Buffalo Niagara Rail Service

US ClaSS I RaIlRoadS INTERModal SERVICE CaRload SERVICE

Canadian National (CN)

www.cn.ca

•NearestlocationisBramptonYard,

approximately100milesfromBuffalo

Niagara’sthreebordercrossings

•ConnectsBuffalotothePortofHalifax

andPrinceRupert,Canada’sgateways

forinternationalcontainers

•Ownsandoperatestwosingletracklinesacrosstwoborder

crossings,theWhirlpoolBridgeandtheInternationalBridge.Also

hastrackagerightsfromtheInternationalBridgetotheBisonYard,

allowinginterchangewiththeNS

•OwnsaLumberReloadfacilityinBuffalo,featuring12carspotsand17

acresofoutsidestorage.Switchingforthisfacilityisprovidedbythe

Buffalo&Pittsburghshortline

Canadian Pacific (CP)

www.cpr.ca

•NearestintermodalyardisinVaughan,

Ontario,approximately110milesfrom

BuffaloNiagara

•RetainstrackagerightsovertheInternationalBridge,interchanges

withtheNSattheBisonYardandNS’sSouthernTierLinetoaccess

itsownlineatBinghamtonformovementssouthoreast

•HasanarrangementwithNSallowingCPtocontinuemarketingits

serviceintheBuffaloarea,butNSprovidesalldirectserviceand

movesCPtrafficviaahaulagearrangementtoBinghamton

CSX Transportation

(CSX)www.csx.com

•OffersservicebetweentheNewYork

metropolitanareaandthenewBuffalo

ICTFviaitsSouthKearny,N.J.terminal

•Providesmeansforbothdomesticand

internationalcontainerstoreachthe

BuffaloandToronto,ONmarketssix

daysperweek

•Terminalhandlesbothinternational

anddomesticcontainers

•OperatesthreeclassificationyardsintheBuffaloNiagara:Frontier,

KenmoreandNiagaraFalls

•JustoutsidetheFrontierYardinBuffalo,CSXprovidesbulktransload

servicesthroughtheirTransflosubsidiary,featuring100carspots,

directrail-to-trucktransferaccessandaccommodatesmultiple

commodities

Norfolk Southern (NS)

www.nscorp.com

•BisonIntermodalYardin

Cheektowaga,NYoffersservicefive

daysaweekto/fromtheir47thStreet

YardinChicago,ILandto/from

Toledo,OH

•Handlesrailcarstransportingawidevarietyofcommoditiesranging

fromfoodarticles,lumber,steelandcoal

•NSoperatesalumberreloadfacilityprovidinglumbertransloading

anddistributionservices:30railspotsintheyard,9,500sqfeetinside

and7acreoutsidestoragefacility

•ThoroughbredBulkTerminaloffers80carspotsanddirecttotruck

transferofliquidmaterials

665 Main Street, Suite 200 Buffalo, New York 14203 716.842.1330 1.800.916.9073 www.buffaloniagara.org

The Buffalo Niagara region is home to over 1,000 miles of rail and features one of the largest rail heads in the

U.S. The region is currently served by four Class I railroads, one regional railroad and three short line railroads.

US Class I Railroads providing intermodal and carload services in Buffalo Niagara are: Canadian National Railway (CN),

Canadian Pacific Railway (CP), CSX Transportation (CSX) and Norfolk Southern (NS).