Cold Train is expanding its express refrigerated intermodal service from Portland, Ore. to complement its existing expedited service from Quincy, Wash.
Cold Train’s expanded eastbound service out of Portland will deliver to the same destinations and locations as it does from Quincy, Wash, including northern Delaware, Baltimore and Philadelphia.
Rail Logistics launched the Cold Train Express Intermodal Service in partnership with Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway and the Port of Quincy in Washington state in 2010.
Since the Rail Logistics Cold Train service was launched, it has grown rapidly in popularity with perishable shippers in the Pacific Northwest, Midwest and East Coast. Cold Train currently departs Portland six days a week and takes approximately four to five days between Oregon and the Midwest and about six to seven days between Oregon and the East Coast, similar to its eastbound service out of Quincy.
“We are excited about our continued expansion into Portland and being able to provide increased capacity for fresh and frozen products moving between the Pacific Northwest, Chicago and East Coast. This will directly benefit perishable shippers, receivers and consumers in both Oregon and Washington State as well as in the Midwest and East Coast,” said.Steve Lawson,president & CEO of Rail Logistics Cold Train.
