A rail project set to start construction next month will let the Port of Vancouver better handle long trains and reduce delays as it loads and unloads cargo, port officials say. The Terminal 5 project, currently out to bid, will add nearly 7 miles of track on recently acquired port property. … Vancouver sits at an important rail junction. Small barges and oceangoing ships alike use the rails to move their cargo across the continent. … When the entire project is finished, sometime around 2017, the port will be able to handle 160,000 to 180,000 railcars per year.
