El Dorado Switching Celebrates 30th Anniversary

On October 1, Watco’s El Dorado Switching in Arkansas celebrated 30 years of serving LSB Industries. The team catered lunch for our customer, handed out Watco hats and shirts, unveiled a banner, and presented the plant manager with a plaque commemorating the decades-long partnership.

Location Manager Danyale “Peanut” Norman has been at the facility for 26 years, and part of the Watco team for 24. He recalled that when he first started, it was just a three-person switching team, who worked one shift Monday-Friday. Now, El Dorado has 10 team members across two shifts, providing service seven days a week.

“As the years have gone on, our partnership keeps getting better,” Norman said. “As the customer has grown, we’ve grown with them. We have great communication because we care about them, and they care about us. “

L-R: Kyle Moody (CMO), Demetrius Moore (Switchman), Michael Harris ( Switchman), Myron Gunter (Switchman), Danyale ‘Peanut” Norman (Location Manager), Kory Crutchfield (Switchman), Mickey Glenn (Switchman), Blaine Dillahunty (Mechanic), Trent Carnes (Switchman), not pictured ; Trevor Rice and Loren Slifer.

L-R: Carl Bradley (LSB Logistics Operations Manager), Howard Stevens ( LSB General Manager ElDorado), Danyale “Peanut” Norman (Watco Location Manager).