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Source: Adapted from Beisler, L., J. Kettler and P. Molle (1995) “Rationalisierunbg bei der Zugbildung un Nahbereichsbedienung im Schienengüterverkehr”, Eisenbahntechnische Rundschau, No. 4, pp. 225–231. There are different strategies where rail bundling can be used, each associated with specific service times: Direct trains are commonly the preferred option since they

Source: Dr. Jean-Paul Rodrigue, 2009. The Lachine Intermodal terminal in Montreal is Canadian Pacific’s (CP) easternmost terminal, marking the end of its landbridge (Vancouver-Montreal). The transloading equipment used involves side loaders (reach stackers). The terminal is completely surrounded with limited expansion possibilities. The 53-foot container being handled belongs to Canadian

Transloading concerns the transshipment of loads from truck to rail and vice-versa. It is done to exploit the respective advantages of trucking and rail, particularly to avoid long-distance trucking. A producer relying on long-distance trucking to service a set of customers is facing many challenges (A). The most significant one

Source: Base map from Google Earth. The rail terminal of BSNF Logistics Park, in the suburbs of Chicago (60 km southwest), is the largest intermodal terminal in North America. It is a typical example of contemporary intermodal requirements that have been integrated into the terminal design in terms of its

Photo: Mi-Jack Inc. The development of containerization and mechanized intermodal equipment in the 1960s was the starting point in the emergence of a more efficient intermodal rail system, particularly in the 1980s when double-stacking rail cars entered in service. Although the earliest – unsuccessful – attempt at double stacking was

Note: Modeled after the Bedford Yard in Chicago, owned by CSX. In this case the classification yard is owned by the Belt Railway Company. Three major components interact in intermodal terminal operations; rail track operations, storage yard operations, and gate operations. The purpose is to ensure that each operation interacts

Photo: Dr. Jean-Paul Rodrigue, 2012. An on-dock intermodal rail terminal is located adjacent to a port terminal and does not require the container to exit the terminal’s gate to be loaded on a unit train. It does not necessarily mean that the facility is directly located on the dock (although

Source: Dr. Jean-Paul Rodrigue, 2006. Several ports are handling large amounts of vehicles that are imported and brought by rail to inland markets. In a similar fashion to vehicles being rolled in or rolled off a ship, with a ramp, they can be rolled into a railcar.

Photo: Dr. Jean-Paul Rodrigue, 2011. The grain elevator is a fundamental element of the structuring effect of rail on the resource landscape through the dynamics of collection, sorting, and distribution of grain in agricultural regions. The terminal is simply a rail spur where grain wagons can be loaded on the