During a presentation by Liz Cornfield from the Genesee and Wyoming Railroad during the Alberta Industrial Heartland’s annual conference Sept. 11, the company announced it will be putting in a rail yard in the Heartland.
Cornfield gave a brief overview of the company stating it had been operating for 125 years.
Owned by Brookfield Properties it owns or leases more than 100 freight railroads across North America serving 2,000 customers with more than 13,000 track miles.
Originally headquartered in Rochester, New York, it is now headquartered in Darien, Connecticut.
“We’re a leader among our peers,” stated Cornfield.
She said the company works very hard to provide excellent customer services.
In their announcement, she said its subsidiary, Alberta Heartland Railway, had entered into an agreement with Gasia Energy Corp. including a long-term lease of more than 50 acres on which it intends to construct a multi service rail terminal to serve Gasia and other AHR customers.
Located east of the North Saskatchewan River on Highway 830 between Highway 15 and Township Road 560, the proposed terminal boasts proximity to several of the largest industrial facilities within the Alberta Industrial Heartland and is contiguous to Canadian Pacific Kansas City (CPKC) and Canadian National (CN) rail lines.
Once fully built, the terminal will feature multiple loop tracks and provide customers with freight-rail transportation, as well as a suite of other services, including storage for up to 1,200 railcars and railcar-to-truck transloading.
Gasia, itself, has acquired a site and completed engineering to build a 62,000 barrel per day processing plant near Bruderheim.
It has also received permitting from the Alberta Energy Regulator and construction is expected to start in the third quarter of this year with completion and start up expected in late 2027.
John Mather
Staff Reporter
