Indiana rail business news

[redside20]

Pactiv in Griffith is closing..
http://www.insideindianabusiness.com/ne ... p?ID=53010

This had served by rail for several years..

[redside20]

NS served customer Berry Plastics is expanding in Richmond Indiana
http://www.insideindianabusiness.com/ne ... p?ID=53583

[redside20]

Rail served customer Spartech is expanding in Muncie Indiana
http://www.insideindianabusiness.com/ne ... p?ID=54058

[redside20]

Looks like a Greenville Ohio based auto plastics manufacturer is expanding..to Anderson Indiana..
http://www.indystar.com/article/2012072 ... s-Anderson
In this photo you can see civic leaders preparing a shovel ready site with a train in the background....a foreshadowing of possible rail service? Which side of Anderson is this on?

[CSX_CO]

Looks like a Greenville Ohio based auto plastics manufacturer is expanding..to Anderson Indiana..
http://www.indystar.com/article/2012072 ... s-Anderson
In this photo you can see civic leaders preparing a shovel ready site with a train in the background....a foreshadowing of possible rail service? Which side of Anderson is this on?

Without a little more to go on, based on the BNSF cars in the back ground, I'm guessing this is going to be built near the I-69 overpass on the west side of town. Those cars would be on the spur into the large Nestle Plant there. Nestle gets worked daily I would imagine, along with the "Pro-Strip" (or is it "Pre-Strip?) steel distributor located on the same spur.

Practice Safe CSX

[AARR]

Rail served customer Spartech is expanding in Muncie Indiana
http://www.insideindianabusiness.com/ne ... p?ID=54058

IIRC they had a place in Clare MI that got a lot of cars into GLC's PolyTerm. But they closed up Clare and moved it to ??? (may have been Muncie

[chapmaja]

Rail served customer Spartech is expanding in Muncie Indiana
http://www.insideindianabusiness.com/ne ... p?ID=54058

IIRC they had a place in Clare MI that got a lot of cars into GLC's PolyTerm. But they closed up Clare and moved it to ??? (may have been Muncie

According to the company website, they still have a Clare facility. Maybe they moved a portion of operations from the plant, but it looks to still be open.

[redside20]

I thought this place on South Shelby Street in Indy was already rail served?
http://www.insideindianabusiness.com/ne ... p?ID=55542

[CSX_CO]

I think it did but not sure if anyone still received service anymore.
Practice Safe CSX

[redside20]

Another expansion happening at Nestle in Anderson
http://www.insideindianabusiness.com/ne ... p?ID=61518

[redside20]

Whereever White County is.. is home to an expansion of a commerce Park. The article mentioned that US 24 and I65 intersection is nearby along with a railroad so I thinking the TP&W line. I believe Hoosier Lift is in the area as well.

http://www.insideindianabusiness.com/ne ... p?ID=61630

[bn13814]

Whereever White County is.. is home to an expansion of a commerce Park. The article mentioned that US 24 and I65 intersection is nearby along with a railroad so I thinking the TP&W line. I believe Hoosier Lift is in the area as well.

http://www.insideindianabusiness.com/ne ... p?ID=61630

"The shell building will be constructed at the intersection of US Hwy 24 and CR 1200, approximately one mile east of I-65."

This building must be going in just west of the Hoosierlift. it'll be a shell building in the Mid-America Commerce Park, which runs from I-65 east to Wolcott. Could be of some benefit to the TP&W in the not-too-distant future.

[redside20]

Something is brewing just west of the Ohio State Line..plans are calling for a milling facility to be built near W Harrison Indiana adjacent to the CIND Brookville Line...and it does call for rail usage..I hope they get that track up to date..This was posted on the Indiana Rails board awhile back
http://www.insideindianabusiness.com/ne ... p?ID=62014

[midland sub]

The West Harrison mill project has been in the works for the past 12 to 18 months. It might have been hinted in the I&O South End threads before.... They were working with RA and G&W officials on the project so it should almost be a guarantee that it uses rail. Location is on the I&O's Brookville line. Inbounds could either be in unit trains or like Conagra in Columbus on the Camp Chase where they get 10 to 12 cars at a time several times a week. Possible outbound gluten shipments from the mill.

[redside20]

The West Harrison mill project has been in the works for the past 12 to 18 months. It might have been hinted in the I&O South End threads before.... They were working with RA and G&W officials on the project so it should almost be a guarantee that it uses rail. Location is on the I&O's Brookville line. Inbounds could either be in unit trains or like Conagra in Columbus on the Camp Chase where they get 10 to 12 cars at a time several times a week. Possible outbound gluten shipments from the mill.

Yes I do remember remember catching the "hint" awhile back but I assumed it was going to be on the south end of the Midland or DT&I South Sub's..Everything makes sense now, thanks for clarifying Midland Sub. What kind of rail equipment transports gluten?

[redside20]

Looks like local traffic will take a hit on the Marion Branch...PolyOne, located on the northside of Warsaw Indiana is closing, and gets plastic granules in centerflow hoppers.
http://www.insideindianabusiness.com/ne ... p?ID=62249

[redside20]

A plastic automotive supplier in Monticello Indiana is expanding and there appears to be a spur into this place...
http://www.plasticsnews.com/article/201 ... ding-plant

[bn13814]

A plastic automotive supplier in Monticello Indiana is expanding and there appears to be a spur into this place...
http://www.plasticsnews.com/article/201 ... ding-plant

This was the former Landis Plastics, which operated from 1978 to 2003. Aerial views show a lack of storage silos (externally, anyway), but this expansion might require those as well as rail delivery of plastic. CSXT's Monticello Spur has long been rumored for abandonment (Monticello Farm Service was the only current or recent customer) so this might save the line.

[redside20]

Word on the Indiana board is that the New Energy Ethanol Plant is set to open back up and they are hiring 60 workers.
http://www.wsbt.com/news/local/ethanol- ... index.html

[redside20]

A metal recycling facility is coming to Auburn Indiana...rail access mentioned. If the operation is successful, a little bit more traffic could coming in and out of Garrett Indiana.
http://www.insideindianabusiness.com/ne ... p?ID=63090