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HARDLY EVER SAY NEVER

• NON TRADITIONAL INTERMODAL PROJECTS IN OHIO

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OHIO INTERMODAL TERMINALS, 2005
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Marion and North Baltimore ???????
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• MARION INTERMODAL CENTER

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MARION INTERMODAL CENTER
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MARION INDUSTRIAL CENTER

• Former Army Engineering Supply Depot.
• 186 Acres.
• 1.3 Million sq. ft. under roof.
• Wye Track off CSX Mainline to St. Louis.
• 8 miles of rail tracks.
• 1.5 miles of frontage on SR 309 near Marion.
• Auto mixing and storage facility for GM
  Chrysler lumber transload other rail clients.

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SCHNEIDER INTERMODAL ROUTE
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MARION INTERMODAL CENTER

• Rebuild 4,000 ft. of Track.
• Rehabilitate 10,000 ft. of Track.
• Build New Craneways.
• Buy and Rehabilitate Two Gantry Cranes.
• Other Related Work.
• 2.5 Million Cost to Commence Operations in June,
  2006.
• 1.0 Million in Additional Investment Since.

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FORMULA FOR STARTING A LOW COST INTERMODAL
TERMINAL

• TAKE AN OLD ARMY SUPPLY DEPOT.
• USE APPROPRIATE TECHNOLOGY.
• GET THE RIGHT PEOPLE.
• FIGURE OUT LOW COST CONSTRUCTION.
• MARKETING/FIND A TRUCKING COMPANY WITH THE MARKET
  POWER OF SCHNEIDER.
• BUILD EXPAND.

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TAKE AN OLD ARMY SUPPLY DEPOT
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APPROPRIATE TECHNOLOGY
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LOW COST CONSTRUCTION
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APPROPRIATE PEOPLE
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GOOD RESULTS
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CONTAINERS TRAILERS
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INTERMODAL RAIL SERVICE

• FOUR TRAIN SETS.
• TRAIN FROM KC INTO MARION EVERY MORNING AT 4 AM
  UNLOADED BY 7 AM.
• TRAIN LEAVES MARION FOR KC EVERY NIGHT AT 8 PM.
• TWO TRAIN SETS LOADING/UNLOADING AT MARION KC
  WHILE TWO TRAIN SETS IN TRANSIT, ONE EASTBOUND
  ONE WESTBOUND.

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TRAFFIC VOLUMES

• AVERAGE VOLUME FIRST TWO YEARS, 46,500 53
  TRAILERS CONTAINERS.
• EQUIVALENT TO ABOUT 125,000 TEUS.
• MAJOR OHIO CUSTOMERS INCLUDE
• WHIRLPOOL
• KROGER
• PROCTOR GAMBLE
• EXPECTED GROWTH TO 100,000 53 UNITS.

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CSX INTERMODAL BLOCK SWAP YARD NORTHWEST OHIO
INTERMODAL FACILITY

• WHERE IN THE WORLD IS NORTH BALTIMORE, OHIO??

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NORTH BALTIMORE
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NORTH BALTIMORE
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LOCATION OF PLANNED INTERMODAL SWAP YARD
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BLOCK SWAP YARD IN PERSPECTIVE
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Intermodal Block Swap Similes

• Like an airport hub terminal.
• Like a rail classification yard but only for
  intermodal trains.

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EXAMPLES OF NEW SERVICES

• West Coast and East Coast traffic gathered in N.
  Baltimore for intermodal delivery to Detroit,
  Cleveland, Columbus, Cincinnati Louisville.
• Northern Ohio, Southern Michigan, and
  Indiana/Chicago traffic now trucked could be
  gathered at N. Baltimore for rail shipment to
  Atlanta Florida.
• NY, Port of Virginia, Baltimore traffic now
  trucked gathered in N. Baltimore for rail
  delivery to Detroit, Cleveland, Columbus,
  Cincinnati Louisville.

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PLANS AND PROGRESS

• Total Cost of Block Swap Yard 61 million.
• Expected to be in service by 2010.
• Expected volume 500,000 units handled a yr.
• Expected N. Baltimore on off volume 20,000
  units a year.
• Expected traffic handled for Columbus,
  Cincinnati, and Cleveland 70,000 units a year.

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