First Train Through New CSX Virginia Avenue Tunnel -- Dec. 23, 2016 -- A northbound CSX freight train carrying double-stacked intermodal freight made the first trip through the company’s new Virginia Avenue Tunnel in southeast Washington, D.C., signifying completion of the first phase of construction on the critical-infrastructure project. Primarily funded by CSX, the project removes the last of 61 height obstacles on CSX’s network for trains carrying double-stacked standardized containers between several East Coast ports and markets throughout the central United States. The train had two locomotives and 50 cars of double-stacked freight traveling from Portsmouth, Va., to North Baltimore, Ohio.
First Train Through New CSX Virginia Avenue Tunnel -- Dec. 23, 2016 -- A northbound CSX freight train carrying double-stacked intermodal freight made the first trip through the company’s new Virginia Avenue Tunnel in southeast Washington, D.C., signifying completion of the first phase of construction on the critical-infrastructure project. Primarily funded by CSX, the project removes the last of 61 height obstacles on CSX’s network for trains carrying double-stacked standardized containers between several East Coast ports and markets throughout the central United States. The train had two locomotives and 50 cars of double-stacked freight traveling from Portsmouth, Va., to North Baltimore, Ohio.