Port Terminal Railroad Association. Committed to Safety and Service

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1 Port Terminal Railroad Association Committed to Safety and Service

2 Port Terminal Railroad History Port Terminal Railroad History The Port Terminal Railroad Association (PTRA), formed in 1924, is the culmination of an original eighteen different railroads that serviced the industries along the Houston Ship Channel. Original 18 Railroads Texas & New Orleans RR Co. The Houston, East & West Texas RR Co. Galveston, Harrisburg and San Antonio RR Houston & Texas Central RR Co. International Great Northern RR Co. St. Louis, Brownsville & Mexico RR Co. Beaumont, Sour Lake & Western RR Co. Gulf Colorado & Santa Fe RR Co. Trinity & Brazos Valley RR Co. San Antonio & Aransas Pass RR Co. Missouri-Kansas-Texas RR. Co. of Texas Houston Belt & Terminal RR Co. Galveston Houston Electric Houston and Brazos Valley Columbia Tap Railway LaPorte Houston Northern Railway Galveston, Houston, Henderson Buffalo Bayou Brazos & Colorado

3 Port Port Terminal Railroad History Through mergers and acquisitions, the PTRA today is an Association of Union Pacific, Burlington Northern Santa Fe, TexMex/KCS and the Port of Houston Authority.

4 What is the Difference between the PTRA Class I Railroads: UPRR 32,000 Route Miles 47,200 Employees BNSF 32,500 Route Miles 48,000 Employees KCS/TEXMEX 6,800 Route Miles in US and Mexico and a Class I Railroad?

5 PTRA straddles both sides of the Houston ship channel and proudly: Services 115 customers from 7 serving yards. Maintains 172 miles of track and 20 bridges. Handles approximately 57,000 cars with an average of 1,275 engine starts per month. Operates 24/7 363 days +/yr. Port Terminal Railroad Operations

6 PTRA Human Capital 335 Employees 202 Train, Engine and Yard 35 Track Maintenance Workers 43 Carmen 25 Clerks 30 Managers/Officers

7 PTRA Infrastructure PTRA has a total Yard Capacity of 4,000 railcars, and is currently operating at 70% of capacity. On average, PTRA spots and pulls 2,000 industry cars per day and has 9,000 cars spotted at industry at any given time. Interchange of 780 trains per month

8 PTRA Commodities Handled Ethanol 4% Crude 4% Coal 5% Food 3% Autos 3% I'modal 2% Other 1% Chemicals 24% Steel 5% Industrial 8% Plastics 18% Coke 11% Grain 12%

9 PTRA Partners PTRA handles its volumes with 27 locomotives maintained by WABTEC Global.

10 PTRA Technology 29 AEI (Automatic Equip. Identification) scanners automatically place, pull, arrive, and depart over 272,000 car movements per month. 51 total cameras across the PTRA provide operational efficiencies and security. 27 locomotive mounted cameras

11 PTRA Public Safety PTRA operates over a total of 37 Public Hwy/Rail grade crossings 51 Private Hwy/Rail grade crossings Active Participants in the UPRR Houston Service Unit Public Safety Team meetings. PTRA Police handles all crossings malfunction reports Track Inspections: Main running track Crossing surface conditions and sight lines are routinely checked at each crossing.

12 PTRA Public Safety Crossing Maintenance Vegetation control is performed twice per year to maintain proper sight lines at all crossings By contract, all active protection highway/rail grade crossings are maintained by UPRR Crossing Upgrades/Replacement 2014 upgraded 160 feet on 4 crossings 2013 upgraded 162 feet on 3 crossings 2012 upgraded 396 feet on 9 crossings 2011 upgraded 243 feet on 5 crossings

13 PTRA Public Safety Operation Lifesaver, Inc. Local and Regional Presentations: Elementary, Middle and High Schools Industries and contractors Trucking Companies BNSF Intermodal (Quarterly) 8-10 Days at the HLSR OLI Booth School Bus Drivers Incident Prevention Activities 45,993+ Operation Lifesaver, Inc. contacts HLSR OLI Booth Sponsored by All Member lines

14 PTRA Public Safety Operation Lifesaver, Inc.

15 Railroad Safety America s railroads today have lower employee injury rates than most other major industries. Source: aar.org

16 Railroad Haz-Mat Safety U.S. railroads transport approximately two million carloads of hazardous materials each year. Railroads are the safest mode for transporting hazardous materials. In 2014, percent of rail hazmat shipments reached their destination without a release caused by a train accident. Rail hazmat accident rates in 2014 were down 95 percent since 1980, down 74 percent since 1990, and down 66 percent since 2000.

17 Railroad Haz-Mat Safety Around half of all hazardous materials are transported in tank cars. Tank cars built today are vastly improved over earlier generations. Higher grade steel Better thermal protection Improved valves and fittings Often thicker tanks, and other improvements.

18 Railroad Haz-Mat Safety New rules set tougher standards for new tank cars used to transport flammable liquids, including crude oil and ethanol, and call for existing cars that carry flammable liquids to be retrofitted with enhanced safety features or, if no upgrades are made, phased out. All major railroads have teams devoted to emergency response and maintain networks of hazmat response contractors and environmental consultants, located throughout their service areas, on call 24/7.

19 Q & A J. Kirk Higbie Director of Safety & Environmental, PTRA (office) jhigbie@ptra.com PTRA Suppliers Houston Ship Channel PTRA Human Capital PTRA Technology PTRA Infrastructure PTRA Customers PTRA Public Safety