CHRONICLES 20 14 MAKE THE SAFE SWITCH New Cargill Site in Ft Dodge Cargill is committed to feeding the world in a responsible way, reducing environmental impacts, and improving local communities. Their new facility in Ft Dodge, IA reinforces their goal to be the global leader and Railserve helps fulfill this objective by providing safe and reliable switching onsite. Cargill purchased the idled Ft Dodge facility (90 miles NW of Des Moines) in 2011 and invested millions to retrofit and expand it. It was transformed into a world class bio-refinery campus and began operations in late 2013. At full capacity, it will use 150,000 bushels of corn a day to make dextrose, Sweet Bran® cattle feed, and ethanol (~ 115 million gallons per year) The corn wet mill ethanol plant provides the base load grind for the campus and supports additional business growth. For example, they ship dextrose from Ft Dodge via pipeline to a nearby plant that uses it to make lysine (for animal feed). Railserve Site Leader Jake Thomas and his Ft Dodge team heighten safety, increase efficiencies, and reduce costs by managing the switching requirements of multiple plant areas. Jim Jenkins is Railserve’s Regional Leader for the area and Gene Hunter maintains the Ft Dodge motive power. The Ft Dodge operation joins other Railserve-handled Cargill sites in Blair, NE; Dayton, OH; Eddyville, IA; Hammond, IN; and Memphis, TN. MAKE THE SAFE SWITCH LEAF options include custom paint design to match corporate color schemes. Physical improvements included new concrete flooring, track repairs, upgraded lighting, and new wash/change rooms. 2 | Railserve Chronicles 2014 MAKE THE SAFE SWITCH LEAF ® Improvements Abound Railserve continues its commitment to provide efficient and environmentally sound LEAF ® locomotives by investing in improvements at its manufacturing site in Longview, TX. The process began by reducing unnecessary inventory, which improved housekeeping and created valuable space for the manufacturing process. Using LEAN and 5S principles (Sort, Straighten, Shine, Standardize, Sustain), the physical workflow was redesigned to improve manufacturing efficiency and product quality. Physical improvements included new concrete flooring, track repairs, upgraded lighting, and new wash/change rooms. The LEAF® ordering process now enables customers to easily select options, upgrades, and accessories like wireless video cameras, higher capacity air compressors, and remote coolant refill systems. All models include fullyinsulated cabs, reduced noise levels, improved radiator systems, and a redesigned cold weather package. In addition, the LEAF® now has Observe/Analyze/Respond™ (OAR) technology developed by Alternative Motive Power Systems. OAR allows users to track LEAF® operating data from a remote location via a web-based dashboard. For example, a Logistics Manager at a HQ’s office can use it to see how their LEAF® locomotives are operating at multiple plant sites. This data (which can be displayed in multiple formats and graphs) can help LEAF® users improve safety and operating efficiency at their sites. Railserve’s LEAF® team is committed to quality, service, and continuous improvement to provide the most efficient and reliable locomotives in the industry. To learn more about a Railserve LEAF® can improve your operation, contact Railserve’s TJ Mahoney at tjmahoney@railserve.biz or visit www.railserveleaf.biz Railserve Welcomes Canexus Railserve is proud to establish a new partnership with Canexus, a leading Calgary-based chemical manufacturing and handling company. To capitalize on their strategic location to the Canadian oil sands market, Canexus built a new rail storage and transloading facility in Bruderheim, Alberta (just north of Edmonton). The terminal (known as North American Terminal Operations – NATO) is the first of its kind in Alberta with a direct connection to pipeline (and CN and CP access). Railserve provides railcar switching and train indexing services onsite and at full capacity, NATO will have the ability to process eleven 100–110 car unit trains of crude oil per week. Railserve Site Leader Mike Allan and his team are proud to have helped the site begin a safe and productive operation and look forward to continued growth. Jason Smith is Railserve’s Regional Leader for the area. Railserve Chronicles 2014 | 3 MAKE THE SAFE SWITCH Railserve Introduces Yard Tracker Yard Tracker is Railserve’s web-based application that allows the user to maintain and track rail cars in a customer’s rail yard. Railserve worked closely with selected customers to design and finetune it and went live at 7 Cargill operations in late 2013. The application can be tailored to each customer’s facility by specifying the yards, tracks, commodities, and departments unique to each location. It was designed to be easy to use for both customers and Railserve employees and features drag and drop functionality to relocate cars in the yard. With