February 2, 2010

Railex Gets Seal of Approval

The Safe Quality Food Institute recently certified Railex, which operates four 100-car refrigerated unit trains between the West Coast and upstate New York.

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January 27, 2010

A Fresh Approach

How two railroads and a shipper put perishables traffic back on the menu

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January 15, 2010

RailEx -- The FedEx of Rail Shipping

This is an excerpt taken from the "Growth Guy", Weekly insights from Verne Harnish, the syndicated "Growth Guy" columnist bringing the resources, articles, trends, and best practices for growing leaders of growing companies.

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January 4, 2010

Railex Passes SQF Certification with Superior Rating

Railex was recently certified by the Safe Quality Food Institute. (SQF)

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December 22, 2009

Railex Contributes to Corporate Sustainability

On the road to a smaller carbon footprint

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November 9, 2009

Massive Refrigerated Trains: Is Railex the Future of Produce Freight?

Last week I wrote about the Stobart Refrigerated Train shipping produce from Spain to the UK via the Channel Tunnel, providing an alternative to hybrid trucks or slowing down freight as a means to saving gas. But while it was impressive, commenter Andrew pointed out that the "first-of-its-kind" headline may have been misleading. In fact, four 55 car state-of-the-art refrigerated train have been shipping refrigerated produce from Washington State and California to Albany, NY. The entire operation is incredible.

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RAILEX is a NEW, INNOVATIVE distribution platform designed to enhance logistics, distribution, consumer demands and inventory control.

The Railex platform features three refrigerated, mega-transload distribution centers; one in Delano, California, one in Wallula, Washington, and one in Rotterdam, New York. These three coast to coast distribution centers run a scheduled weekly five (5) day service 55 car refrigerated unit train, with the capacity to transport the equivalent of 220 trucks of refrigerated merchandise each and every week, both ways! The train consists of all new 64-foot series cars with fresh air exchange, GPS tracking and temperature control. Railex incorporates the latest technologies with its own infrastructure and private non-stop rail service to ensure the same scheduled departure day and time every week, 52 weeks a year. Five (5) day coast-to-coast delivery is GUARANTEED!

Railex was created to link the needs of growers, shippers, and manufacturers with retail, foodservice, and overall distribution to industry specific clients. Read more...

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