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