The yard was formerly operated by the
Reading Railroad and later
Conrail. Ownership was transferred from Conrail to the
Norfolk Southern Railway in 1999. In the summer of 2000, Norfolk Southern retrofitted the yard for $31 million, its first major investment in the
Harrisburg area. Large cargo containers are transferred at the yard from flatbed truck trailers to flatbed rail cars, or vice versa. The Rutherford facility has 14 classification tracks, seven loading/unloading tracks, two overhead cranes, and parking space for 600 trailers. ==See also==