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BNSF to serve new TransCold Express refrigerated service offered by McKay TransCold

2013-09-04

McKay TransCold, a third-party logistics provider providing multi-modal logistics solutions, recently announced a new service, TransCold Express--a dedicated, refrigerated train offering a bi-directional service between the California Central Valley and the Midwest. BNSF will provide the rail service for this new transportation offering beginning in first quarter 2014.

The service will offer customers a dedicated 50-car unit train between Selma, Calif., and Wilmington, Ill., of refrigerated and frozen consumer goods and produce by the carload, truckload, or less than truckload via BNSF's newly refurbished fleet of refrigerated box cars.

Each refrigerated box car holds up to four truckloads. Trains will depart from each location starting at one train per week and grow to two days of service as the demand grows.

"We have worked closely with the BNSF team to craft a program that will fill a niche in current modes of transportation. It was important to bring a service to the market that added value and focused on overall supply chain solutions," said Randy McKay, CEO of McKay TransCold.

"TransCold Express represents a new milestone in refrigerated train service on our network," said Dave Garin, BNSF group vice president, Industrial Products. "Our network provides an ideal solution for perishable shippers to achieve superior supply chain performance because of BNSF's commitment to service performance and reliability."

The Illinois location will provide competitive service to Wisconsin, Michigan, Indiana, Iowa, Ohio, Kentucky and the East Coast, including Pennsylvania, New York, New Jersey, the Carolinas, and select Canadian markets, including Toronto. The California location will serve all of California and Southern Nevada. Value-added services of forward distribution, consolidation, and redistribution will be offered at the hubs to enhance supply chain savings.

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