and coaches gathered 25 years

later to reminisce and catch up with each other. "We haven't seen some of the team for twenty years so it was great get-

ting together," said Cedeno. "A few of the players have gone on to the pros as players then managers and it was really interesting with the Royals being

in the World Series at the time to hear what their thoughts were on the games. I was able to see things from a different perspective."

A press conference for the media was held on October 26th, at the Kansas Sports Hall of Fame (KSHF). Players and coaches signed memo-rabilia for a variety of organizations and items to be displayed at the Hall of Fame. Following introductions of players and coaches, a viewing of the 1989 National Championship game was held.

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Wooo Shock rolls in for team's 25th reunion

Members of the 1989 WSU Shocker baseball team who won the CWS with the Wooo Shock locomotive in Wichita, KS.

Veterans are key to keeping Watco growingby Greg GarzaGBW Regional Director of Quality for Mechanical Services

Watco Companies is always proud to recognize our military veterans and there are many across the country we are proud to call team members. Several have faithfully served our country during wars, international conflicts, and even disasters.

Tina Sanchez is one such veteran. She originally hails from Chicago, Illinois and joined the United States Navy in 1993. She was trained and served for four years as a Chaplain’s Assistant and was stationed in the continental U.S. during the Per-sian Gulf War. Tina eventually achieved the rank of Petty Officer 3rd Class (E4) and earned several medals and ribbons. She elected to be honorably

discharged after successfully completing her first tour in 1997 in order to use her well-earned edu-cational benefits to complete her bachelor’s degree and pursue a civilian career.

After departing the Navy, Tina spent the past seven years working for GE where she started out in the Customer Service department, and then was promoted up through the company to Main-tenance Manager, Field Maintenance Manager, Field Auditor and later in the Compliance and Regulatory department.

Tina was recently hired as the Plant Manager for the GBW Services Houston railcar repair facil-ity. In this role, she is responsible for the entire plant including the facility, its assets, equipment, people and all its railcar repair operations.

She is married with two children still at home and two grown step-children. In her spare time, Tina enjoys reading, working occasionaly in the family-owned restaurant and visiting Texas craft breweries.

Tina reflects great credit on both Watco and GBW Services.

Each month we would like to highlight one of our great veterans in our

newsletter.If you know of someone who has

served in the miliary and would be willing to be featured please send their

information to:tvan@watcocompanies.com

Wooo Shock rolls in for team's 25th reunion