The Daily CSX: Tour of CSX Intermodal Terminal in Worcester reveals many heavy lifts

, The Telegram; August 18, 2018

WORCESTER – A 43-foot-tall crane that can lift up to 100,000 pounds rolled forward next to a train track at CSX Corp.’s Intermodal Terminal on Grafton Street. When it reached the end of the rail, the crane slowly began turning its wide frame around, then powered toward the freight yard’s other track.

“It’s not like driving a car,” Renee Oppedisano quipped as she trailed the mechanical behemoth in a white pickup truck. The three other occupants of the truck gazed in amazement at the gigantic crane’s graceful rotation. But Ms. Oppedisano, who as terminal manager has seen this maneuver many times before, appeared indifferent.

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