a few clicks, current car status can be updated individually or by selecting groups of cars on a track. The user can also right-click any car in the yard and get an on- screen list of the car’s history showing each move or change of status for both the current and each previous time the car was on the yard. Cars can be automatically loaded into Yard Tracker via EDI. Railserve worked with several class one railroads to receive 418’s electronically on behalf of the customer. Cars can also be loaded manually or imported from a standard flat file. The Location Status window provides an overview of where cars are on the yard. This portion of the application works much like a spreadsheet table al1 lowing the user to group, sort, and filter cars on the yard. The user can also use this section to generate ad hoc reports. Yard Tracker also has standard reports to help both the customer and switchman review and manage the cars in the yard. Each report can be printed or saved in a number of formats including PDF and office file types. Railserve is proud to offer this application to increase efficiencies at customer locations and looks forward to continued enhancements. 1. Monitor every track 2. Detailed reports 3. Location Status 2 3 4 | Railserve Chronicles 2014 MAKE THE SAFE SWITCH Railserve Customers Acknowledge Excellence Please help us recognize and reward Railserve employees who are doing a great job! Railserve customers have a powerful tool to recognize “above and beyond” performance by Railserve team members at their sites. When a Railserve employee’s specific actions make a customer’s operation safer, more productive, or more efficient, Railserve will add $25 to the employee’s paycheck and circulate news of his/her effort to Railserve’s management team. To submit a Railserve employee for recognition, customers should contact any member of Railserve’s management team and describe the employee’s efforts. Please help us recognize and reward Railserve employees whose actions have improved your operation! Kimberly-Clark Recognizes Railserve Railserve’s team at KimberlyClark’s paper mill in Mobile, AL was recently recognized for safely and efficiently unloading 100 boxcars of scrap paper. This raw material traditionally moved via truck and Railserve worked with plant personnel to design a boxcar transloading process that decreased production costs. Kimberly Clark recognized the Railserve team with a formal luncheon attended by plant senior management. Site Leader James Carter and Railserve’s Mobile team are proud to deliver value to Kimberly-Clark. Railserve Mechanic Keith Turner main- tains motive power onsite and Regional Leader Scott Cabell provides encouragement and support for the operation. Expansion for LyondellBasell LyondellBasell has greatly increased the rail footprint of their Morris, IL plant since Railserve began handling switching onsite in late 2012. The Morris plant (60 miles SW of Chicago) produces ethylene, used to manufacture plastic products. A recently-completed 400 car storage yard enables LyondellBasell to have greater control of railcar inventory and provide better service to their customers New lead tracks that connect this storage yard to other plant areas have increased Railserve’s work scope onsite. Railserve Site Leader Rob Walls and his team recently added a second crew to provide switching 7 days per week. The site also now has direct service from the CSX (in addition to the CN), which provides LyondellBasell with supply chain flexibility. The multiple railroad access, increased railcar storage, and greater switching abilities position the Morris site for future growth. Tim Hammond is Railserve’s Regional Leader for this area and David Hester maintains the Morris motive fleet. Railserve Chronicles 2014 | 5 MAKE THE SAFE SWITCH Canpotex Chooses Railserve Canpotex, the world’s premier potash exporter, recently selected Railserve as their switching provider for their railcar maintenance facility in Lanigan, Saskatchewan. This facility is an essential part of Canpotex’s logistics strategy that ensures Saskatchewan potash is efficiently transported to their terminal facilities in well-maintained railcars. It provides all-weather inspection and light repair, automated car washing, and wheel maintenance for their fleet of 5,000 rail cars. (work that is 6 | Railserve Chronicles 2014 performed by Procor, a fellow Marmon company). This busy complex is served by the CN and CP via two delivery tracks that can hold up to 170 rail cars. In addition, the onsite rail yard has a capacity of 510 rail cars. Railserve Regional Leader Jason Smith and the Langian team play a crucial role in Lanigan’s success by safely handling switching onsite and constantly communicating with Canpotex. Jesse Radcliffe and Ruben Gonzalez maintain the Lanigan locomotive fleet. MAKE THE SAFE SWITCH Railserve REAct Heightens Safe Performance Railserve developed and implemented new technology to