Served by the CCET, Purina will receive a significant amount of inbound grain via rail. Rail is an integral part of this facility’s logistics chain. The company plans to be operational in early 2023. This work is in support of the $550-million investment in the Purina facility which will have 300 employees when construction is completed. The track is estimated to cost about $910,000. These funds will be used to help construct a 1,100-foot connecting track, the last piece of rail infrastructure needed to link CCET with the Purina facility and ensure timely, effective rail service. ORDC Press Release The Ohio Rail Development Commission today approved a $150,000 grant to the Cincinnati Eastern Railroad (CCET) to provide rail service to the new Purina facility in Batavia. This work will allow NCS’s current customer to expand their volume and allow for additional customers to come on line. Third tier of project is the construction of a new 1100′ siding in New Castle. Second tier will be rehabilitation of 1.8 miles of mainline and sidings from downtown New Castle toward the eastern city limits. The first tier of the project is a rehabilitation of the currently out of service 1.07 mile long “Rushville” branch from downtown New Castle to Neal’s Scrap on the southside of town. These funds with help facilitate a 3-tiered project to rehabilitate and restore rail service to customers in New Castle IN. The INDOT IRSF was established by the Indiana State Legislature (I.C 8-3 -1.7) to assist in funding for the rehabilitation and construction of Class II and Class III Freight Railroad and Port Authority infrastructure.
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The facility also has a RBT portable railcar unloader that can unload single cars independent of the unloading pit and conveyor system.Īpril 12, 2022 New Castle Southern Railroad has been awarded a $250,000 grant from the Indiana Department of Transportation’s Industrial Rail Service Fund (IRSF). Lower volume grades such as the #67s, as well as non Hanson products such as lightweight aggregates and marble chips come off the short stacker and are moved around the facility via front end loaders and dump trucks. The higher volume grades, such as #304 Limestone and 1″ Crusher Run are handled on the extended belt system and are stockpiled via a 110′ radial arm stacker.
The following pictures depict the facility and #67 Limestone being unloaded during the Open House. A “soft opening” occurred in March as the stockpiles at Batavia where being depleted leading up to the official Grand Opening. The first stone for inventory began rolling back in October of 2021 and continued to move weather permitting over the winter as the CCET finished construction of the facility and Hanson began transitioning from their old Batavia facility. JHanson held an Open House on Friday June 10th to celebrated the official grand opening of their new Milford Terminal, located at the Cincinnati Eastern owned and operated transload terminal at 880 Roundbottom Road.
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