Caterpillar. Con-way has the other side of Chicago covered too: One year ago it opened a new 110-dock-door next-day delivery service center in Rockford's Rock 39 Industrial Park on I-39. In Tennessee, BNSF is placing the finishing touches on a $200-million-plus expansion of its Memphis Intermodal Facility. When fully operational in 2010, the expanded 185-acre (75-hectare) facility will have doubled its capacity to million lifts per year while reducing associated emissions. CSX just opened a $6-million inter- modal facility in Bessemer, Ala., that serves the needs of Mercedes-Benz, from a site that once hosted a manufacturing plant for Pullman railcars. Another has opened in North Baltimore, Ohio, just west of Toledo. The facilities are part of the railroad's public-private, $842-million "National Gateway" plan for improving freight movement between the East Coast and the Midwest. Similar efforts to streamline and open up their rail networks to more freight are being pursued by other Class I railroads, including Norfolk Southern and Union Pacific, which in November opened up its Donner Pass route to double-stack intermodal trains. Double-stack intermodal container traffic now can move between Sacramento, Calif., and Reno, Nev. The Don-ner Pass route is the shortest rail route between Oakland and Chicago. Other CSX National Gateway projects that will benefit local economies include expansion of the Charlotte intermodal terminal and the development of a terminal in Pittsburgh. Porsche Assembles Much More Than Parts On the other side of Pennsylvania sits the new multi-purpose, LEED-Gold certified Northeast Regional Support Center in Allentown from Porsche Cars North America, Inc. Developed by IDI, the 130,000-sq.-ft. (12,077-sq.-m.) facility has room to add another 25,000 sq. ft. (2,323 sq. m.). In addition to parts distribution, the center will host one of PCNA's largest service training facilities, where the company will train at least 600 service technicians each year. Once an eastern sales office also moves in, the center will employ 32 full- 92 JANUARY 2010 SITE SELECTION Write in for free info.