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Port Terminal Railroad Association

Prepared for Transportation Sustainability

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Transportation SustainabilityPTRA Roots

Houston Ship ChannelThe amazing story of the Houston Ship Channel began in 1836 when the Allen brothers from New York decided their new town needed a navigable waterway.

Many doubted that the 6-foot Buffalo Bayou could become a navigable waterway!

Houston’s future was assured President Woodrow Wilson officially opened the port to traffic as the World Port of Houston and Buffalo Bayou on November 10, 1914.

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Bayou Scene, Houston, TX circa 1926

Houston Ship Channel

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The Port Terminal Railroad Association (PTRA), formed in 1924, is the culmination of an original eighteen different railroads that originally 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

Port Terminal Railroad History

Through mergers and acquisitions, the PTRA today is an Association of three (3) Class I railroads: Union Pacific,

Burlington Northern Santa Fe, KCS (Mexico)

and the Port of Houston Authority.

Port Terminal Railroad History

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Transportation SustainabilityPTRA Today

PTRA straddles both sides of the Houston ship channel and proudly:

Services 226 customers from 7 serving yards.

Maintains 172 miles of track and 20 bridges.

Handles approximately 52,000 cars with an average of 975 engine starts per month.

Port Terminal Railroad Operations

Houston Rail Complex

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Chemicals28%

Plastics22%

Coke12%

Industrial11%

Grain8%

Other5%

Steel4%

Autos3%

Food3%

Coal3%

Ethanol1%

2018 – PTRA Commodities Handled

PTRA Customers Base by Commodity

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Transportation SustainabilityPTRA Preparation for Growth

A Decade *plus of Preparation

(in millions) 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 Total

Expansion$ 2.3 $ 6.1 $ 0.9 $ 3.8 $ - $ 0.1 $ 8.0 $ 6.2 $ 6.2 $ 4.4 $ 1.6 $ 2.4 $ 6.0 $ 48.0

Maintenance$ 2.1 $ 2.2 $ 2.8 $ 2.3 $ 2.8 $ 3.8 $ 6.0 $ 4.8 $ 7.2 $ 8.2 $ 6.3 $ 6.9 $ 10.1 $ 65.5

Environmental & Other$ 0.0 $ 0.0 $ 0.1 $ 0.6 $ 0.2 $ 1.2 $ 0.9 $ 1.2 $ 4.0 $ 5.7 $ 4.6 $ 4.4 $ 1.6 $ 24.5

Total$ 4.4 $ 8.3 $ 3.8 $ 6.7 $ 3.0 $ 5.1 $ 14.9 $ 12.2 $ 17.4 $ 18.3 $ 12.5 $ 13.7 $ 17.7 $ 138.0

PTRA Member Lines have invested $138 million in the last 13 years in capital expansion and

maintenance.

A Decade *plus of Preparation

PTRA Member Lines have invested over $138 million in the last 13 years in capital expansion and maintenance.

Capital Expansion

• Increase Yard Capacity

• Increase Velocity by Adding Main Running Tracks

• Increase switching performance by adding switching leads

Capital Maintenance

• Annual Rail Tie Replacement

• 20-year Locomotive Overhauls

• Bridge Repair and Maintenance – 286K railroad

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Track 63 was added at our North Yard as a “running track” to handle unit trains destined to facilities on the north side of the ship channel.

Unit trains are typically• Grain• Ethanol• Gasoline• Fuel oil• Wind fan• Aggregate

Transportation Sustainability Adding Velocity and Capacity – North Shore

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Double Track all locations on the main running track on the North Side of the Ship Channel

Transportation Sustainability Adding Velocity– North Shore

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• All tracks on the south end of Manchester Yard were extended upon the completion of the Central Avenue Overpass.

• Track extensions increased the static capacity of Manchester Yard by 300 cars.

Transportation Sustainability Adding Capacity – South Shore

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Transportation Sustainability Adding Velocity and Capacity – South Shore

Track 16 was added at our Pasadena Yard as a “running track” to handle unit trains and empty hopper spot trains destined to facilities on the south side of the ship channel.

Unit trains are typically• Ethanol• Empty Plastic Hoppers

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Double Track the Broadway Bridge to Manchester Junction (estimated completion May 2019).

Transportation Sustainability Adding Velocity – South Shore

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Customers are also adding capacity

• Two new 500+ railcar storage facilities to handle overflow volumes have been built – one on the North Shore and one on the South Shore.

• A second storage facility is scheduled to commence construction on the South Shore in mid 2019 adding an additional 650 car storage spots.

• Vopak constructed a Loop Track to handle ethanol traffic.

• Inter Continental Terminals opened a second location in Pasadena, TX and is currently expanding.

• Kinder Morgan built Loop Tracks to handle ethanol, coal and coke business.

• Katoen Natie added an additional 200 spots at its LaPorte, TX facility.

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Customers are also adding capacity

• Frontier Logistics added 200 additional spots between its LaPorte, TX and Deer Park facilities.

• Greensport Terminal has expanded its Operations to handle ethanol, fuel, aggregate and wind fan business.

• Plastic Express and Modern Polymers (plastic baggers) and Beshert and New Process (steel) opened rail served facilities on PTRA.

• Jacob Stern opened a 2nd facility on PTRA.

• Hansen Mueller renewed its rail operations in 2019 by receiving shuttle trains.

• Texas Lehigh will open a Cement facility for unit trains in 2nd quarter 2019.

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Transportation SustainabilityPTRA Safety and Service Performance

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PTRA – Committed to Safety

SafetyPerformance

2014 2015 2016 2017 2018

All Injuries 8 9 8 5 7

Severity Index 65.99 83.84 34.33 44 46.56

Human Factor REI’s 17 13 11 10 10

All REI’s 26 22 20 16 15

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PTRA – Committed to Safety

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PTRA – Committed to Service

Service Performance 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018

Right Train Right Day 97 97 98 98 98

Gathering 93 94 95 96 96

Distribution 93 93 94 96 96

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Gathering from Customer within Window

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PTRA – Ready for the Future

Members are committed to ensure that infrastructure can handle future business growth.

PTRA is committed to handling traffic with the highest standards of safety and service.

PTRA is prepared for Transportation Sustainability.

PTRA Technology

PTRA Suppliers

Houston Ship Channel

PTRAHuman Capital

PTRA Infrastructure

Port of Houston

PTRA Customers

Q & A

Jeff Norwood – General Manager, PTRA

713.393.6507 (office)jnorwood@ptra.com

Theresa Rusk – Director of Customer Service, PTRA

713.393.6535 (office)trusk@ptra.com

Committed to Safety and Service