NS Intermodal Facility in Pitcairn, PA

From the PG:

PITCAIRN YARD – As a mechanical lift grips a 40-foot steel container in its jaws, Patrick Hobbs is seated on top, his feet dangling not far from the blue letters – COSCO – signifying the box as an import from the China Ocean Shipping Co.

“Hold on,” says the president of AGX Intermodal, a rail-to-truck carrier.

The 8,730-pound capsule groans and creaks as it hoists its human cargo 30 feet in the air. From a perch high atop a stack of containers meant to hold material weighing as much as 188,000 pounds, it is easy to see how this railroad yard has become a new node in the flow of international commerce through the Pittsburgh area, thus reclaiming part of its past.

http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/07161/792720-28.stm

Dave

Hey, thanks for the article and the link. That’s where I worked until a couple months ago. I’ll have to pick up the paper today!