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Does anybody know that Global III just Opened?

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That facility is right down the road from me (I can hear them working from my home on the scanner). I'm actually going on the tour/train ride to Nelson with the brother in-law and his kids. The UP has been doing a ton of PR on this in the area, and hopefully it will bring a lot of growth. I can see the UP mainline from just about every room of my house, and let me tell you, traffic is up! I've heard rumor of Boise Cascade putting a distribution center out here. The only problem is that eolafan is right; sounds like another place for crews to die. Heard one die just the other night. Wonder if they're going to base any trains/yard crews there. <br /> <br />Let's face it, things are moving West; It's not all about Chicago proper anymore. The UP originally wanted to put it not by West Chicago, but in the Maple Park area. The NIMBY's in that area did get their way, but Rochelle along with Ogle and Lee counties welcomed the UP with open arms. If I'm not mistaken, Lee county actually allowed Ogle to annex a certain amount of land as the yard bridges the two couties. Frankly, I think Rochelle is a much better location with not only the BNSF interchange, but the major crossroads of I-88 and I-39. I think getting trucks in and out of the far West suburbs would have been more problematic as there's no good highway access.
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