Everything from Raw Materials to Finished Goods

We’ve shipped more than 600 product types by truck and by train, so chances are, we can ship yours, too. These are just a handful of the types of products we can ship.

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  Household Goods

  Floor tiles, boxes, parcels, shoes, clothing, toys, furniture, appliances, electronics

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  BUILDING MATERIALS

  Lumber, pipe, metals, paper, rebar, metal coil, bricks

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  FOOD

  Packaged food, canned goods, frozen food, produce, seafood, cheese, chocolate

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  BEVERAGES

  Beer, wine, tequila, orange juice

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  LIQUIDS

  Ethanol, biodiesel, diesel exhaust fluid (DEF), corn syrup, petroleum, LPG

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  OVERSIZED ITEMS

  Transformers, wind turbine blades, machinery, military vehicles

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  SMALL ITEMS

  Sand, plastic pellets, soda ash, flour

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  VEHICLES

  Cars, trucks, SUVs, auto parts

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  JUST ABOUT EVERYTHING ELSE

  Paper, solar panels, waste, feed products, Christmas trees, paint, carpet, irrigation equipment, fibers, grains, minerals and so much more

Things we don’t ship?

Personal property, passengers, pets or other living things.

North America and Beyond

We can ship your products anywhere in the U.S. — and throughout North America, for that matter. We serve every major gateway to Mexico and interchange traffic with Canada. Factor in ocean carriers, and we can help you ship to virtually any destination worldwide.

Economical Door-to-Door Solutions

Our goal is to find the most efficient door-to-door solution to meet your goals. Oftentimes, we’ll combine the economic advantages of shipping by rail with the flexibility of over-the-road trucking, using affordable rail shipping for the long haul and trucks for final delivery. A process called transloading — moving products seamlessly between trucks and trains and back again — allows this to be possible. We can also move intermodal containers between modes.

Why Combine Shipping Modes?

Leveraging both trucks and trains allows you to lower transportation costs and access the benefits of rail. Typically, shipping by rail is a more affordable shipping option. However, many shippers — or receivers — don’t have tracks at their door. With transloading and intermodal options, it doesn’t matter: all shippers and receivers can benefit from rail.

A SOLUTION FOR JUST ABOUT EVERY PRODUCT

Moving products between trucks and trains requires specialized equipment. Our network of more than 600 transloaders, 85+ intermodal facilities and 60+ auto ramps has the equipment to safely transfer just about anything you need to ship:

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  Forklift

  For products like lumber, paper and palletized goods

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  CONVEYOR

  For bulk products like sand, soda ash, grains, flour and sugar

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  PUMP/PNEUMATIC TRANSFER

  For products like plastic pellets and liquids

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  CRANE

  For large, heavy products like steel beams, rebar, pipe and wind components

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  FRONT-END LOADER

  For products like rock, salt and other minerals and aggregates

VALUE-ADDED SERVICES

These same facilities can also offer additional services, like:

• Storage
• Repackaging
• Specialty cutting of metals and wood
• Steaming
• Steel threading