Norfolk Southern · Chicago
NS 79th Street Drayage.
Norfolk Southern's 79th Street ramp sits on Chicago's South Side, near 79th Street. Cushing's owner operators pull containers from it for docks, warehouses and yards across Chicagoland, and move crosstowns between it and the other railroads' terminals. The work here runs from Cushing's Orland Park terminal; dispatch answers at any hour.
The ramp
- Railroad
- Norfolk Southern
- Town
- Chicago
- Where
- NS 79th Street sits on Chicago's South Side, near 79th Street.
- Cushing terminal
- Orland Park
The ramp is the railroad's terminal, not Cushing's. Gate hours and appointment rules are the railroad's; dispatch holds the appointment for each move. See it on the ramp map.
Crosstowns from here
A crosstown, also called an x town, carries a container from NS 79th Street to another railroad's ramp so it can continue by rail. From here:
- BNSF Railway BNSF Corwith, BNSF Cicero, BNSF Willow Springs, BNSF Logistics Park Chicago
- CSX CSX Bedford Park, CSX 59th Street
- Union Pacific UP Global 2, UP Global 4, UP Yard Center
- Canadian National CN Harvey
- Canadian Pacific Kansas City CPKC Bensenville
Also on Norfolk Southern: NS 47th Street, NS Calumet, NS 63rd Street.
Nearest ramps
- NS 63rd StreetChicago, about 3 miles away
- CSX 59th StreetChicago, about 3 miles away
- NS 47th StreetChicago, about 4 miles away
All 15 ramps with the distances between them, the railroads' intermodal pages and a carrier checklist: the Chicago Drayage Directory.
NS 79th Street Questions, Answered.
Does Cushing pull containers from NS 79th Street?
Yes. NS 79th Street is one of the 15 ramps Cushing pulls from. Send the container, the delivery address, the weight and the dates, and dispatch follows up.
Can Cushing move a crosstown from NS 79th Street?
Yes, to the other railroads' ramps around Chicago: BNSF Railway, CSX, Union Pacific, Canadian National, Canadian Pacific Kansas City. Dispatch watches the last free day on every container it moves.
Where is NS 79th Street?
NS 79th Street sits on Chicago's South Side, near 79th Street.
A Container at NS 79th Street?
Send the container, the delivery address, the weight and the dates. Dispatch follows up with you.