enable employees to remotely stop locomotives with the push of a single button worn on their safety gear. This technology is believed to be the first of its kind in North America REAct (Railserve Emergency ACTion) was created as a result of Railserve’s ongoing safety evaluation process. Railserve analyzed the actions involved in hazard recognition (see potential hazard, grab radio, open communication, provide instruction to stop movement, etc) and concluded that Railserve personnel needed the ability to act more quickly. The technology was then developed to design the tool to increase the ability to respond more quickly. When a hazard is recognized, REAct enables authorized Railserve personnel to stop a train without communicating to the engineer. These life-saving seconds can be critical when a vehicle enters a crossing, when radio contact is lost, or when a close clearance suddenly arises. An emergency brake application is activated when personnel pushes the REAct button on their safety vest. The application cannot be reset until the crew member pushes the button again to indicate that the hazard has been resolved. Railserve completed installation of REAct (and employee training) on all Railserve locomotives in late 2013. The data collected revealed that an emergency stop can be accomplished in as little as 26 feet with REAct (compared to up to 100 feet without). The decrease in stopping distance can prevent incidents and reduce the risk of personal injury. Each time REAct is used, the site completes a near-miss report to share best business practices among all Railserve locations. Railserve is proud to be the only North American operator of manned locomotives to provide this important safety feature. To learn more about this technology, please visit www.railserve.biz/react.html. Railserve Values Its Roots While it is exciting to read about Railserve’s new operations in the US and Canada, it is important to recognize the commitment demonstrated by customers who have recently chosen to renew their agreements with Railserve. We appreciate their support and encouragement of our efforts and look forward to continued safe performance at their sites. Thank you! BASF, Freeport, TX; Kankakee, IL; Wyandotte, MI Brunswick Cellulose, Brunswick, GA DuPont, Belle, WV; Memphis, TN; Washington Works, WV Husky Energy, Lima, OH International Paper, Eastover, SC P&G, Cincinnati, OH SI Group, Freeport, TX Undisclosed, Sturtevant, WI Unilever, Hammond, IN Railserve Chronicles 2014 | 7 CHRONICLES Railserve, Inc 1691 Phoenix Blvd. Suite 250 Atlanta, GA 30349 770-996-6838 www.railserve.biz marketing@railserve.biz Inside this issue: • New Cargill Site in Ft Dodge • LEAF ® Improvements Abound • Railserve Welcomes Canexus • Railserve Introduces Yard Tracker • Railserve Customers Acknowledge Excellence • Kimberly-Clark Recognizes Railserve • Expansion for LyondellBasell • Canpotex Chooses Railserve • Railserve REAct Heightens Safe Performance • Railserve Values its Roots • Railserve 2014 Safety Awards A member of The Marmon Group, a Berkshire Hathaway company Railserve 2014 Safety Awards Railserve’s primary commitment to its customers and employees is to create, main-tain, and heighten a safe operating environment. A formal process of training, testing, and audits forms the foundation of our safety program, but it is each team member’s personal commitment that reinforces safe behaviors with every switch, every time. In early 2014, Railserve recognized those locations that achieved safe performance in calendar year 2013 with gold, silver, and bronze spike awards. It is significant to note that Railserve handled 3.3 million carload movements for its customers in 2013. Congratulations to these locations and we look forward to continued safe performance in 2014! 1 = Also earned “Special Merit” award Gold Spike ADM, Decatur, IL Axiall, Natrium, WV BASF, Kankakee, IL1 BASF, Wyandotte, MI1 Canpotex, Lanigan, AB Cargill, Dayton, OH Cargill, Hammond, IN Chevron, Richmond, CA Dow, Pittsburg, CA1 DuPont, Belle, WV 1 DuPont, Washington Works, WV 1 Enbridge, Pampa, TX1 Honeywell, Philadelphia, PA Husky Energy, Lima, OH1 International Paper, Springfield, OR Kellogg, Jackson, TN LyondellBasell, Morris, IL1 Lubrizol, Painesville, OH1 P&G, Lima, OH SI Group, Freeport, TX Teknor Apex, Brownsville, TN Undisclosed, Sturtevant, WI Unilever, Hammond, IN US Development, Bayport, TX US Development, San Antonio, TX1 Williams, Moundsville, WV 1 Silver Spike ADM, Decatur, IL BASF, Freeport, TX Cargill, Eddyville, IA Chevron, Pt Arthur, TX Chevron, Salt Lake City, UT Ingredion, Indianapolis, IN International Paper, Eastover, SC LSR, Gramercy, LA Kinder Morgan, Linden, NJ Plains, Gardendale, TX P&G, Cincinnati, OH SunCoke, Middletown, OH US Development, W. Colton, CA Bronze Spike Dow, Ft Saskatchewan, AB Dow, Midland, MI DuPont, Memphis, TN Emery Oleochemicals, St Bernard, OH Evergreen Packaging, Pine Bluff, AR Kimberly-Clark, Mobile, AL