McKay TransCold Launches Refrigerated Boxcar Rail Service
McKay TransCold, Edina, Minn., launched TransCold Express, a hub-to-hub refrigerated boxcar service operated that runs bi-directionally between Wilmington, Ill., and Selma, Calif. Dubbed to be the first refrigerated boxcar unit train connecting the Midwest and West Coast in over half a century, TransCold Express presents produce growers and meat and dairy producers the opportunity to distribute products more cost-effectively to all U.S. destinations.
TransCold Express will operate on BNSF Railway with cargo being transferred from truck to boxcar through a new refrigerated building operated by National Logistics and Cold Storage (NLCS). The TransCold Express hub in the RidgePort Logistics Center is a 1,500-acre industrial park 40 miles southwest of Chicago. RidgePort Logistics Center is being developed by Ridge Development, the industrial arm of Transwestern Development Co.