LOGISTICS PARK CHICAGO Intermodal Hub Automotive Hub

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1 LOGISTICS PARK CHICAGO Intermodal Hub Automotive Hub Updated 02008

2 Logistics Park Chicago Intermodal Facility 1

3 Centerpoint Intermodal Center Site Plan May 26,

4 Logistics Park Chicago 3

5 Logistics Park Chicago 4

6 Logistics Park Chicago Intermodal Facility Contact/Information Listing INTERMODAL CUSTOMER SERVICE BNSF Mike Utterback Sr. Hub Manager FAX George Hogle LARS Damage Prevention FAX BNSF Police Per Mar Security TTS Tracey Skaggs Terminal Manager FAX Jenny Skinner Inventory Analyst FAX Hub Manager on Duty Mark Herzberger Justin Elijah Angela Leaphart David McCormack Linda Milazzo Administrative FAX Carolyn Karlow Hub Operations Support FAX Evelyn Stepanek Customs & Storage FAX CHICAGO RAIL LOGISTICS Bill Calderon PARSEC Brian Barnes Sr. Terminal Manager FAX Scott Rubertus Anthony Spicker Terminal Manager Beth Rehm Admin. Manager Cindy Poole Customer Service Beverly Sullivan Customer Bldg. Admin FAX United Industries Terminal Manager Jim Smallwood Pam Watkins Human Resources Jolinda Tworek Administrative

7 Logistics Park Chicago Automotive Facility Contact/Information Listing AUTOMOTIVE CUSTOMER SERVICE BNSF Mark Duphorn Regional Manager Facilities - East FAX CELL Mark.Duphorn@bnsf.com Assets Protection AUTO RAIL SERVICES Hub Operations FAX Maintenance Building Laura Carrasco Gate Manager FAX Laura.Carrasco@bnsf.com AUTO RAIL SERVICES Mike Mingo Terminal Manager CELL Mike.Mingo@bnsf.com Wally Ortiz Yard Manager CELL Checkpoint Booth FAX Kathy Gil Automotive Admin./Analyst Hub & Facility System Safety Kathy.Gil@bnsf.com INSPECTIONS COMPANY Vascor FAX

8 Logistics Park Chicago Intermodal Facility Location Map Intermodal Bldg. 101: S. Baseline Road Elwood, Illinois Mike Utterback Senior Hub Manager Employee Bldg. 301: S. Baseline Road Elwood, Illinois Customer Support Bldg. 203: S. Industrial Park Drive Elwood, Illinois Directions: From I-55 South exit 245 for Arsenal Road. Turn right heading east on Arsenal Road for approximately 2.5 miles to Baseline Road.Turn right heading south on Baseline for approximately 1.5 miles. Facility is on the right. Alternate: I-53 South to light at Strawn Drive, 1/2 mile south of Elwood. Head west direct to facility entrance. Automotive Bldg. 201: S. Industrial Park Drive Elwood, Illinois Mark Duphorn Regional Manager Facilities East Customer Service - Intermodal Customer Service - Automotive

