Texas Border Business
OmniTRAX’s Brownsville & Rio Grande International Railroad President and COO Norma Torres was recognized as one of Railway Age’s 2021 Women in Rail. The awards program honored 26 leaders for driving their businesses forward while helping to make a difference in the industry and in their communities.
Established in 2017, the annual awards are presented to women railroaders from the freight, transit and supplier sectors as well as government and trade organizations. They are based in the United States, Canada and/or Mexico.
In 2020, BRG smashed records with an all-time high of 51,115 loaded railcars handled at the Port of Brownsville throughout the year.
Since 2014, OmniTRAX, Inc., under agreement with the Port of Brownsville, has managed the BRG enhancing services for port rail users and connecting shippers and the port to three Class 1 railroads: Union Pacific, BNSF Railway and Kansas City Southern de Mexico for access into Mexico.
