New Expedited “Cold Train” Runs from Washington to Chicago

QUINCY, Wash./CHICAGO—Beginning the first week of April, an expedited refrigerated intermodal "Cold Train" container rail and distribution service became available between Quincy, Wash. and Chicago. The service is offered through the Port of Quincy, Rail Logistics, Columbia Colstor and LaGROU Distribution (Chicago Cold Storage).

This new 4-day, door-to-door Cold Train service is available a potential of 6 days a week depending on market demands.

The 53-foot refrigerated containers of the PNW-Chicagoland Express Intermodal Cold Train Service will provide Washington growers and producers in the Pacific Northwest and the Midwest by providing an intermodal pipeline between two of the largest cold storage and distribution operators.

"With fuel prices continuing to be relatively high and with the increasing pressure on shippers to reduce carbon emissions, this new intermodal service option from Central Washington to Chicago will give agricultural and other shippers a fantastic new alternative that is both economical and more environmentally sustainable," stated Pat Connelly, Commissioner, Port of Quincy.

Pat Lombard, the General Manager of Chicago Cold Storage said that the service will  eventually be available throughout the U.S.

On April 20, the Port of Quincy will hold a formal Grand Opening for the new Cold Train service at the Port of Quincy Intermodal Terminal.

More information is available at Cold Train or by contacting Steve Lawson of Rail Logistics, 913-491-0050 or stevel@rrlx.com.