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redside20 wrote:Belgian company Solvay Polymers is adding a peek resin plant in Augusta Ga

Seems like Solvay has a plant or two in MI that receive rail service. Milan perhaps? Adrian?

AARR wrote:

redside20 wrote:Belgian company Solvay Polymers is adding a peek resin plant in Augusta Ga

Seems like Solvay has a plant or two in MI that receive rail service. Milan perhaps? Adrian?

I looked at Solvays Website...It appears there are no Solvay Plants in Michigan at this time.

Pactiv Corp in Kinston NC is adding space and workers at that plant

http://www.areadevelopment.com/newsItem ... 5467.shtml


The rail served plant on the west side of Kinston
https://www.google.com/maps/place/1447+ ... a71b?hl=en

Another company expanding in another North Carolina city...This time its Global Packaging in Hamlet North Carolina
http://www.areadevelopment.com/newsItem ... 0284.shtml

There plant in Hamlet
https://www.google.com/maps/place/Globa ... 4bf5?hl=en

Do these Mercedes Benz transit vans get shipped by rail out of Charleston SC?
http://www.areadevelopment.com/newsItem ... 5635.shtml

A tile manufacturer is coming to Mount Pleasant Tn...
http://www.areadevelopment.com/newsItem ... 4654.shtml

rail line nearby

A Frito Lay Plant in Charlotte NC is planning to supersize in the future
http://www.areadevelopment.com/newsItem ... 5754.shtml

located on the sw side of Charlotte they are a big time user of rail
http://binged.it/1BXh9jM

A Polymer Plant in Chester Co South Carolina expanding.
http://www.areadevelopment.com/newsitem ... 3425.shtml

Here is the Specialty Polymers Plant off of Old Richburg Road near Chester SC
http://www.bing.com/maps/?v=2&cp=psmbk7 ... orm=LMLTCC

South Carolina Particle board Mill expansion
http://www.areadevelopment.com/newsItem ... 9552.shtml

Located near Bennettsville, this complex is huge. I wonder if the facilities across the street are part of the whole Arauco complex as well
http://binged.it/1NCk4RJ

Chemical Plant expansion in Calvert City Kentucky
http://www.areadevelopment.com/newsitem ... 8952.shtml

The sprawling complex of Wacker Chemical.
http://binged.it/1E7qZgk

I Wonder how much rail traffic is generated here.

Four years after ending them, Anheuser-Busch InBev is resuming rail beer shipments from its St. Louis brewery. Details at link.

http://www.bizjournals.com/stlouis/morn ... ments.html

Mike H - Detroit has vacant warehouses and drink a lot of beer. Can you get some of this business on CN to one of those warehouses!

bn13814 wrote:Four years after ending them, Anheuser-Busch InBev is resuming rail beer shipments from its St. Louis brewery. Details at link.

http://www.bizjournals.com/stlouis/morn ... ments.html

Wire Producer coming to South Carolina...Wire Mesh Corp setting up shop near St Matthews SC, rail access mentioned
http://www.areadevelopment.com/newsItem ... 4344.shtml

New Logistics center opening in Oakland California near the Airport
http://www.areadevelopment.com/newsItem ... 6355.shtml

Will these items be placed on Intermodal trains?

CN is going to open an intermodal hub in Milton, ON(west side of the Toronto area):

http://www.wset.com/story/28541807/cn-t ... of-toronto

Trains has an article as well:

http://trn.trains.com/news/news-wire/20 ... of-toronto

Two established Plastic companies will be breaking ground this year with two new plants...

Fabri-Kal in Burley Idaho
http://www.plasticsnews.com/article/201 ... daho-plant

And Silgan Plastics is building yet another new plant in Hazelwood Mo
http://www.plasticsnews.com/article/201 ... -for-plant

The chance for rail access for both these facilities...who knows..

Supplier Park coming to an established Nissan facility in Smyrna Tn

http://www.areadevelopment.com/newsItem ... 4554.shtml



The rail served Nissan Smyrna Plant as autoracks can be seen behind plant but will a rail spur be built to the new park?...again who knows
http://binged.it/1HczS8M

A Canadian Logistics Company opened a brand new warehouse in Vancouver BC
http://www.areadevelopment.com/newsItem ... uver.shtml

These guys definitely do have rail access big time...A real gold mine of rail activity in the area..The facility on Derwent Way
http://binged.it/1OgpxOr

And their website..pretty cool
http://www.godominion.com/en/contact-do ... lumbia.php

North American Stainless Steel in Ghent Ky with another expansion
http://www.areadevelopment.com/newsItem ... 7572.shtml

From April edition of Railfan & Railroad, out in South Dakota two grain elevator projects are about to come to fruition on the Dakota Southern Railway. A new 40 million dollar grain handling facility in Britton and another similar one in Kennebec along with a grain shuttling facility have been planned. Two 10000 foot sidings are planned on the Rapid City, Pierre and Eastern Railway among other projects out that way. And an interchange on the Britton Line is being revamped with new rail and a new wye track at Jarrett Junction.