(The Twin Cities & Western Railroad issued the following press release on December 26.)
GLENCOE, Minn. — The Twin Cities & Western Railroad Company has appointed Robert Henry vice president Marketing and Sales, effective November 13. Based at the Glencoe, Minn. headquarters of the 229-mile regional railroad, he reports to Mark Wegner, executive vice president and chief operating officer, and works closely with Lloyd Host, who continues to serve as vice president Marketing and Sales.
Mr. Henry joins TC&W with 10 years of railroad experience, most recently as director Rail and Transload Development at BNSF Logistics, a subsidiary of Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corporation. He previously served as manager business development for the Arkansas & Missouri Railroad.
He began his railroad career in 1997 with Union Pacific Distribution Services at Omaha serving as coordinator of operations. In 1999, he joined UP Railroad as project manager Technical Support for the Marketing and Sales department, advancing to account representative in 2000. He subsequently served as business manager in UP’s Marketing and Sales department at Chicago from 2001 until 2004, when he joined A&M in Springdale, Ark.
A native of Tacoma, Wash., Mr. Henry majored in Finance and Economics and holds bachelor of business administration degree from the University to Nebraska. From 1989 to 1997, he served as a logistics specialist in the Nebraska Army National Guard.
The Twin Cites & Western and its Minnesota Prairie Line affiliate operate 323 route miles on track in central Minnesota and eastern South Dakota. TC&W started in July 1991 and operates 229 miles of line between St. Paul, Minn. and Milbank, S.D. Minnesota Prairie Line began operations in October 2002 on 94 miles of line between Norwood and Hanley Falls, Minn. The Minnesota Valley Regional Railroad Authority owns the track.