Private Railcar Food and Beverage Association, Inc.

An association for like minded private railcar shippers

Scene at the Steamtown National Historic Site, a railroad museum and heritage railroad located in downtown Scranton, Pennsylvania. Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division, photograph by Carol M. Highsmith [reproduction number, LC-DIG-highsm-56546 (original digital file)]

PRFBA’s Mission:

To provide Private Railcar Food and Beverage companies a forum/organization that will allow them to work together to achieve common goals and interests.

A surprising tourist attraction in Athens, Georgia: one of several wooden train trestles, now out of service. Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division, photograph by Carol M. Highsmith [reproduction number, LC-DIG-highsm- 44395 (original digital file)]

PRFBA’s Focus includes five points:

Exploring supply chain efficiencies within the group and with the railroad providers;
Sharing of best practices for the management of a private railcar fleet in the food and beverage industries;
Sharing common issues and concerns regarding underlying rail terms and conditions of service;
Collaborating with each other to develop efficient railroad network opportunities;
Representing the “voice of the food and beverage private railcar shipper” on Capitol Hill and at the Surface Transportation Board.

Our History

The Private Railcar Food and Beverage Association was founded on January 19th, 2016. The idea of the Association came to light as a suggestion by a group of Cryo-Trans private railcar shippers.

A Rail Summit was held in Maryland in September of 2015 and 10 well known food and beverage companies voted to establish an association to represent their interests and concerns regarding freight rail shipping. Cryo-Trans agreed to fund and continued to support PRFBA until Cryo-Trans was sold on December 31st, 2020.

PRFBA will always be grateful to Cryo-Trans for their encouragement through the early years of the Association.