Indiana Rail Road Company (INRD) officials hosted a recent ribbon-cutting ceremony to officially open the railroad’s new Merom Transload, a rail-to-truck transload that will enable customers in the Wabash Valley to benefit from long-haul rail coupled with short-haul trucking.
The facility is Located near Merom, Ind., 35 miles south of Terre Haute and adjacent to Hoosier Energy’s Merom Generating Station. It is the third rail-to-truck (and truck-to-rail) transload facility on INRD’s system, along with Senate Avenue Terminal in downtown Indianapolis and the Odon Transload in southwest Indiana.
“We’ve opened Merom today to serve our partners at Hoosier Energy and Nelson Brothers mining services, to help them create more efficient supply chains,” said Peter Mills, INRD president and chief executive officer. “However, Merom will offer operational efficiencies and superior service to agricultural and manufacturing companies across the Wabash Valley – in Indiana and Illinois – so we look forward to creating new partnerships through this great asset.”
INRD will soon commence service to Venture Logistics’ new 405,000 square-foot warehouse and cross-dock on the south side of Indianapolis. Later this summer, a grand opening will take place for that facility.
The Indiana Rail Road Company is a privately-held, 250-mile railroad serving southwest Indiana and eastern Illinois, that connects to the North American rail network by way of strategic gateways at Chicago, Indianapolis and Newton, Ill.