Transloading – Using a facility or process that provides rail and truck services to move freight. Local shipments place on rail and shipped to end customer destination for short haul shipments to those customers. General requires moves of 500 miles or more, but can result in savings of 35% or more over standard over the road shipping methods.
- Shipment travels from your business by truck to a transload facilities.
- Shipment is then loaded on to a railcar.
- Shipment travels by rail to a transload facility near the destination city
- Shipment is then unloaded off railcar.
- Shipment travels by truck to its final destination
Our Elwood facility provides transload services. With our triple rail siding we can handle up to 21 box cars per day. We receive thousands of railcars annually, with a diverse mix of products.
Floor Loaded Palletized Box Clamp Roll Paper Clamp
Slip Sheet High weight pallets to 15,000 pounds