Start with your freight need.
Whether you are moving freight, evaluating a transload location, storing railcars, or planning a rail-served expansion, the LA&L team can help identify a practical path forward.
Rail service should be built around the operation.
Every freight project is different. Some customers already have rail at their facility. Others need a transload option, additional railcar storage, a new siding, or a site that can support future growth.
The LA&L Railroad family works with manufacturers, processors, distributors, developers, and site selectors to evaluate the freight, location, infrastructure, and service requirements behind each opportunity.
What are you trying to accomplish?
Use these paths to reach the information, locations, and people most relevant to your project.
I want to ship freight by rail.
Learn how direct carload rail service can support repeat industrial lanes, bulk materials, packaged products, inbound ingredients, and outbound finished goods.
Explore Ship by Rail → 02My facility does not have rail access.
Compare transload facilities and rail-served sites where freight can transfer between rail and truck without constructing track at your current facility.
View Locations → 03I need railcar storage.
Review storage options for loaded or empty railcars and discuss placement, service, commodity, timing, and access requirements.
Explore Railcar Storage → 04I am expanding or evaluating a site.
Explore support for site selection, rail access, track concepts, development planning, available properties, utilities, and funding opportunities.
Explore Development → 05I need tariffs or customer resources.
Access public tariff documents, fuel surcharge information, customer tools, railcar visibility resources, and operating contacts.
View Tariff Information →Not sure which service fits?
Begin with the freight and operating need. Our team can help evaluate whether direct rail, transload, storage, or site development deserves a closer look.
Share the freight profile.
Tell us what is moving, where it is coming from, where it is going, expected annual volume, and when service may begin.
Review the operating fit.
We evaluate rail access, possible routes, railcar type, handling, storage, site requirements, and service considerations.
Identify the path forward.
The next step may be a rate review, transload comparison, site visit, track concept, storage plan, or development discussion.
What helps us evaluate a freight opportunity?
You do not need to have every answer before contacting us. These details simply help our team understand the project and identify the most useful next questions.
Tools and information for current and future rail customers.
Access operating information, tariff resources, visibility tools, safety guidance, and other customer-facing resources across the LA&L Railroad family.
Have a freight move, facility, or development project to evaluate?
Contact the LA&L business development team to discuss your commodity, origin, destination, volume, rail access, handling needs, and project timing.