June 3, 2026
Intermodal rail update
Schneider’s rail providers continue to enhance service reliability and efficiency through schedule improvements, operational adjustments and network optimization. And Schneider recently introduced new solution, Fast Track, to deliver faster, more dependable intermodal options for time-sensitive freight.
Schneider's strategic rail partners
CSX updates
- CSX has launched new service lanes between South Kearny, NJ, and Wylie (Dallas) and between Charlotte and South Kearny, NJ.
- Both services operate in both directions and are available as of June 1st.
- CSX introduced faster transit service between Fairburn (Atlanta) and South Kearny, NJ.
- The new route leverages the recently completed Howard Street Tunnel, reducing transit times by more than 50 hours versus the previous Chicago routing.
- CSX also announced an additional 7-hour transit improvement from South Kearny, NJ, to Northwest Ohio.
Union Pacific updates
- Peak planning has begun, leveraging last year’s successful approach that improved performance versus 2024.
- Union Pacific will collaborate with carriers to forecast demand and ensure the rail network is positioned with adequate capacity to execute.
- Union Pacific's famed Big Boy No. 4014, the world's largest operating steam locomotive, will journey to the East Coast this summer for the first time as part of a historic coast-to-coast tour to celebrate America's 250th anniversary.
CPKC updates
- On 5/31, approximately 300 Canadian Communications & Signal (C&S) workers went on strike.
- CPKC has implemented contingency plans to maintain operations, with no expected impact to U.S. domestic or Mexico service.
- CPKC has partnered with SENESECA to offer customs clearance for select commodities at the Puerta Mexico (Toluca) ramp.
- Commodities such as cotton, popcorn/DDGs, soybean meal (SBM), peat moss and petfood that could not move intermodally in the past due to a required inspection at the US-Mexico border will now be able to move via rail with SENESECA performing the inspection upon arrival at Puerta Mexico.