Conrail tabs Wright as president and chief operating officer

Conrail has named John Wright its new president and chief operating officer, bringing aboard a freight rail veteran with decades of operating and executive experience.

Wright most recently served as general manager of Indiana Harbor Belt Railroad, a 600-employee switching and belt-line railroad based in Hammond, Ind.

He succeeds Brian Gorton, who retired from the carrier headquartered in Mount Laurel, N.J., and co-owned by Norfolk Southern and CSX. Conrail has approximately 920 employees, and operates 1,200 track-miles in the northern New Jersey, southern New Jersey/Philadelphia, and Detroit.

Wright began his railroad career in 1996 as a conductor for NS (NYSE: NSC) before moving into executive positions at CSX Transportation (NASDAQ: CSX). His roles there included assistant vice president of locomotive operations and division manager for the Baltimore, Atlanta and Great Lakes divisions.

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