The new intermodal ramp service provides shippers in the central and southern Indiana, Louisville and Cincinnati markets with a more cost-competitive transportation option to eastern markets.
Hundreds of barges are stalled on the Mississippi River, clogging the main circulatory system for a farm-belt economy battered by a relentless, record-setting string of snow, rainstorms and flooding.
President Trump wants to allow natural gas to be shipped in railroad cars, a move that would open new markets hungry for the fuel but could risk catastrophic accidents if one were to derail.
