Broe Greater than the sum ® About Investments Real Estate Infrastructure Transport Energy Newsroom Contact Transport / “Businesses haven’t recognized how easy using rail can be. We’re changing that.” Dean Piacente- OmniTRAX Chief Executive Officer Broe’s transportation affiliate, OmniTRAX, Inc., is the second-largest private management company of short-line railroads in North America. But its expertise is more than just that. It’s about simplifying the entire process of shipping by rail. OmniTRAX adds logistics support and leading-edge technology to its basic rail service, so that shipping door-to-door or through ports is as easy as a phone call away, even for customers not adjacent to a rail line. And for customers exploring industrial development near a track, OmniTRAX helps with every phase of that operation as well. OmniTRAX is a complete shipping partner, using railroads, ports, transloading, logistics, warehousing, and industrial development to help businesses move their products conveniently and efficiently, whether their final destination is across the city or across the world. Learn much more at omnitrax.com > Our Railroads, Terminals and Ports Include: Case Studies INDUSTRIAL RENAISSANCE close 2014: Port of Brownsville Accelerating America’s Industrial Renaissance On the southernmost tip of Texas, at the port of Brownsville, rails and roads and a ready workforce converge. Nearby, thousands of acres of Texas land stand ready for industrial development, while expanded drilling in Mexico’s adjacent Burgos Basin shale formation waits only on the proper energy expertise. A 30-year lease and strategic partnership for OmniTRAX to manage the local short-line railroad. Aggressive development of rail-corridor industries, modeling operational best practices from Windsor, Colorado’s Great Western Industrial Park. The Broe Group and OmniTRAX to develop 1,200 acres for a world-class industrial park. Target opportunities include light and heavy manufacturing, logistics, energy services, technology development and export/import warehousing. DOOR TO DOOR 2012: Halliburton’s Sand Terminal at Great Western Industrial Park Door to Door In Colorado’s Denver-Julesburg basin, over a mile underground, lies a rich field of Niobrara shale. But cracking it open calls for a high-pressure slurry of a trillion grains of quartz, premium crystals mined from the purest sandstone—900 miles away, at Illinois’ St. Peter sandstone formation. Next to OmniTRAX’s Illinois Railway. Short-line rail for the first and last miles. Money-saving 100-car unit trains. The world’s largest dedicated frac sand transfer terminal, where each rail car empties in six minutes—twice as fast as at most other facilities. 500 jobs in northern Colorado, and more of the best sand where it’s needed most. NORTHWEST PASSAGE SPEED COUNTS BUILDING BIGGER Home About Investments Real Estate Infrastructure Transport Energy Newsroom Contact facebook linkedin Copyright © 2015 The Broe Group. All rights reserved.