Residents fear the worst from intermodals

Click title for story link September 21, 2008 By STEWART WARREN SWARREN@SCN1.COM At the CenterPoint Intermodal Center, the diesel trucks go on forever. In a single hour, hundreds rumble through Elwood's 2,200-acre industrial park -- and the place is open around the clock, seven days a week. Some bring cargo in, others haul it out. The yard is a transfer point for goods, a spot to shift materials from a train to a truck, or a truck to a train. Experts say Will County's unique network of highways, interstates and rail lines is the perfect place for that kind of work: It's very close to Chicago but not nearly as clogged with traffic.