NS breaks ground for intermodal terminal

NS breaks ground for intermodal terminal    Norfolk Southern Railroad held a groundbreaking ceremony for a new intermodal terminal in Greencastle, Penn. that it expects to open in 2012.
   The $95 million facility is part of the railroad’s multistate Crescent Corridor initiative to establish an efficient, high-capacity intermodal freight rail route between the Gulf Coast and the Northeast.
   The Crescent Corridor is a program of improvements to infrastructure and other facilities geared toward creating a high capacity 2,500-mile intermodal route from New Jersey to Louisiana that the railroad said could absorb more than a million truck hauls each year from interstate highways.
   The Crescent Corridor program of projects is estimated to cost $2.5 billion for full development. In addition to the Greencastle facility, Crescent Corridor projects planned for development include new independent intermodal facilities at Birmingham, Ala., Charlotte, N.C. and Memphis, Tenn.; expanding intermodal terminals in Harrisburg and Philadelphia, Pa.; and adding freight rail capacity in Virginia and Mississippi.