Norfolk Southern, Schneider National team to scale East Coast intermodal reach

Schneider shifts eastern intermodal freight to Norfolk Southern

Schneider unveiled a deal making Norfolk Southern its primary eastern rail provider Oct. 29, demonstrating the size of the carrier’s intermodal ambitions.

Norfolk Southern, Schneider National team to scale East Coast intermodal reach

The railroad’s potential merger with Union Pacific is “the icing on the cake” of the partnership, Schneider CEO Jim Filter said. 

Schneider picks Norfolk over CSX, you say?

The carrier is changing its primary eastern railroad after 18 years. It could reshape competition for domestic containers – but the volume CSX will lose remains undisclosed, and the UP–NS merger is still only a proposal. The biggest question in Schneider National’s new rail deal is also the one nobody has answered: how much freight is CSX actually about to lose? The switch As you may have read, Schneider announced last week that ...