Our Management Team & Office Locations
Our management team has over 100 years of combined railroad and shipper experience with various shortline and Class I railroads. We are confident that we can meet the needs of your business, whether it's moving freight, repairing locomotives & rolling stock, installing track, or finding the right industrial site for your new business. Give us a call today!
Management Team
Paul Hoben
Director of Business Development
Paul comes to the ACWR after 27 years in the concrete and construction materials industry as both a sales and marketing representative as well as a transportation coordinator. Paul attended Catawba College where he earned his bachelor’s degree and later attended Pfeiffer University and received his master’s in business administration. Paul brings a shipper’s mentality to the ACWR which offers our customers and prospective customers an added consultative advantage. Paul has extensive experience in working with the Class I railroads and looks forward to sharing his knowledge and experience with you.
Nick Elder
Director of Real Estate
Nick joined the ACWR with over 20 years of experience in Third Party Logistics Ownership and Operations. He has a passion for Industrial Real Estate and increasing the services available to customers through development. Nick manages the corridor and real estate holdings of the ACWR. Nick is a graduate of UNC Charlotte, where he received a Bachelors in History in 2001, and a Masters in Liberal Studies and Applied Ethics in 2007.
Jason Daily
Director of Safety, Training, and Continuous Improvement
Jason has been in the railroad industry for 27 years. He started his career at the Alaska Railroad just after high school in Anchorage, Alaska. He worked as a brakeman, conductor, engineer and terminal superintendent with the Alaska Railroad. He eventually made his way to Chicago’s Belt Railway Company, North America’s largest dual hump yard as a Trainmaster and Manager of Train Operations. In addition to his time in transportation, he worked for a large railroad holding company supporting the engineering department as the Safety & Compliance Director and most recently a major industrial switching company in the oil and gas industry as a Safety, Health and Environmental Director.
Dale Parks
Vice President of Mechanical
He began his Railroad career in 1986 at the Mid Atlantic Railroad in Chadbourn N.C. Having been in Train Service as a locomotive engineer, he worked his way up to Chief Mechanical Officer. In 1989, he took a job opportunity to work with Railtex at the Georgia South Western where he was responsible for the locomotive and freight car fleet. Then in 1992, he was transferred to the North Carolina & Virginia Properties, where he took care of The Chesapeake and Albemarle Railway and the Virginia Southern railway. In 2005, Dale spearheaded a maintenance contract for the BNSF Railway under Omnitrax, and later became their Chief Mechanical Officer for all OmniTrax railroads in the U.S.
Ed Thum
Vice President of Transportation/Maintenance
He began his railroad career in 1990 at the North Carolina & Virginia Railroad as an Engineer/Conductor for RailTex. In 1994, Ed attended the University of Tennessee and received his certification as a FRA Certified Track Inspector. In 1995, Ed accepted the position as Train Master at the Virginia Southern Railroad in Keysville, Virginia, for RailTex. Also, in 1995, Ed received his certificate for DSLE training and in 1998 received his certificate of completion for Hazardous Material Operations in Pueblo, Colorado.
Jennifer White
President
After graduating Magna Cum Laude with a BS in Business Management at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Jennifer worked for a prominent commercial real estate firm in Charlotte for 3 years. After getting a strong understanding of the commercial and industrial sector, she moved back to Pinehurst to begin her railroad career beginning as Director of Marketing and Sales.
Anthony Menzies
Chief Executive Officer
Anthony re-joined the Aberdeen Carolina & Western Railway after working as a management consultant at Ernst & Young’s (EY) Supply Chain & Operations practice. He has a passion for helping companies improve logistics, transportation, warehousing, and inventory management processes.
Robert Menzies
Owner and Chairman
He acquired the Aberdeen Carolina & Western in 1987 from the Aberdeen & Briarpatch Railway. He has had a lifelong interest in the transportation industry. He began his undergraduate studies in transportation at Arizona State University. He continued on to receive a graduate degree in transportation and logistics at Michigan State University. Bob then taught transportation at Murray State University in Kentucky as well as Tri-State University in Indiana.
Main Office
For Emergencies
(877) 533-6913
Main Office
(910) 974 - 4219
Fax
(910) 974 - 4282
967 NC Hwy 211 E
Candor, NC 27229
ABOUT US
The ACWR is the largest privately held regional railroad in North Carolina. Our dual service, Central NC location, offers businesses the best in industrial sites and transloading options in North Carolina.
- 967 NC Hwy
- 211 ECandor,
- NC 27229
