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Here is NS news in the Hagerstown, MD Herald-Mail newspaper - 10/18  11
Terry Marshall
 
 
$95 million Norfolk Southern facility on track  to open in 2012
One road to reopen, another to close  permanently next week at Antrim 
Township site
 
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By JENNIFER FITCH waynesboro at herald-mail.com  
11:44 a.m. EDT, October 18,  2011

 
GREENCASTLE, Pa.— 
Hykes Road will reopen and Milnor Road  close permanently Oct. 26 as part 
of ongoing construction for _Norfolk Southern_ 
(http://www.herald-mail.com/topic/economy-business-finance/norfolk-southern-corporation-ORCRP010911.topic) 
’s new $95 million facility in  Antrim Township, Pa.

The rail-truck  facility aiding in the shipment of containerized freight is 
on target to open at  the end of 2012, according to Roger Bennett, Norfolk 
Southern’s industrial  development director.

Bennett addressed  the Greencastle-Antrim _Chamber of Commerce_ 
(http://www.herald-mail.com/news/hm-95-million-norfolk-southern-facility-on-track-to-ope
n-in-2012-20111018,0,1976621.story#)   Tuesday, providing updates to his 
presentation from April 2010.

Hykes Road was closed Aug. 26 to  accommodate the railway’s efforts to make 
4 miles worth of improvements on its  main line. A Hykes Road overpass will 
open in the spring of 2012.

The intermodal facility involves a  200-acre site west of U.S. 11. Someday, 
a road will take tractor-trailers  directly from Interstate 81’s Exit 3 to 
Norfolk Southern’s property.

“We are trying to do a lot of projects  simultaneously,” Bennett said, 
explaining new Birmingham, Ala., and _Memphis_ 
(http://www.herald-mail.com/news/hm-95-million-norfolk-southern-facility-on-track-to-open-in-2012-20111018,0,
1976621.story#) ,  Tenn., intermodal facilities will open with _Franklin 
County_ 
(http://www.herald-mail.com/topic/us/pennsylvania/franklin-county-(pennsylvania)-PLGEO100101013000000.topic) ’s.

Also on tap for Norfolk Southern are projects in _Philadelphia_ 
(http://www.herald-mail.com/topic/us/pennsylvania/philadelphia-county/philadelphia-(phil
adelphia-pennsylvania)-PLGEO100101023010000.topic) , Harrisburg and other 
states that  are part of its $2.5 billion Crescent Corridor initiative on the 
East Coast.

Bennett explained how partnerships between  trucking companies and 
railroads allow for transportation of coal and industrial  goods in containers. The 
Antrim Township intermodal facility is expected to do  85,000 “lifts” a 
year, referring to containers being loaded on or off trains.

“Most of the products carried intermodal  are things you and I use every 
day,” Bennett said, saying _Wal-Mart Stores Inc._ 
(http://www.herald-mail.com/topic/economy-business-finance/wal-mart-stores-inc.-ORCRP016487.topic)  is a 
major user of  intermodal freight.

An automated gate  system will expedite _trucks_ 
(http://www.herald-mail.com/news/hm-95-million-norfolk-southern-facility-on-track-to-open-in-2012-20111
018,0,1976621.story#)   accessing the facility, he said.

The  Crescent Corridor initiative is designed to improve rail transit 
times. Norfolk  Southern predicts the first phase will take 1 million long-haul 
tractor-trailers  off the highway, although that could be tempered by growth 
in the industry.

Bennett said train hauling is three times  _more fuel efficient_ 
(http://www.herald-mail.com/news/hm-95-million-norfolk-southern-facility-on-track-to-op
en-in-2012-20111018,0,1976621.story#)   than over-the-road transportation.

The  state of Pennsylvania committed $40 million to the Antrim Township 
rail-truck  center, which could employ 126 people when it opens.

Chamber members asked about train speed, double-stack  containers, trucking 
industry projections and cargo planes. 


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