Watco to acquire Western North Carolina rail lines
Kansas based Watco Transportation Services and its Blue Ridge Southern Railroad subclass will take over 91.8 miles of Norfolk Southern lines including Hendersonville to Pisgah Forest with operations planned as soon as late July. The deal covers 47 miles from Murphy Junction to Dillsboro, 26 miles Asheville to East Flat Rock and the Hendersonville Pisgah Forest segment with annual revenue over 5 million. Local groups hope Hendersonville to Pisgah Forest can be converted into a greenway.
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Lightning
Norfolk Southern Corp
North Carolina
Hendersonville-to-Pisgah Forest
Watco Transportation Services
Pittsburg
Kan
Blue Ridge Southern Railroad
Norfolk-Southern
Canton
Asheville
Hendersonville
Blue Ridge Southern
Norfolk Southern
Watco
Stefan Loeb
Tryon hosts 1400-acre equestrian resort with 500 stables
Tryon Equestrian Partners announced Tryon Resort and the Tryon International Equestrian Center a 1400 acre project with 500 permanent stables five riding arenas over seven miles of trails and a luxury hotel and homes to open near a major international competition. The development will create hundreds of permanent jobs and boost the local economy and tax base while preserving rural character. Construction began with 500 workers moving 1.6 million cubic yards of earth and laying fiber optic cabling as Salmander Hotels & Resorts will manage the site with multiple partners and investors.
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Tryon
Tryon Equestrian Partners
Tryon Resort
Tryon International Equestrian Center
Mark Bellissimo
Salamander Hotels & Resorts
Trian
White Oak Creek
New Tryon
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Hunter Marks
Friends of Ecusta Trail
Surface Transportation Board
Bill Moss
Mark
Katherine Bellissimo
Roger
Jennifer Smith
Gwen
Howard Dworkin
Lisa Laurie
Diana
Jenji Mercer
Joe
Cindy Mitchell