The New Orleans Public Belt Railroad (NOPB) has completed the expansion of the France Road rail yard, which the railroad says will increase throughput in the New Orleans rail gateway.
The rail yard will expand NOPB’s capacity to switch, interchange and store rail cars. The rail yard created storage space for 220 more rail cars.
NOPB is a Class III switching railway serving the Port of New Orleans. The railway connects with all six Class I railroads.
“Increasing our storage capacity through the...