November 15, 2025 - TRA Newswire -

CLR, formerly known as County Line Rail, launched its new website, https://www.clrail.com/, this week to support the company's national expansion strategy and brought onboard a rail veteran to help with its vision for the future. The digital platform reflects CLR's evolution from regional Gulf Coast operator to national rail infrastructure provider.

CLR is a privately owned rail infrastructure developer and operator that handles switching, storage, transloading and unit train services across the Texas Gulf Coast.

Its Sabine River & Northern Railroad (SRN) facility offers a 24-hour switching guarantee versus industry standard 48-72 hours,with direct plant connectivity to local manufacturing sites. The company provides multiple transloading services, and 2,300+ railcar storage spots across three Texas facilities. CLR has rail access to all Class 1 railroads in Southeast Texas.

"We've built something exceptional in Texas—operational excellence, strategic infrastructure advantages, and genuine partnerships with Class I railroads and industrial customers," said Ben Brosseau, CEO of CLR. "As we expand our footprint nationally, we need a digital presence that reflects the scope and quality of what we've built on the ground." 

"The rail industry is evolving rapidly as Class I carriers focus on improving system velocity, which creates tremendous opportunity for strategic infrastructure partners like CLR," said Bryan Boaz, newly hired Chief Commercial Officer. "We're developing facilities along high-traffic mainline corridors that allow railroads to execute 'hook and haul' operations more efficiently—we handle the switching and blocking, they handle the line haul."

Boaz brings more than two decades of railroad operations and commercial leadership experience. "Bryan is one of those rare industry leaders who has excelled on both sides of the business—railroad operations and shipper commercial strategy," said CEO Brosseau. "He started as a conductor at Kansas City Southern and went on to lead ExxonMobil's North American rail program through some of the most challenging periods in recent history. That combination of ground-level railroad knowledge and strategic commercial execution is exactly what we need as we scale CLR into a national platform." 

CLR said their vision is to develop facilities along high-traffic mainline corridors that allow railroads to execute 'hook and haul' operations more efficiently. CLR would handle the switching and blocking; the Class 1's handle the line haul.

"We're expanding east of the Mississippi River and developing operational storage and blocking yards in strategic locations with multiple Class I service options. Three to five years from now, I see CLR as a recognized infrastructure provider that adds measurable value to North America's rail network," said Boaz. 

Photo credit: CLR