May 21, 2008
Norfolk Southern Receives First Uni-Level Railcars for Large Motor Vehicle Transport
NORFOLK, VA. - Norfolk Southern Corporation has put into service the
first of the new Uni-Level railcars supplied by TTX Company. Last
week, Norfolk Southern loaded the first 13 of 55 Uni-Level cars
received from TTX, officially launching the railroad’s Uni-Level
service network.
The fully enclosed Uni-Level railcar is designed to provide
economical rail transportation of large motorized vehicles, including
Class 5-8 trucks and recreational vehicles. Transporting these types
of vehicles in a Uni-Level car helps ensure that the vehicles will
arrive at their distributors in factory-quality condition and will not
require re-work, as is typically the case with over-the-road
transportation. Prototypes of the Uni-Level railcar have been tested
successfully in the marketplace over the past three years.
Norfolk Southern's Automotive Group and Modalgistics Supply Chain
Services will provide dock-to-dock shipment management to Uni-Level
users through their Load Planning, Web-Based VIN Visibility, Optimized
Mode Selection, and Strategic Network Design services.
The initial Uni-Level service network will be concentrated on local
NS service lanes, with later expansion into Mexico, Canada, and the
West Coast.
For more information, please contact unilevel@nscorp.com.
Norfolk Southern Corporation (NYSE: NSC) is one of the nation's
premier transportation companies. Its Norfolk Southern Railway
subsidiary operates approximately 21,000 route miles in 22 states and
the District of Columbia, serving every major container port in the
eastern United States and providing superior connections to western
rail carriers. Norfolk Southern operates the most extensive
intermodal network in the East and is North America's largest rail
carrier of metals and automotive products.
