CSX has been unable to gain approval of a double stack container yard in either Jessup (south of Baltimore) or in Baltimore itself. There is now talk of CSX participating in the plan to enlargen the B&P tunnels but even if this was possible it would be many years in the future. So basically there is no way to efficiently handle the containers from huge Panamax ships which will call at the port of Baltimore once the new larger locks open on the Panama Canal. CSX has started work on the Virginia Avenue tunnels in Washington DC. My question is this, will CSX haul double stacks from Hampton Roads through Washington and then west to Ohio because Baltimore has not got its act together to find a solution to where a container terminal should be located there?
Norfolk Southern is better positioned than CSX but has height restrictions on the Susquehanna River bridge and has Amtrak controls movement of trains between Baltimore and Perryville.
Norfolk Southern is better positioned than CSX but has height restrictions on the Susquehanna River bridge and has Amtrak controls movement of trains between Baltimore and Perryville.