The Cold Train

摘要

Apartnership to move fruit by rail has been going gangbusters this past year and is now sending about 800 refrigerated containers a month from Washington and Oregon to 19 eastern states and the Canadian province of Ontario—and it's gearing up to do more. Much of the cargo is produce, frozen and fresh, fruits and vegetables on 53-foot containers that can be placed on trucks and rail. Half of that is fruit moving from Quincy, Washington, and Portland, Oregon, to Chicago and then on to other destinations. The fruit includes pears and sweet cherries, but 80 percent of the fruit are apples. The Cold Train freight program is a partnership involving Burlington Northern Santa Fe, which provides the rail service; Rail Logistics, which provides the containers; and the Port of Quincy.