OKLAHOMA CITY (OBV) — Hobby Lobby and BNSF Railway marked the opening of a new intermodal rail facility in southeast Oklahoma City on Thursday, a project leaders said will shift freight movement away from long-haul trucking and strengthen the region’s logistics capacity.
City officials framed the facility as a practical supply-chain upgrade: containers that previously had to be unloaded in Dallas-Fort Worth and trucked north can now be lifted from trains in Oklahoma City, then moved a short distance by truck to their final destination.
Oklahoma City Mayor David Holt said the change will reduce heavy truck traffic on the I-35 corridor while improving freight efficiency for major importers…