Delivering Benefits to All Stakeholders
For Service
Customers Will Benefit from Seamless, Single-Line Service Across the Country
The transcontinental railroad is a win for our customers, a win for competition and a win for the nation. The combination will improve transit times, removing several days by eliminating car touches and interchanges where rail cars are handed off.
By creating new, more cost-effective options for shippers, a transcontinental railway will be a more truck-competitive solution and decrease highway congestion, reducing wear-and-tear on taxpayer-funded roads.
Enhancing the Rail Experience and Ease of Doing Business
Customers will have the ability to quickly receive single-line rate quotes with one system to track freight, enabling real-time decisions that optimize supply chains. The transcontinental railroad will improve service and lead to growth by eliminating the inefficient and time-consuming interchanges that occur at gateways. The ability to provide fluid, single-line service from coast to coast will also help U.S. exporters and importers better compete globally.
There Is No Better Team To Deliver America’s First Transcontinental Railroad
Greater Partnership with Short Lines and U.S. Ports
Short lines and their shippers will have access to a unified rail network with a single Class I interface, new services and reduced gateway delays.
U.S. ports served by the transcontinental railroad will have expanded reach and faster access to new markets.
Railroads Transport Freight over Land More Efficiently and at Lower Costs than Trucks
A single intermodal train can remove approximately 500 trucks from the nation’s congested highways and uses only one gallon of fuel to move a ton of freight 500 miles.¹
¹ Source: Association of American Railroads — "Freight Rail: Climate Change."