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MCCALLA, Alabama — About 50 representatives from companies interested in using Norfolk Southern’s new railroad hub in McCalla toured the facility on Thursday and learned more about its operations.
Norfolk Southern and Birmingham commercial real estate firm Graham & Co. sponsored the event at the Birmingham Regional Intermodal Facility.
Participants included trucking companies, distributors, logistics firms and manufacturers, said Sonny Culp of Graham & Co.
Representatives from Walmart’s distribution center in Cullman also were there, he said.
“It was a sundry of folks connected to goods and the movement of those goods,” he said.
Norfolk Southern executives joined area government and business leaders Wednesday for a ribbon cutting ceremony at the $97.5 million facility, which is expected to help create or maintain 8,600 jobs in the region over the next 10 years as companies benefit from the key piece of infrastructure.
Culp said the group got an overview from the Norfolk Southern team about what the facility will do and what services it will provide.
Operations are expected to begin next month, and Culp said he expects activity at the hub to develop gradually.
“I think it’s something that will unfold more and more in the coming months and even years,” he said. “It won’t happen all of a sudden. It will be a building thing.”
Graham & Co. represented Norfolk Southern in the site selection process for the hub.
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