Huge Intermodal Operation Coming To Northwest Indiana

A huge intermodal operation is planned for Northwest Indiana, according to news reports.

Gary's Kirk Yard will become a huge intermodal operation when Canadian National Railway buys the EJ&E Railway, reports the Northwest Indiana Times.

Canadian National CEO E. Hunter Harrison on Wednesday said Kirk Yard south of U.S. Steel Gary Works is a "critical part" of the railroad's proposed $300 million purchase of the EJ&E, which could cut train waits in Chicago by as much as a day.

Time will tell if the creation of a huge intermodal operation operation in Gary will increase the need for alternative transportation routes -- namely the Illiana Expressway -- in Northwest Indiana.

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