The service, which launched today, uses the FEC terminal in Titusville, Fla., about 40 miles east of Orlando, Fla.
UP handles both private and EMP containers between its terminals in Los Angeles and Lathrop, Calif., and Titusville. KCS is moving EMP boxes between Titusville and its terminal in Wylie, Texas, near Dallas. NS also is handling private and EMP containers between Titusville and Chicago.
The new service comes a week after UP expanded its service linking Denver, Salt Lake City, and Los Angeles.
UP has been trimming its intermodal network as part of its shift to Precision Scheduled Railroading.
UP has pruned hundreds of low-volume intermodal lanes on its system and between destinations on UP and points on CSX Transportation and NS. The goal of those changes has been to simplify the network and concentrate on steel wheel interchange in Chicago and Memphis.
