Maryland leaders hope that new double-stack container service will help grow the Port of Baltimore, and the local economy along with it. But for cargo bound to destinations in the Northeast, double-stack container trains must loop hundreds of miles west through Ohio before turning back east because of a few remaining obstructions on CSX Corp.’s I-95 rail corridor, which don’t provide enough clearance for double-stack service to pass.

Now CSX is in the process of making the infrastructure improvements necessary to open up that corridor from Baltimore to Philadelphia for double-stack service. The largest remaining obstruction is the

👏 not surprised!