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NS Eyes Indiana for Rail Yard
Norfolk Southern is considering building a major rail yard by an Indiana town 75 miles from Chicago to bring consumer goods to the Midwest, Reuters reports.
"They're looking at a site west of LaPorte and are negotiating with property owners to buy land," said Leigh Morris, mayor of LaPorte. Morris said NS was looking to build an intermodal transfer yard on a 2,000-acre site near the town of 22,000 people.
Morris said that two other railroads, CSX Corp. and Canadian National Railway Co., have been looking at LaPorte county as the site for intermodal yards. The area provides access to Chicago without congestion.
Any decision on allowing the construction of a rail yard would fall to the LaPorte County Commission, Morris said, adding that the plot of land Norfolk Southern is considering would give the railroad easy access to three Interstate highways – 80, 94 and 90.
Morris said the yard would mimic BNSF's intermodal facility less than 50 miles southwest of Chicago, close to Interstates 80 and 55.
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Industry news
NS Eyes Indiana for Rail Yard
Norfolk Southern is considering building a major rail yard by an Indiana town 75 miles from Chicago to bring consumer goods to the Midwest, Reuters reports.
"They're looking at a site west of LaPorte and are negotiating with property owners to buy land," said Leigh Morris, mayor of LaPorte. Morris said NS was looking to build an intermodal transfer yard on a 2,000-acre site near the town of 22,000 people.
Morris said that two other railroads, CSX Corp. and Canadian National Railway Co., have been looking at LaPorte county as the site for intermodal yards. The area provides access to Chicago without congestion.
Any decision on allowing the construction of a rail yard would fall to the LaPorte County Commission, Morris said, adding that the plot of land Norfolk Southern is considering would give the railroad easy access to three Interstate highways – 80, 94 and 90.
Morris said the yard would mimic BNSF's intermodal facility less than 50 miles southwest of Chicago, close to Interstates 80 and 55.
