If your facility does not have a rail spur or is not located on one of our railroads, you can still take advantage of G&W’s service and freight rail economics via one of our transload locations.
How do I get started?
Use the Transloading button on the map below to see where we can serve you.
Click on an individual transload terminal to find a designated G&W salesperson and let us assist you in exploring possibilities and providing rates.
Gather the following information, if known, for when you talk to a G&W representative:
Origin city and state of shipment
Shipper name
Destination city and state of shipment
Consignee name
Commodity name and STCC
Quantity to be shipped
Start and end dates of shipments
Party paying freight
Special handling needs
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Move railcars in your facility
Industrial Switching
For more than 30 years, G&W’s subsidiary Rail Link, Inc., has provided contracted industrial railcar switching and other on-site rail transportation services.
Most of G&W’s North American railroads offer storage capabilities for customers’ unused railcars. Our connections with Class I partners, as well as the option to group cars by specified categories, enable fluid movement across our footprint.
G&W’s UK/Europe Region includes the U.K.’s largest rail maritime intermodal operator and second-largest freight rail provider, as well as regional rail services in Continental Europe.
The most common use is when a shipper or receiver has no rail spur on site or lacks proper facilities/equipment to handle freight to/from a railcar.
Other scenarios where a transload can be useful include:
More shipping capacity: A shipper’s rail spur has insufficient loading/unloading capacity
Railroad optionality: Access to another railroad’s route network or rail equipment
Truckload quantities: When customers don’t require a full railcar quantity, but you can consolidate several customers to take advantage of railcar quantities
Distribution network: Reach a market where you don’t have your own warehouse or terminal
What products can be transloaded?
Anything from bulk materials and liquids to palletized and break-bulk products. This includes products such as:
Plastics, sand, soda ash and other industrial minerals
Fertilizer and farm inputs
Grain, flour and feed ingredients
Paper, food products and other warehoused goods
Is transloading cheaper than trucking?
Cost is dependent on commodity and the market. It might be more reliable and convenient to have inventory near a customer base at the transload site for local delivery as needed.
Customer Success Stories
Customers Benefit from Kyle Railroad’s Railcar Storage during Pandemic
COVID’s crippling impact on the economy forced many railcar owners to seek storage space at levels rarely seen – to the tune of 390,000 cars stored across North America’s rail-freight network by the end of March 2020. Determined to make the best of an unprecedented situation and support its customers, G&W’s Kyle Railroad (KYLE) devised a plan that leveraged its 550-mile footprint across Kansas and eastern Colorado to satisfy the demand and help keep the rail industry’s network fluid.
G&W Starts Up Rapid City, Pierre & Eastern Railroad in South Dakota
On May 30, 2014, the newly created Rapid City, Pierre & Eastern Railroad (RCPE) completed its purchase of the west end of the Dakota, Minnesota & Eastern (DM&E West) rail line. That evening, the 670-mile line, which runs from western Minnesota across South Dakota and into northern Nebraska and western Wyoming, shut down. On June 1, following 24 hours of safety training and orientation, the 177 newly hired employees commenced freight service on the RCPE.
Sweetener Supply Selects Site along Toledo, Peoria & Western Railway for New Facility
When Sweetener Supply Corp., a Brookfield, Illinois-based manufacturer and marketer of food-grade ingredients, identified a need for a new production facility, it chose a site along G&W’s Toledo, Peoria & Western Railway (TPW) in White County, Indiana.
