JOC Staff | Jan 25, 2013 11:57AM EST
Jacksonville, Fla.-based class I railroad CSX Transportation, the main subsidiary of CSX Corporation, in collaboration with the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, has opened New England’s first double-stack cleared intermodal route on its rail line between the New York state line and the newly expanded intermodal terminal in Worcester, Mass.
The project involved increasing vertical clearances to 21 feet, enabling intermodal trains to operate with containers stack two-high, and in turn giving the region access to double-stack intermodal service throughout the country.
Previously, double-stack intermodal trains coming to New England from the Midwest or western origins had to stop in Syracuse, N.Y., to be converted from double-stack to single-stack configurations. The reverse occurred on westbound routes from New England.
