Baton Rouge (Gulf Petrochemical/Grain)
Rail-barge hub · Baton Rouge, LA · Class I service: CSX, UP, NS, CN
Southern terminus of the Mississippi River industrial corridor. Grain and chemicals transfer barge-to-ocean vessel. Connected to Gulf Intracoastal Waterway. CN, CSX, UP rail access.
Commodities through this hub
- Aggregates & Crushed Stone by rail — Open-top hopper or gondola, 100–115 tons/car
- Salt by rail — Covered or open-top hopper, 100–112 tons/car
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This hub is one of 66 plotted on the interactive North American Commodity Flow Map — origins, ports, gateways and border crossings with their serving railroads.
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