This has been reprinted from the Feb. 6 USDA Grain Transportation Report.
On January 30, Norfolk Southern Railway (NS) announced it worked with 77 businesses across 16 States to open new or expand facilities on its rail lines in 2019.
According to NS, these businesses invested nearly $2 billion to develop 54 new rail-served commercial projects and expand 23 existing ones.
NS estimates all of this activity will generate more than 1,160 customer jobs and more than 62,300 carloads of new rail traffic annually.
A fertilizer facility in Aurora, NC, was among the largest development projects.
In the past 10 years, NS has participated in locating or expanding 974 industrial facilities, which represent nearly $62 billion in private investment.