Railroad News
A rendering of Georgia-Pacific's 900,000-square-foot plant, which will be served by CSX. Photo – Georgia-Pacific
Georgia-Pacific has chosen a CSX rail-served site in Jackson, Tennessee, to locate a new Dixie® paper products manufacturing plant.
The company will invest more than $425 million in the state-of-the-art facility, which will increase the supply of disposable tableware products. Construction is set to begin by 2022’s end and startup is slated for summer 2024, Georgia-Pacific officials said in a press release.
Norfolk Southern Railway has created a combined transportation and network operations organization and promoted Paul Duncan to lead the group as senior vice president.
Duncan will lead the team responsible for designing network operations, executing network plans and coordinating the movement of trains across the NS rail network, company officials said in a press release.
CSX Corp. will contribute $200,000 to support relief and recovery efforts underway in the Florida and South Carolina communities affected by Hurricane Ian.Based in Jacksonville, Florida, the Class I will donate $150,000 to the American Red Cross to support relief efforts in Florida and South Carolina, while $50,000 will go to Florida's Disaster Fund.The Red Cross is providing safe shelter, food and health services to families who lost their homes and belongings. Florida’s Disaster Fund assists Florida's communities as they respond to and recover during times of emergency or disaster by distributing funds to service organizations in impacted communities."CSX cares deeply about the communities where we operate and our thoughts are with all those in Florida and South Carolina that have been impacted by Hurricane Ian," said CSX President and CEO Joe Hinrichs in a press release.
BNSF Railway Co. announced plans to invest more than $1.5 billion to construct a state-of-the-art, master-planned rail facility in Southern California.
The Barstow International Gateway will be a 4,500-acre integrated rail facility on the west side of Barstow, consisting of a rail yard, intermodal facility and warehouses for transloading freight from international containers to domestic containers.