{"id":4501,"date":"2014-04-10T11:10:38","date_gmt":"2014-04-10T16:10:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/midamericafreight.org\/?page_id=4501"},"modified":"2018-10-17T16:00:04","modified_gmt":"2018-10-17T16:00:04","slug":"ns-chicago-63rd-street","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/midamericafreight.org\/index.php\/rfs\/network-inventory\/rail\/intermodal-facilities\/ns-chicago-63rd-street\/","title":{"rendered":"NS Chicago\u201463rd Street"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Gate Entrance: 169 East 63rd\u00a0Street, Chicago, IL 60637 |\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/goo.gl\/maps\/ChbrK\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Google Map<\/a> |\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.nscorp.com\/content\/nscorp\/en\/ship-with-norfolk-southern\/shipping-options\/intermodal\/terminals-and-schedules\/chicago-ill-63rdstreet.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Website<\/a> | Interstate Access: I-90\/94 | MAFC Corridors: <a href=\"http:\/\/midamericafreight.org\/index.php\/rfs\/network-inventory\/corridors\/profiles-2\/i-90\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">I-90<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/midamericafreight.org\/index.php\/rfs\/network-inventory\/corridors\/profiles-2\/i-94\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">I-94<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Norfolk Southern\u2019s (NS) 63rd\u00a0Street intermodal terminal (N63) is one of four NS intermodal terminals in Chicago. The other terminals are: NS Chicago (Landers Yard), Calumet, and 47th\u00a0St.<\/p>\n<p>This terminal, according to the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.rita.dot.gov\/bts\/sites\/rita.dot.gov.bts\/files\/publications\/national_transportation_atlas_database\/2013\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2013 National Transportation Atlas Database<\/a> is located on the NS Chicago Line Subdivision. Both Amtrak and CSX have trackage rights over this line. There are a number of warehouses near Wentworth and pockets of industrial activity but the majority of land use is residential.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/midamericafreight.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/access-ns-63rd.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4884\" title=\"access-ns-63rd\" src=\"http:\/\/midamericafreight.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/access-ns-63rd.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"700\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Intermodal Connectors<\/h2>\n<p>There are a number of intermodal connectors in the vicinity. However only 63rd\u00a0Street is needed for direct access from I-90\/94. Other entrances exist on 63rd\u00a0and 61st.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>59th\u00a0Street<\/li>\n<li>61st\u00a0Street<\/li>\n<li>63rd\u00a0Street<\/li>\n<li>State Street<\/li>\n<li>Wentworth Avenue<\/li>\n<li>Yale Avenue<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Intermodal Lanes<\/h2>\n<p>According to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nscorp.com\/content\/nscorp\/en\/ship-with-norfolk-southern\/shipping-options\/intermodal\/terminals-and-schedules\/chicago-ill-63rdstreet.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Norfolk Southern<\/a>, the following services originate at 63rd\u00a0Street.<\/p>\n<h3>TOFC\/COFC<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Allentown\/Bethlehem, PA (ALB)<\/li>\n<li>Baltimore, MD: Bayview (BAY)<\/li>\n<li>New York Metro, NY: NJIT Croxton (NJT)<\/li>\n<li>Pittsburgh, PA: Pitcairn (PIT)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>TOFC<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Harrisburg, PA: Rutherford Intermodal Terminal (RFD)<\/li>\n<li>Philadelphia, PA: Morrisville Intermodal Terminal (MRV)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>COFC<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>The NS 63rd\u00a0terminal also receives TOFC\/COFC traffic from Toledo.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Lift Counts<\/h2>\n<p>Data reported by the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cmap.illinois.gov\/freight-snapshot\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning<\/a>. Counts are listed by year.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>2012: 312,750<\/li>\n<li>2011: 341,552<\/li>\n<li>2010: 318,952<\/li>\n<li>2009: 256,570<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gate Entrance: 169 East 63rd\u00a0Street, Chicago, IL 60637 |\u00a0Google Map |\u00a0Website | Interstate Access: I-90\/94 | MAFC Corridors: I-90, I-94 Norfolk Southern\u2019s (NS) 63rd\u00a0Street intermodal terminal (N63) is one of four NS intermodal terminals in Chicago. The other terminals are: NS Chicago (Landers Yard), Calumet, and 47th\u00a0St. This terminal, according to the 2013 National Transportation [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"parent":4419,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-templates\/page-rfs.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-4501","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/midamericafreight.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4501","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/midamericafreight.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/midamericafreight.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/midamericafreight.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/midamericafreight.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4501"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/midamericafreight.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4501\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9446,"href":"https:\/\/midamericafreight.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4501\/revisions\/9446"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/midamericafreight.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4419"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/midamericafreight.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4501"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}