CSXI to serve NY directly. (CSX Intermodal)

Contracts for service to its terminal in Little Ferry. Expands north-south service through Philadelphia.

CSX Intermodal has gained direct entry into metropolitan New York as part of its "Northeast Strategy."

The company has signed contracts with Norfolk Southern and New York, Susquehanna & Western for rail shipment of intermodal cargo from Chicago to CSXI's terminal at Little Ferry, N.J., across the Hudson River from Manhattan.

Until now, CSXI has served the New York market by draying containers and trailers from Philadelphia.

Ron Sorrow, senior vice president of CSXI, said running stacktrains directly into Little Ferry will improve service in two …