NORTHUMBERLAND, Pa. — Button Oil & Propane and the North Shore Railroad have opened a rail-fed, 240,000-gallon propane terminal, described as the first of its kind in the region, to offer residential and commercial delivery of propane, as well as butane for manufacturing applications.
A grand opening for the facility was held Tuesday, Nov. 22, ending a process that began more than three years earlier.
“It was mid-2019 when Ed Button walked into my office to have our first discussion about his concept for a pressurized gas transload terminal,” Todd Hunter, North Shore’s chief marketing officer, said in a press release. “After over 2,000 emails and countless phone calls and meetings since then, we arrive here today, at this beautiful state-of-the-art facility.”
Officials from both companies, along with local government officials, representatives of companies that helped develop the site, and other organizations were on hand for Tuesday’s ribbon-cutting.
Button Oil & Propane, founded in 1933, is currently owned and operated by the fourth generation of the Button family. The North Shore Railroad is a 49.8-mile short line interchanging with Norfolk Southern and Canadian Pacific in Northumberland. It was established in 1984 to operate a former Conrail branch now owned by the SEDA-COG Joint Rail Authority.
Very good news!
Great job on all parties involved, there are so many propane distributors in this country that should be rail served and are not.
Todd lands another “Big One”!
Seems as though the only good news in railroading comes form short lines such as this one.
Sorry. “from”