The American Short Line and Regional Railroad Association (ASLRRA) presented Finger Lakes Railway Corp. with the 2012 Marketing Award. The award recognizes regional and short-line members' efforts to develop new business and react quickly to changing business situations.

Finger Lakes Railway was recognized for procuring new sources of limestone, sand and soda ash to retain business from a bottle plant in Sennett, NY. Owens-Illinois opted to concentrate on the white flint bottle market, a shift that required significant changes to raw material requirements. Last year, FGLK set up cross-functional teams with CSX Transportation, NS and Owens-Illinois, and developed competitive rates for alternate suppliers.

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Please send your resume attention Hiring Manager, PO Box 1099, Geneva NY 14456

Carolina Eastern-Vail, CaroVail, located at 53 Columbus Street, Auburn, NY has a long history in the Agricultural Industry of Cayuga County.  This location has been the site of the General League of Farmer’s feed mill in the 40’s, 50’s, and 60’s.  It continued to be in the center of Cayuga County agriculture with Agway having a large farm supply business here in the 70’s, 80’s, 90’s and into the 21st century. [Click Here for 2-min Video Feature]

NS HOME PAGEAt a recent meeting in Geneva, NY, the Norfolk Southern Corporation announced that they would continue their marketing program called the Empire Link with 13 New York-based short line railroads. Rail shipments to and from facilities on any of these lines are able to route traffic via the Southern Tier NS
line with special Empire Link pricing factors in place.

"We believe that this will create new business opportunites for railroads and shippers alike," stated Mike Smith, President of Finger Lakes Railway. "There has to be an incentive for shippers to move commodities by rail carload, and there has to be incentive for railroads to move more carload traffic."

Shippers and recievers with commodities to exchange should consider rail
freight to other traditional shipping methods in order to take advantage of this
partnership. The following map (also linked at the bottom of the page
as PDF attachment) will show the connections between the 13 local short
lines that interchange (I/C) with NS on the Southern Tier Mainline
between Binghamton and Silver Springs. The Corning Secondary is included
at the NS branch line from Corning, NY to Geneva, NY. Also included is
the NS branch line from Waverly, NY to Ludlowville, NY.