Rail Service from IL - AB

[Paul S]

Hi Guys and Happy New Year,

Just had a request to ship something on rail from Illinois to Edmonton. Any recommendations who I can reach out to?

 

[whatiship]

Hi Paul
Give Franco at a call at CP Rail. (he is actually at CPLS their logistics dept) 905-803-3257.
He will point you in the right direction.
Getting set up with them is not easy if you only have occasional moves but worth a shot.

 

[TransAction]

CP Does not do inter-modal, only rail-car from this location as far as I know.

 

[whatiship]

News to me. If so, I stand corrected!

 

[theman]

Of course they service it. There are a couple of us IMC's here that you can reach out to as well. With small volume, you may be better off.

 

[TransAction]

My CP rep just happened to call me on another matter so I asked about the below, he told me they do not do inter-modal from IL to AB. They are trying to launch this perhaps later this year. I know CN does for sure but we don't use them as much as CP.

 

[Shakey]

we move lots on CP to AB from IL 40's and 53's only provinces in West they don't do with 53 is AB and MB that is CN only

 

[TransAction]

That's weird. My rep is telling me otherwise. Time to get a new rep?

 

[stressbeater]

Contact Mike Lindley at PROFEX (agent for Pacer/XPO) he should be able to assist.

 

[theman]

It may just be that they can't offer their own containers on the lane. But many of the big IMCs who run their own containers or rail-owned ones are riding on CP. CP's marketing strategy is different from CN's in that they weren't really retailing that type of service for the cross-border lanes like CN does.