September 9, 2026
Intermodal rail update
Highlights from this week’s rail update: CSX is adjusting select lane schedules during Fairburn, Georgia terminal expansion through Q1 2027. Union Pacific’s Southern California weather delays have cleared. CPKC completed Bensenville terminal paving, improving throughput and chassis operations.
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CSX updates
- Effective 9/8, CSX is moving some work offsite and implementing schedule adjustments to select lanes while they expand the track at the Fairburn, Georgia intermodal terminal.
- This will add transit to some lower volume lanes but will improve the experience of the freight that naturally lands at Fairburn. These changes are expected to last into Q1 2027.
- Updated transit times, gate cut-offs and availability details are provided below:
Union Pacific updates
- Union Pacific had a few weather-induced derailments near the end of August. While the incidents have been relatively minor and track reopened quickly, there were residual delays into and out of Southern California.
- Those delays have cleared, and Union Pacific is operating as normal at this time.
- Grain harvest, holiday intermodal demand, and canning season all arrive close together each fall, and Union Pacific crews, locomotives and equipment are already positioned in the right regions to handle them.
CPKC updates
- The paving project at the Bensenville, Illinois terminal that allows outbound loads to be picked up on chassis has been completed. Schneider is seeing gains in through put for both drivers and containers at that location.
- The next phase of the project will increase the amount of inbound volume that can be dropped on chassis, and we would expect to see further upgrades at that time.