Cushing Transportation, Inc. moves containers off Chicago's rail ramps: across town to another railroad's ramp, and out to the warehouses and docks waiting for them. Owner operators based in Chicago and Joliet run the moves, and one dispatch desk answers 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
Cushing Transportation, Inc. provides two services from Chicago's rail ramps: crosstown moves between ramps and inland yards, and intermodal drayage from the ramp to the customer's dock and back. Owner operators based in Chicago and Joliet run the moves, and one dispatch desk answers 24 hours a day.
Chicago is where the eastern and western railroads meet, and plenty of containers change railroads here on a truck. A crosstown move is that truck leg: from one Chicago rail ramp to another, or between a ramp and an inland yard.
Drayage is the truck leg between the ramp and the customer. We pull the container at the ramp, deliver it to the customer's warehouse or dock with the appointment held, and bring the empty back with the paperwork.
Which one is your move?
These are the railroads' terminals, not ours: we do not own or run them, we pull containers from them. Our dispatch records list 15 Chicago area ramps on six railroads.
Find Your Ramp on the Map
Norfolk Southern 47th Street, Calumet, 63rd Street, 79th Street 
BNSF Railway Corwith, Cicero, Willow Springs, Logistics Park Chicago 
CSX Bedford Park, 59th Street 
Union Pacific Global 2, Global 4, Yard Center 
Canadian National Harvey 
Canadian Pacific Kansas City Bensenville Two: crosstown services, container moves between Chicago rail ramps or between a ramp and an inland yard, and intermodal drayage, the truck leg from a rail ramp or marine terminal to the customer's warehouse or dock and the empty back. Both run from Chicago and Joliet with dispatch available 24/7.
If the container goes to another railroad's ramp or to an inland yard, it is a crosstown move. If it goes to your warehouse or dock, it is intermodal drayage. When in doubt, send the details and dispatch sorts it.
Cushing is registered with PHMSA for hazardous materials; the registration is on the Documents and Forms page. Tell dispatch when a load is hazmat, with the class and the paperwork, before it is tendered.
The container, its size and type, the pickup ramp, the delivery address, the weight, the dates. Email workorders@cushingtrans.com or call 708.656.5050; dispatch confirms acceptance, capacity and timing with you.
Email workorders@cushingtrans.com
Call or text 708.656.5050
Dispatch answers 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
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