Arkansas Midland Railroad to offer first 108-car ethanol unit train for North Litle Rock

In Arkansas, Genesee & Wyoming Inc. (G&W) announced that beginning this fall, its Arkansas Midland Railroad Company, Inc. (AKMD) subsidiary will offer the first ethanol unit train solution for the North Little Rock and surrounding gasoline-blending markets, serving the JP Energy terminal, which is the largest terminal at North Little Rock’s tank farm complex. Unit trains, which are able to handle up to 108 railcars, will be unloaded directly to JP Energy’s ethanol storage tanks on premises for onsite blending or direct outbound truck loading. Prior to this, the local ethanol market was served only by truck deliveries and single-car rail shipments.