Artist's rendering of the CN Joliet Intermodal Service Center during a groundbreaking ceremony off Draper Ave. and Stein Ave. Tuesday, Jan. 22, 2013, in Joliet. | Matthew Grotto~Sun-Times Media
Joliet Mayor Tom Giarrante (left) shakes hands with Keith Reardon (right), vice president of Intermodal for CN, during a groundbreaking ceremony for the Joliet Intermodal Service Center (pictured at right in an artist's rendering) off Draper Ave. and Stein Ave. Tuesday, Jan. 22, 2013, in Joliet. | Matthew Grotto~Sun-Times Media
Joliet Mayor Tom Giarrante (right) and Keith Reardon (left), vice president of Intermodal for CN, walk out of a tent during a groundbreaking ceremony for the CN Joliet Intermodal Service Center off Draper Ave. and Stein Ave. Tuesday, Jan. 22, 2013, in Joliet. | Matthew Grotto~Sun-Times Media
Keith Reardon, vice president of Intermodal for CN, speaks to the crowd during a groundbreaking ceremony for the CN Joliet Intermodal Service Center off Draper Ave. and Stein Ave. Tuesday, Jan. 22, 2013, in Joliet. | Matthew Grotto~Sun-Times Media
Keith Reardon (top left), vice president of Intermodal for CN, speaks to the crowd during a groundbreaking ceremony for the CN Joliet Intermodal Service Center off Draper Ave. and Stein Ave. Tuesday, Jan. 22, 2013, in Joliet. | Matthew Grotto~Sun-Times Media
A view of the future site of the Joliet Intermodal Service Center off Draper Ave. and Stein Ave. Tuesday, Jan. 22, 2013, in Joliet. | Matthew Grotto~Sun-Times Media
An artist's rendering of the entrance off Draper Ave. for the Joliet Intermodal Service Center Tuesday, Jan. 22, 2013, in Joliet. | Matthew Grotto~Sun-Times Media
A view of the future site of the CN Joliet Intermodal Service Center Tuesday, Jan. 22, 2013, in Joliet. | Matthew Grotto~Sun-Times Media
Keith Reardon, vice president of Intermodal for CN, talks to the crowd during a groundbreaking ceremony for the CN Joliet Intermodal Service Center off Draper Ave. and Stein Ave. Tuesday, Jan. 22, 2013, in Joliet. | Matthew Grotto~Sun-Times Media
The Silver Cross Business Center will remain next to the site of the future CN Joliet Intermodal Service Center off Draper Ave. and Stein Ave. as seen Tuesday, Jan. 22, 2013, in Joliet. | Matthew Grotto~Sun-Times Media
A train departs the CN Joliet Yard Tuesday, Jan. 22, 2013, in Joliet. | Matthew Grotto~Sun-Times Media
A view of the CN Joliet Yard Tuesday, Jan. 22, 2013, in Joliet. | Matthew Grotto~Sun-Times Media
A train departs the CN Joliet Yard Tuesday, Jan. 22, 2013, in Joliet. | Matthew Grotto~Sun-Times Media
Dignitaries shovel gravel during a groundbreaking ceremony for the CN Joliet Intermodal Service Center off Draper Ave. and Stein Ave. Tuesday, Jan. 22, 2013, in Joliet. | Matthew Grotto~Sun-Times Media
JOLIET — CN railroad’s new intermodal yard to be built on the East Side will mark $40 million of investment in its Joliet operations since arriving in 2008, a company executive said Tuesday. City officials and community leaders welcomed the intermodal facility at a frigid … Read More