AITX Expands U.S. Reach – Railway Age

American Industrial Transport, Inc. (AITX) has expanded its fix and maintenance community throughout the U.S. Northeast and Midwest with services in Milton, Pa. and Clinton, Ind. Both equally amenities are at the moment open up and actively servicing repair customers.

AITX Milton is in Central Pennsylvania’s Susquehanna River Valley outside of Harrisburg and situated on Norfolk Southern. “AITX has a prolonged heritage in this location, and the Milton store will serve as its flagship Northeast facility,” the business mentioned. “AITX Milton is at present a hybrid, doing gentle and medium repairs on freight cars with cell capabilities throughout Pennsylvania and the entire Northeast region. The prepare is to come to be a certified whole-support store featuring coating, cleaning and plan perform on a range of auto forms, from boxcars, centerbeams, covered hoppers, flat vehicles, gondolas, PD hoppers and tub cars.”

Charles Crow, a 28-year veteran plant manager, operates AITX Milton. The place “will be using the services of aggressively to guidance the enlargement efforts.” Shawn Ritter, who joins AITX from High Steel Constructions, is functions supervisor.

AITX Clinton, in Vermillion County in Western Indiana on the Wabash River and found on CSX, “is a robust addition to AITX’s presence in the Midwest servicing the agriculture marketplace,” AITX noted. AITX Clinton specializes in freight and included hopper repairs with light tank car or truck repairs below guidance and oversight of the AITX AAR tank licensed store at close by Mounds, Ill., and “adds storage prospects as a new source possibility for clients.” Matt Ward, who has worked in the tank car or truck repair service market for 15 yrs and has been promoted to Senior Vice President Restore Providers, manages AITX Clinton.

“AITX’s growth investment signifies a corporation-extensive dedication to scale its fix enterprise,” mentioned AITX President Kurt Higginbotham. “These openings at Milton and Clinton are element of the leadership exertion of John Ward and our new addition, Vice President Repair Products and services Greg Gibson. Both equally are supervising AITX’s Brookhaven, Skip. Growth, which will reinforce our tank motor vehicle capabilities on CN into the Gulf. Whether or not it is our leasing or maintenance organizations, AITX is all about anticipating customers’ requirements and possessing the proper solutions for where ever their corporations move. Increasing into Central Pennsylvania and Western Indiana provides AITX consumers a wider geographical footprint, increased repair providers, new storage potential and much more good people today to insert to the finest group in rail.” 

AITX describes itself as “a major railcar provider supplier with remedies across leasing, maintenance and railcar details. AITX’s wide and varied railcar leasing fleet features buyers transport versatility and a portfolio of financing options. Our ideal-in-course railcar fix community spans throughout North The usa with capabilities throughout full-services maintenance, mobile functions, onsite partnerships and railcar storage.”