The History Channel's 'Extreme Trains to feature Railex
The History Channel's 'Extreme Trains to feature Railex
ROTTERDAM, NY - Railex LLC has a ticket for The History Channel's new show "Extreme Trains."
Paul Esposito, senior vice president of sales and logistics for Railex, told The Produce News that the firm, a division of Riverhead, NY-based ADS Management LLC, would be featured on an upcoming episode of the show.
The episode, named "Ice Cold Express," will air Dec. 2 at 10 p.m. Eastern time/9 p.m. Central time and will feature Railex's Produce Rail Express, which is brought across country from its Wallula, WA, distribution center by the Union Pacific Railroad and CSX Transportation to its distribution center, here, just outside Albany, NY.
"The program features the services provided by the Produce Rail Express," Mr. Esposito said. "Much like in the '50s and '60s, when there was the Salad Bowl Express, this is the train's name and it even has Railex in the name. It is a great picture of how product flows through the Railex system from tree to table."
He said that the episode, which is a true behind-the-scenes look at Railex's weekly train, will feature shippers in Washington state as well as an account of how the product flows through the Wallula facility, including how the train is loaded, the process of managing the train by way of inspections as it moves through the country and culminating with the train's arrival in Rotterdam.
"We're very excited, and it's a great testament of our success in the first 24 months of operation," Mr. Esposito said.
Mr. Esposito told The Produce News Nov. 11 that after six weeks of operations at its new Delano, CA, distribution center, "Our commodity base has tripled. It's amazing the number of commodities we're handling. It's been a challenge, but we've proven we can handle mixed loads."
He noted that its most recent California train had cantaloupes, honeydews, lettuce, celery, grapes broccoli, citrus, pomegranates, apples, carrots, cauliflower, lemons, onions, pears, sweet potatoes, broccoli rabe, dried fruit and nuts, in addition to juice, wine and frozen vegetables.
Paul Esposito, senior vice president of sales and logistics for Railex, told The Produce News that the firm, a division of Riverhead, NY-based ADS Management LLC, would be featured on an upcoming episode of the show.
The episode, named "Ice Cold Express," will air Dec. 2 at 10 p.m. Eastern time/9 p.m. Central time and will feature Railex's Produce Rail Express, which is brought across country from its Wallula, WA, distribution center by the Union Pacific Railroad and CSX Transportation to its distribution center, here, just outside Albany, NY.
"The program features the services provided by the Produce Rail Express," Mr. Esposito said. "Much like in the '50s and '60s, when there was the Salad Bowl Express, this is the train's name and it even has Railex in the name. It is a great picture of how product flows through the Railex system from tree to table."
He said that the episode, which is a true behind-the-scenes look at Railex's weekly train, will feature shippers in Washington state as well as an account of how the product flows through the Wallula facility, including how the train is loaded, the process of managing the train by way of inspections as it moves through the country and culminating with the train's arrival in Rotterdam.
"We're very excited, and it's a great testament of our success in the first 24 months of operation," Mr. Esposito said.
Mr. Esposito told The Produce News Nov. 11 that after six weeks of operations at its new Delano, CA, distribution center, "Our commodity base has tripled. It's amazing the number of commodities we're handling. It's been a challenge, but we've proven we can handle mixed loads."
He noted that its most recent California train had cantaloupes, honeydews, lettuce, celery, grapes broccoli, citrus, pomegranates, apples, carrots, cauliflower, lemons, onions, pears, sweet potatoes, broccoli rabe, dried fruit and nuts, in addition to juice, wine and frozen vegetables.
