June 3, 2002
Norfolk Southern Opens New Thoroughbred Bulk Transfer Facility In Augusta, GA
NORFOLK, VA -- Norfolk Southern Railway Company today announced the opening of a new
Thoroughbred Bulk Transfer (TBT) terminal in Augusta, Ga. Quality Terminals has been
selected to operate the facility.
TBT facilities handle the transfer of bulk products, such as plastic pellets and liquid
sweeteners, from one mode of transportation to another. Bulk transfer permits off-rail
shippers and receivers of varied commodities to combine rail's long-haul efficiencies
with truck's convenient door-to-door delivery.
Quality Terminals, a division of Quality Carriers, the leading provider of bulk
transportation services in North America, will direct terminal operations. Quality
Terminals also operates Norfolk Southern TBT facilities at Columbus, Ohio, and
Spartanburg, S.C.
"Quality Terminals is excited to operate the Augusta terminal and believes the new site
will serve an emerging market and manufacturing base in Georgia, South Carolina and
northern Florida," said Michael Hagen, general manager, Quality Terminals, Quality Carriers.
"The Augusta facility will enhance Norfolk Southern's network of 29 existing TBT
terminals located in 16 states and allow shippers to increase their distribution options
east of Atlanta and throughout the South," said Mike Webb, manager of MODALGISTICSSM,
Norfolk Southern's supply chain and distribution services group.
The new terminal has 44 car spots with separate tracks for food products and can handle
both dry and liquid bulk products. The facility features paving, security, full fencing,
lighting, 24-hour access and truck scales. All TBT terminals are open facilities and
allow haulage by qualified motor carriers.
Located at the intersection of Taylor Street and Mechanics Street in Augusta, the
terminal has convenient access to Interstate 20.
Norfolk Southern's other TBT facilities are located in Atlanta; Baltimore; Buffalo, N.Y.;
Charlotte, N.C.; Chattanooga, Tenn.; Chicago; Cincinnati (2); Cleveland; Columbus,
Ohio (2); Dalton, Ga.; Detroit; Edgemoor, Del.; Elizabethport, N.J.; Jacksonville,
Fla.; Jersey City (Croxton), N.J.; Louisville, Ky.; Miami; Mobile, Ala.; Paterson, N.J.;
Petersburg, Va.; Philadelphia; Pittsburgh (2); Spartanburg, S.C.; Whiting, Ind.; Willis,
Mich.; and Winston-Salem, N.C.
For more information about doing business at TBT facilities, contact Mike Webb at
757-823-5423.
Norfolk Southern Corporation (NYSE: NSC) is a Virginia-based holding company with
headquarters in Norfolk. It owns a major freight railroad, Norfolk Southern Railway
Company, which operates approximately 21,500 route miles in 22 states, the District of
Columbia and the province of Ontario.
