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Port of Indiana-Burns Harbor
Rail Transportation
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The Port of Indiana-Burns Harbor is served by two railroads and offers direct interchange with
16 different railroads in nearby Chicago including all major Class Is. The Norfolk Southern and
Indiana Harbor Belt railroads each provide direct service to all sites on port property.
| Indiana Harbor Belt Railroad |
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The Indiana Harbor Belt Railroad (IHB) is the largest switch carrier in the U.S. with 54 miles
of mainline track (24 miles of which is double main track) and 266 miles of additional yard and
siding track. The IHB interchanges daily with 16 other rail carriers in Chicago. It serves the
local industrial base which includes 4 of the 5 largest steel producers in the U.S. and a large
aluminum processor, oil refineries, corn millers, grain elevators, chemical plants, warehouses,
lumber transloading and bulk transfer operations. The IHB also operates as an intermediate switch
carrier between the 12 trunk-line railroads for traffic interchanges in Chicago generating an
additional 475,000 revenue cars.
| Norfolk Southern Corp. |
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Norfolk Southern Corp. is one of the nation's premier transportation companies. It offers
connections to all Class I rail carriers. Its Norfolk Southern Railway subsidiary operates
approximately 21,000 route miles in 22 states and the District of Columbia, serves every
major container port in the eastern United States, and provides superior connections to western
rail carriers. Norfolk Southern operates the most extensive intermodal network in the East and
is North America's largest rail carrier of metals and automotive products. Norfolk Southern
provides rail service to 23 seaports, nine river ports and nine Great Lake ports throughout
the eastern half of the United States.
Rail Served Property
Port of Indiana-Burns Harbor offers rail service to all industrial sites by both the Norfolk
Southern and Indiana Harbor Belt railroads with interchange to all major railroads in Chicago.
Port Rail:
- Seven miles of rail tracks on port property
- Norfolk Southern has major rail yard and East Coast-to-Chicago mainline adjacent to port
- 12,000 railcars move through the port each year
- Seven-day-per-week rail service available
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