(Kingsbury, IN) - Connecting Kingsbury Industrial Park to major rail service is happening quickly.

La Porte County Councilman Mike Mollenhauer said only about 400 hundred feet of rail was left to be laid to make that connection during a visit he paid recently to the job site.  Mollenhauer also said the project to bring CSX into the park from the connection being made with the railroad’s main trunk line is about two weeks ahead of schedule.  “They’ll probably be completed next week,” he said.  Mollenhauer said work on the switch allowing CSX trains to travel into the park and back to the main line will happen next before the work is completed.

In late October, a contract with JBC Rail to install 4,500 linear feet of track to make the connection and operate the switch was approved.  Officials are hoping to connect the park to the Canadian National Railroad once money needed for that work has been obtained.

It’s believed two major rail providers will result in major industry and hundreds, if not, thousands of jobs coming to the park.