READING BLUE MOUNTAIN & NORTHERN RAILROAD HOME ABOUT US CONTACT BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT REAL ESTATE CAREERS NEWS CALENDAR SALES RBMN-PASSENGER LGSRY Reading and Northern Business Development Rian Nemeroff, Senior Vice President – Merchandise Marketing and Sales 484-332-1017. Bill Clark, Senior VP Coal 484-332-1008. Karl Laubenstine VP Coal Marketing and Sales 570-294-8697. James Cerulli, VP Business Development 570-640-8011. Daren Geschwindt VP Distribution Services 484-332-1015. At the Reading and Northern Railroad we provide excellent sales, marketing, and customer support for all of our current and prospective customers throughout the nine counties we serve in Pennsylvania. We are also proud to be nationally recognized for our accomplishments in attracting new customers and new business to our railroad. The American Short Line and Regional Railroad Association (ASLRRA) awarded the Reading and Northern Railroad their “Short Line Marketing Award” in 2020 for the fifth time since 2010! In addition, the Reading and Northern was recognized as the Regional Railroad of the Year by Railway Age Magazine again in 2020…. the only four-time winner of this prestigious award. These awards are presented in recognition of our strong and effective development efforts in attracting new business and new customers to the Reading and Northern Railroad. We can assist with Industrial Development site searches as well as rail infrastructure design and construction planning. We serve or access numerous industrial parks with available site locations for development. (See our list of available Industrial Development Sites under the “Business Development” section of the web site.) Reading and Northern also owns and operates transloading and warehouse operations in West Cressona, Penobscot, Ransom and West Hazleton, PA. We can provide rail car loading/unloading, storage space for material both inside and outside as well as local trucking in our privately owned truck fleet. (See our list of transloading services under the “Business Development” section of the web site.) We also serve major warehousing and distribution operations based out of Scranton and Hazleton PA. Our railroad is 400 miles long and we handle freight to and from all points in North America as well as imports and exports around the world. We connect to both Norfolk Southern and Canadian Pacific Class 1 railroads. While still known as “The Road of Anthracite” for our historic roots in the anthracite coal region we have a broad and diverse traffic base. Primary materials handled by RBMN include Anthracite Coal, Forest Products such as Pulp, Paper and Wood, Plastics, Food & Agriculture Products, Chemicals & Minerals, and Metals & Construction Products. We own and maintain over 1400 rail cars and 67 locomotives. Our car shop and engine house are on site for most routine maintenance needs and our certified weigh in motion scale is available to update car records with accurate weights. Our Customer Service department is modern and equipped with state-of-the-art systems for managing inbound and outbound car movements. We are positioned well to continue taking good care of our customers to help them be successful and also working aggressively to help new customers locate on the Reading and Northern to take advantage of the many benefits of being located on the RBMN….such as Scheduled Railroad – Every customer has a scheduled delivery window of two hours which we meet 99% on time. Two Class I Connections – We connect to both Norfolk Southern and Canadian Pacific railroads. Extra Daily Switching Availability – We can often accommodate extra switches if needed. Low Demurrage Fees – We have among the lowest fees in the industry for demurrage. Capacity on Trains – We have room to grow Storage Tracks – We have the capacity and experience to handle storage of both loaded and empty rail cars. Please contact Dan Gilchrist, Rian Nemeroff, Bill Clark, Karl Laubenstine, Daren Geschwindt or Jim Cerulli with any business development questions or opportunities.