A Norfolk Southern train moves cargo from the S.C. State Ports Authority’s inland port in Greer. The railroad wants the authority to pay $27 million for a project that will let its trains use the Port of Charleston’s Navy Base Intermodal Facility next to the Leatherman Terminal in North Charleston. (Provided by Norfolk Southern)
A late-in-the-game demand by Norfolk Southern railroad is hiking the price of an already over-budget rail yard the South Carolina State Ports Authority is building to support cargo shipments through the Port of Charleston.
Norfolk Southern has told the authority it won’t use the rail yard — known as the Navy Base Intermodal Facility — unless the authority spends $27 million to install a new track at the Ashley Phosphate Road crossing that trains must navigate while making their way to the North Charleston facility…