CSX picks McKees Rocks for intermodal hub
Pittsburgh Business Times
Oct 17, 2013
The company estimated the Pittsburgh Intermodal Facility will bring 360 jobs during construction. Once complete, it will employ about 40 on-site 40 intermodal workers, as well as support 100 indirect jobs throughout the region.
The site has a long history for rail as the former Pittsburgh & Lake Erie Railroad Yard.
According to the Jacksonville, Fla.-based company, CSX is working to finish planning, design, permitting and property acquisition for a 65- to 70-acre property in 2014. A two-year construction plan would start in 2015.