9 Chicago Area Map 8

10 Intermodal Terminals 9

11 Logistics Park Chicago Intermodal Facility Fact Sheet The Logistics Park-Chicago Intermodal/Automotive Facilities are the newest and largest BNSF Hubs in the Chicago region. They are designed to meet the increasing market demands on the eastern end of the Railroad and new emerging markets west of Chicago. They have superior access to the railroad main line and the local highway system. GENERAL INFORMATION 24 Hour / Seven Day PerWeek Operation PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS Intermodal Usage Classification Tracks Automotive Yard Length YardWidth Loading Tracks: Intermodal Automotive 309 Acres 190 Acres 106 Acres 1.5 Miles 1.5 Miles 4 (8 Segments) 3 (18 Segments) Car Spots (89 ft.): Intermodal 360 Automotive 108 Classification Tracks 17 (1,292 Car Spots) INTERMODAL: MainYard Parking Lots 6 Wheeled Parking Spots 5,200 Stacked Unit Spots 6,000 MainYard Parking 160 Acres Inbound Checkpoints 13 Lanes Outbound Checkpoints 11 Lanes Racked Chassis 4,212 AUTOMOTIVE: Haulaway Bays 4,404 Loadlines 972 Truck Load/Unload Spots 65 Outbound Rail Loadlines 972 Inbound Checkpoints 2 Lanes Outbound Checkpoints 2 Lanes Reversible 5 Lanes EQUIPMENT RESOURCES Intermodal: Overhead Cranes 1000R 7 Overhead Cranes 1200R 11 Overhead Cranes 850R 6 Overhead Cranes 900R 2 Side Loaders 2 Chassis Rotators 5 Empty Handler 9 Chassis Racking Lifts 4 Yard Hostlers 125 Automotive: Portable Ramps 6 BUILDINGS Intermodal Ops/Admin (Bldg 101) Car Repair/Maintenance (Bldg 102) Crane Shop (Bldg 103) Compressor (Bldg 104) Repair Parts Supply (Bldg 105) Switch Crews (Bldg 106) Driver s Assistance (Bldg 108) Automotive Ops/Admin (Bldg 201) Maintenance (Bldg 202) 19,472 sf 13,350 sf 1,083 sf 620 sf 620 sf 2,590 sf 660 sf 9,000 sf 600 sf Automotive Support (Bldg 203) Ramp/Deramp (Bldg 301) 9,000 sf 20,567 sf EMPLOYMENT RESOURCES Intermodal: BNSF 5 Crane Repair 20 Ramp/Deramp 600 Gate/Yard Check/Admin 78 Automotive: BNSF 1 Load/Unload 46 Yard Check/Admin 13 Joint: Rail/Yard Switching Ops 45 Rail Car Repair 47 OPERATIONAL STATISTICS Intermodal: Projected Monthly Lift Volume 70,000 Avg. Lifts Per Day 2,300 Avg. Lifts Per Minute 1.60 Avg. Ingates Per Day 2,500 Avg. Outgates Per Day 2,500 Automotive: Projected Monthly Load/Unload 23,800 Projected Peak Load/Unload Vol. 31,000 Projected Monthly Railcars 2,100 Projected Peak Monthly Railcars 2,600 10

12 History and General Information THE HISTORY OF LPC Logistics Park Chicago (LPC) is located about 40 miles southwest of Chicago on land occupied by the former Joliet Army Ammunition Plant ( Joliet Arsenal, for short). The plant was built in the early 1940s to manufacture and store weapons. However, after the Cold War came to an end, the U.S. Army decided the arsenal was no longer needed. In 1995, Congress passed legislation transferring 19,000 acres of the property to the U.S. Forest Service for conversion into the Midwest National Tallgrass Prairie, and 1,000 acres to the Department of Veterans Affairs for conversion into the Abraham Lincoln National Cemetery. Also made available were 3,000 acres for industrial development. In 1999 and 2000, CenterPoint Properties, an Illinois-based property developer, purchased 375 of these acres. The Army also transferred another 1,800 acres to CenterPoint for redevelopment. Realizing that the railyards in Chicago were reaching their capacity and that their expansion possibilities were diminishing, BNSF began seeking ways to build a new facility near Chicago that would have plenty of room for future growth. Because the Joliet Arsenal area had plenty of capacity and was next to BNSF s transcontinental mainline, it was the perfect spot. The Facility BNSF began working with CenterPoint to design LPC, and in 2002, the facility opened. Today, LPC consists of 621-acres. Eventually it will support an adjacent 1,200-acre industrial warehouse park, which will consist of up to 17 million square feet of buildings and possibly a bulk transload facility. Originally, BNSF s mainline was comprised of just two main tracks passing through the Joliet Arsenal area. BNSF subsequently converted the south mainline into a 9,000-foot siding for the new yard and installed a new mainline between the two tracks. Trains access the yard via a wye (a Y-shaped track) from the siding. Two tracks on the west leg of the wye allow trains going to or coming from the west to leave and enter the facility simultaneously. A single track on the east leg of the wye supports rail traffic headed eastward to Chicago and beyond. In addition, the wye feeds into a rail loop around the park. This allows trains to travel both north and south. Currently the loop consists of only one track, but it does split into two tracks towards the south end of the facility. In the future, the track could be expanded so that the loop splits from one to three tracks for almost its entire length. Intermodal LPC has room for 6,000 stacked containers and 5,200 wheeled containers. The facility uses a real-time Windows-based program called Oasis to track each and every container. In addition, every service vehicle assigned to the yard contains an Oasis radio terminal, which allows employees to instantly receive assignments and locate containers as well as perform inventory checks. Due to the sheer length of its tracks, LPC can accept entire trains, which speeds up the time it takes them to complete their entries and departures. Intermodal trains are loaded and unloaded using Mi-Jack 1000R and 1200R cranes. 11

