Members of the Freeport, Texas team
Watco Teams Begin Performing Operations at Texas Locations After signing an agreement in July of 2020,
The Freeport, Texas, facility is located on the
Watco acquired the rail infrastructure assets
coast just south of Houston, and Watco team
and related equipment of Dow Inc. at six
members began self-servicing the facility on
major North American sites. These operations
July 1. Freeport is the largest of the sites with
sit under Watco’s Division 5 management
91 team members. The Freeport facility
group, whose specialty is switching
includes 76 miles of track and the team
operations. When Watco acquired the assets,
provides services to six customers at the
a third-party contractor was handing the
location. There are a total of 10 locomotives and
rail-related operations, but recently Watco
three trackmobiles dedicated to Freeport.
team members began performing those duties at two of the locations. Services provided at the facilities include switching railcars, washing polyethylene rail cars, track maintenance through a third-party contractor, and shipment scheduling assistance.
8 The Dispatch | October 2021
A two-hour drive southwest down the Gulf Coast from Freeport will land you at another Texas location in Seadrift. This facility saw 68 new team members join the team when they began performed operations at the site on September 1. The Seadrift site has 35 miles of
