Eastern Railroad Discussion > CP/G&W inermodal in central Ohio

It's been several months since announcement of CP intermodal service over G&W into central Ohio. Anyone have any updates on how that is going? Any photos of the terminal?

Read somewhere else that container number two was loaded in late October.

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Did they need a special train to move that ?   :-)
 

Bill Miller
Galt, ON

First container was a time move which is why it ran by itself. 2nd container was on southbound slop freight and was for a Cincinnati customer. Bluegrass traffic hasn't started yet. Track work still needed in Springfield and Lima.

Thanks all. Any idea when it is truly expected to be up and running?

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Is there any reason why CP did not look to build a yard along the CF&E verses going south to Jeffersonville, OH?  Would it be possible to somehow connect the CF&E to Detroit so that this service could also run as a through line for CP between Southern Canada and Chicago which would allow containers to not only cmoe from the west but also the east?

Northern Wrote:
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> Is there any reason why CP did not look to build a
> yard along the CF&E verses going south to
> Jeffersonville, OH?  Would it be possible to
> somehow connect the CF&E to Detroit so that this
> service could also run as a through line for CP
> between Southern Canada and Chicago which would
> allow containers to not only cmoe from the west
> but also the east?

Bluegrass Farms already has a modest container yard south of Jeffersonville, OH (attached photo) on the Indiana & Ohio with easy access to I-71 approximately half way between Columbus and Cincinnati (and it's close to Dayton, too). It is CP's intent to tap into the southern Ohio market with international intermodal service to/from Vancouver.

https://www.farmfutures.com/business/canadian-pacific-railway-extends-ohio



Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 11/16/18 05:11 by JPB.

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Here's some info taken from the draft Ohio Rail Plan (posted November 2018) re: CP/G&W's Vancouver-Jeffersonville intermodal service:

"...4.4.2 Jeffersonville Intermodal Facility

A new intermodal terminal, the Central Ohio Intermodal Center, is opening in Jeffersonville off I-71 southeast of Dayton and southwest of Columbus. The new terminal will provide international intermodal service between Jeffersonville and Vancouver, BC. It is made possible by a cooperative agreement between Canadian Pacific Railway, Genesee & Wyoming, Inc., and Bluegrass Farms. Containers from Asia will travel on the Canadian Pacific Railway between Vancouver and Chicago, transfer to the Chicago, Fort Wayne & Eastern Railroad in Chicago, and transfer to the Indiana & Ohio Railway in Lima, and then be offloaded at the Bluegrass Farms terminal in Jeffersonville. 

The project will provide new intermodal options to shippers in western and central Ohio. Traditionally, intermodal service to the Dayton area was provided through terminals in Columbus or Cincinnati, but the new terminal will be closer, requiring a shorter truck move. All other intermodal services in Ohio are provided by either Norfolk Southern or CSX. Canadian Pacific is a new entrant into the Ohio intermodal market, and the Canadian Pacific Railway/Genesee & Wyoming, Inc. service could introduce a new competitive element to intermodal service offerings in the state. The terminal also provides export opportunities. Many containers arrive from Asia into the United States, then are unloaded and returned to Asia empty. Bluegrass Farms specializes in identity preserved, 4 foodgrade soybeans. With the new facility, containers can be reloaded with identity preserved soybeans and returned to Asia full rather than empty.

To operate double-stack trains on the Indiana & Ohio Railway, several vertical obstructions must be cleared in the Springfield area. ORDC is assisting with a project to do so. Genesee & Wyoming, Inc. also intends to improve speeds along the rail lines on which the service will rely, so that segments of the Fort Wayne & Eastern Railroad in Chicago, and the Indiana & Ohio Railway used by the route will be rated to 40 miles per hour..."

Here's a link to the entire Ohio Rail Plan: http://www.dot.state.oh.us/Divisions/Rail/Documents/State%20of%20Ohio%20Rail%20Plan%20-%20Draft.pdf