CN, CSXI offer new intermodal service

MONTREAL (May 29, 2001) — Canadian National and CSX Intermodal introduced a range of new intermodal services connecting major Canadian and United States markets, including five-day service between Vancouver and Kearney, N.J., via CN’s Buffalo gateway.

Two new routes provide four-day service from Western Canada to the U.S. Southeast, Florida, and Mid-South via Chicago, and Eastern Canada to markets in the I-95 corridor along the eastern seaboard via Buffalo.

“This is truck-competitive service with truck-competitive reliability offered at rail intermodal rates,” said CSXI president and CEO Clarence Gooden.

CN and CSXI said shippers will benefit from one-stop intermodal shopping under this marketing agreement — CN and CSXI each have the ability to “through” price originating traffic destined to points on either network, which will result in improved pricing response time.

Shippers will also enjoy efficient “steel-wheel” interchange of intermodal traffic at the Chicago and Buffalo gateways.