Would you like to ship your product by rail? Let us help you find a warehouse that meets your needs.

Click here (PDF) to download information on how to incorporate a warehouse into your supply chain.

To start shipping your product on rail, you should:

• Refer to the New to CSX or Rail information.
• Determine which warehouse(s) can handle your product at origin/destination. Locate a Warehouse
• Contact the warehouse for a price quote.

What you need to know before calling a warehouse to secure a price quote:

• What are you shipping?
• When is the anticipated start/end date?
• How many rail cars do you plan to ship each month/year?
• What are the dimensions of your product (length, width and height)?
• What is the per-unit weight of your product?
• Will on-site storage be required?
• Will the warehouse need to provide you any value-added services?
• Will you need to hire a trucking company to provide transportation services between the warehouse and the origin/destination?

Most warehouses offer the following services:

• Cross docking and handling.
• On-site storage.

Many rail-served warehouses also provide value-added services, such as:

• Trucking.
• Wrapping and repalletizing.
• Stripping/stuffing containers.
• Inventory tracking systems (i.e., bar coding technology).
• System integration through EDI data transfers.