Can individual people ship stuff by rail/container?
Started by MJL6 posts3 min read
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This may be slightly off topic, but its a question I'm wondering about, that could be rail related.Is there a way that I could call a shipping company up, have them deliver a 40some odd foot Sea/land container (stack train kind) to my house on a spine trailer. Say Denver, Colorado as an origin. I would then fill the container with 'stuff'. They would then take the filled container to the BNSF, or UP intermodal yard here in town, where it would be put on a train to Washington State. Once it got to a port, the container would be put on a ship and taken up to Anchorage Alaska, where the container would be put onto another truck trailer, driven to a local destination, and unloaded.what I'm wondering is: 1-is this shipping arrangement possible? 2-how many $$$$ would it cost? 3-who would you call for such a thing?Thanks for any help on this Matt
RE: Can individual people ship stuff by rail/container?
sure can.. Thats how we moved to Calgary from Toronto.. I'm not sure about other RR's but look in your local phone book first, then check their websites..cheers Harold
RE: Can individual people ship stuff by rail/container?
Thanks for the info...... Do you happen to know any names of places or their phone #'s.....looking in the phone book here turns up - not much Thanks Matt
