CSX opens intermodal terminal near Montreal

The cross-border rail facility offers the ability for more efficient service to Canadian customers.    CSX has expanded its cross-border service capability with the opening of a new intermodal terminal near Montreal. Located in the Perron Industrial Park in Salaberry-de-Valleyfield, the $100 million, 89-acre terminal connects the Montreal area and greater Quebec with CSX’s 21,000-mile U.S. rail network.
   Three rubber-tired gantry cranes, the first of their kind at an eastern Canadian intermodal facility, transfer containers between trucks and trains. The Jacksonville, Fla.-based railroad said the facility eventually will be able to handle 100,000 loads each year. 
   Trains serving the terminal will connect through CSX’s new Northwest Ohio intermodal hub, where containers are quickly transferred to trains heading to many cities across the United States and Canada.
   CSX continues to build up its intermodal network capacity. In addition to the Montreal and Northwest Ohio facilities, the Class I carrier has recently opened an intermodal terminal in Winterhaven, Fla., and plans to build one next year near Pittsburgh. It also continues to work on its $800 million National Gateway Initiative to remove obstacles, such as low tunnels, on the mid-Atlantic network so it can run cars with twin-stacked intermodal containers.