13 History and General Information continued LPC also features the largest intermodal cranes in the Chicago area: Mi-Jack 850R s. Mi-Jack 850R s are 110-feet high and 70-feet wide, and can create stacks four containers high. Traditionally the operators of the cranes have had to manually steer them when moving them. Depending on the size of the crane and the operator s position, this hasn t always been easy. To make moving them safer and easier, steel wheels are mounted on the hubs of the rubber wheels on one side of the cranes. When the crane moves, it automatically follows the rail. The cranes still retain all four, rubber wheels to aid in their movement around the terminal for repairs and operational flexibility. They are also equipped with a GPS tracking system that automatically updates Oasis on each move made within a container stack. This system has helped eliminate stacking errors, enabling the facility to handle 30 percent more in inventory. LPC is equipped with an Automatic Gate System (AGS). Trucks entering LPC first drive through an optical character reader. This reader captures digital images of all sides of the tractor, container and chassis entering the property. It also reads the equipment initials and numbers to automatically recognize whether a waybill is present. The driver then proceeds to one of thirteen kiosks at the Ingate, where they check themselves in with ATM-like terminals. Truckers exiting the facility also drive through an optical character reader and proceed to one of eleven kiosks to check themselves out. The digital images captured are monitored 24/7 by trained technicians to recognize damage, identify the presence of seals, and verify equipment numbers. Drivers needing assistance can proceed to the driver s assistance building located just west of our ingate. Drivers also have the ability to communicate with a live technician via a handset located on any of the checkpoint kiosks. Automotive LPC s three spot tracks can accommodate 36 autoracks in groupings of six railcars coupled together. Between each six-car grouping is a batter's box used to position loading ramps. There is enough space in the batter's box to allow for loading and unloading from each group of autoracks that face it. In addition, along each track are carefully positioned posts to hold the bridgeplates that go between each autorack. This allows the automobiles being transported to be driven through the railcars. The posts are also wired with retractable extension cords used to power the lighting placed throughout the autoracks. About 120 auto-carrier trucks a day serve LPC, arriving through a gate that has five reversible lanes. Using AutoTrack, BNSF s inventory management system, drivers able to find out which bays have automobiles assigned to their trucks. AutoTrack also manages the VIN (vehicle identification numbers) of all of the automobiles entering and leaving the facility. This information is then automatically transmitted to manufacturers and their haulaway contractors. Upon arrival, AutoTrack, assigns the automobiles in transit to bays or loadlines. The bays are individually numbered parking spaces. What makes them unique is that they are 10-feet, 6-inches wide by 20 feet-long, and all automobiles are parked on the left bay line. This ensures that when an automobile s doors are opened, they don t strike the doors of the autos adjacent to them. In the winter, 2,500 bay markers (rubber posts) will be used to identify the bays should the striping and numbers that are normally visible be obscured by snow or ice. The loadlines are also numbered and can accommodate from 5 to 20 vehicles in a straight line, depending on their length. Support Yard Between LPC s intermodal and automotive yards is a support yard with 17 tracks that can handle ingoing and outgoing trains in some instances more quickly than LPC s two main yards can, depending upon traffic. The support yard is adjacent to the automotive facility and has space for 1,292 railcars, whereas the automotive facility can handle 50 to 60 automotive or intermodal railcars. A lead track, or rail line, from the support yard to the planned 1,200- acre industrial warehouse park will allow BNSF to serve that facility. Throughout the support yard are lights on tall masts that have Oasis antennas on them ensuring good communication throughout the yard, many also have video cameras for added security. 12

14 History and General Information continued Fun Facts 200,000 cubic yards of concrete were poured; the concrete is 22 inches thick throughout the major part of the facility. 9 million cubic yards of earth were excavated. 300,000 tons of asphalt were laid in the automotive facility. 2.6 million tons of stone were used to stabilize the ground. 300,000 tons of ballast were used to support the tracks. 37 miles of track and 4.5 miles of crane guide rail track. 97,680 ties were used. The project was started in October There were 190 days lost due to rain and inclement weather. Most of the facility was built in the final 12 months of construction. 25,000 gallons of water were pumped from the facility to the Des Plaines river four miles away to dry out the ground for earth work. 55 miles of underground drains and conduit support utilities to the facility. 13