Exhibit 10.1


 


Demand Note and Loan Agreement


 


 


Boca Raton, Florida

July 27,
2016


$250,000


 


For
Value Received, Banyan Rail Services Inc., a Delaware Corporation (“Company”), promises to pay to Boca Equity
Partners LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, its successors and assigns (“Holder”), the principal advanced by
Holder to the Company hereunder as reflected on the attached loan schedule (each an “Advance”), plus interest on the
aggregate unpaid principal balance from time to time outstanding at the rate of 10.0% per annum from the date advanced, in accordance
with the terms set forth below. The attached loan schedule shall be updated to reflect each Advance as and when it is made.


 


Until the Maturity Date (as defined below),
and subject to the terms of this Demand Note and Loan Agreement (this “Note”), provided that there has been
no Event of Default (as defined below) which Event of Default is continuing, Holder agrees to lend to the Company such amounts
as the Company may from time to time request in writing, up to an aggregate principal amount equal to $250,000. Any borrowings
made by the Company pursuant to the Note shall be in a minimum amount of at least $25,000.


 


		1.	Maturity Date. The Holder may call for payments of outstanding principal and interest under
this Note at any time or from time to time by giving notice in writing to the Company at least five business days before the date
payment is due (the “Maturity Date”). This Note may be prepaid in whole or in part at any time without penalty.



 


		2.	Events of Default. The occurrence of any of the following constitutes an “Event of
Default:”



 


		a)	the Company fails to make full and timely payments when due under this Note;



 


		b)	the Company breaches any material representation or warranty made herein;



 


		c)	the Company fails to comply with any covenant set forth herein and such failure is not cured within
five business days after Holder has notified the Company of the failure; or



 


		d)	the Company files or consents to a filing against it of bankruptcy or a bankruptcy proceeding is
begun against it and not dismissed or stayed within thirty (30) days or it consents to the appointment of a receiver, custodian
or trustee.



 






     


     


    

 


		3.	Remedies. If an Event of Default occurs and continues to exist, then the Company will pay
to Holder, in addition to all amounts due under this Note, all costs of collection, including reasonable attorneys’ fees.



 


		4.	Miscellaneous.



 


		a)	The Company hereby waives presentment, demand, protest and notice of dishonor or non-payment, and
hereby waives, to the extent permitted by law, any right to have a jury participate in resolving or determining any dispute, whether
sounding in contract, tort or otherwise, between Company and the Holder arising out of or in any way relating to this Note.



 


		b)	Holder’s failure to exercise any right or remedy available to it hereunder or at law or in
equity, or any delay in exercising any such right or remedy, shall not operate as a waiver of any of Holder’s rights.



 


		c)	This Note shall be governed and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Florida.
Any action arising out of or relating to this Note must be brought, if at all, in the courts of the State of Florida. The parties
hereby waive any objections they might otherwise have to such venue and forum, whether on the basis of inconvenience, lack of personal
jurisdiction or otherwise and hereby irrevocably consent to personal jurisdiction in such forum and venue.



 


		d)	The provisions hereof shall inure to the benefit of, and shall be binding upon, the Company, Holder
and their respective, successors and permitted assigns.



 


Banyan
Rail Services Inc.


 


 


/s/ Jon Ryan


 



By Jon Ryan, President and CEO