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The State of US Transloading

A statistical snapshot of the US rail transloading market, built from our directory of 1,261 named facilities and an ongoing scan of industry mergers, acquisitions, and new terminals. Data current as of 2026-07-14.

1,261
Transload facilities
48
States covered
968
Geolocated on the map
68%
Served by a Class I
38
M&A events tracked

Facilities by commodity

Dry Bulk
602
Liquid Bulk
539
Forest Products
533
Agriculture
468
Metals
374
Aggregates
313
Machinery & Dimensional
291
Plastics
232
Building Materials
200

Facilities by serving railroad

NS
357
BNSF
283
G&W
197
CSX
105
CPKC
73
UP
63
CN
37
PNWR
17
Norfolk Southern (NS)
15
Union Pacific (UP)
13
NECR
13
FEC
13

Top states by facility count

Pennsylvania
99
Texas
90
California
75
Ohio
75
Georgia
67
Illinois
51
New York
43
New Jersey
41
Louisiana
40
North Carolina
40
Missouri
39
Oregon
38

Consolidation & market moves

Transload operators consolidate constantly. We track acquisitions, roll-ups, closures, and new terminals from press releases, trade press, and STB filings.

18
Acquisitions & roll-ups
20
New terminals
34
Active acquirers
15
Affecting listed sites

Recent activity

Acquired2026-06-29
FTAI Infrastructure Inc.AP Shale Logistics ManagementCo LLC d/b/a Tidewater Logistics

FTAI Infrastructure completed its $45 million acquisition of Tidewater Logistics' barge and rail transloading platform.

New terminal2026-06-23
Kraus Development and Ironhorse ResourcesLaredo Gateway Industrial Railway and Gateway International Rail Park

The partners announced the new Laredo Gateway Industrial Railway to connect shippers with transloading, distribution and rail infrastructure.

New terminal2026-06-19
Precision Terminal LogisticsNorfolk Southern Pottstown Thoroughbred Bulk Terminal

Precision Terminal Logistics was awarded operations of Norfolk Southern's 41-spot Pottstown bulk transload terminal.

Pottstown, PAprecisiontl.com
Acquired2026-06-18
Terramont Infrastructure Partners LLCHainesport Transportation Group, Hainesport Industrial Railroad, and Hainesport Secondary Railroad

Terramont agreed to acquire Hainesport Transportation Group and its two rail carriers serving the Hainesport waste-transfer and transload operation.

Hainesport, NJgovinfo.gov
Acquired2026-06-17
Regional Rail, LLC and 3i RR HoldingsMassachusetts Central Railroad Corporation

Regional Rail filed to acquire all shares of Massachusetts Central Railroad, whose line serves transload facilities between Palmer and South Barre.

Palmer, MASouth Barre, MAregulations.justia.com
New terminal2026-06-17
BNSF RailwayBarstow International Gateway

BNSF announced city approval for its planned rail yard, intermodal facility and transload warehouse complex in Barstow.

Barstow, CAbnsf.com
Acquired2026-06-15
Enstructure LLCLOGISTEC marine terminal division

Enstructure agreed to acquire all of LOGISTEC's marine terminal operations, including its U.S. bulk, breakbulk and multimodal terminal business.

New terminal2026-06-09
Ray-Mont LogisticsPort of Mobile export transloading facility

Ray-Mont began construction of a rail-connected export transloading facility for plastic resins, forest products and other goods.

Mobile, ALalports.com
New terminal2026-06-08
Freedom Intermodal Tank ServicesNew Orleans East bulk-liquid packaging facility

Freedom Intermodal opened a rail-served bulk-liquid packaging facility integrated with its transloading, storage and warehousing operations.

New Orleans, LArailnola.com
Acquired2026-06-04
TNW Corporation through Northeast Texas Railway CompanyNortheast Texas Rural Rail Transportation District line and Northeast Texas Connector operating role

TNW affiliate Northeast Texas Railway filed to acquire the track and replace Northeast Texas Connector as operator of a 65.59-mile line.

Roll-up2026-06
Bulkmatic Transport CompanyNorfolk Southern Chesapeake Thoroughbred Bulk Transfer terminal

Bulkmatic brought Norfolk Southern's Chesapeake TBT terminal online within its transportation and railyard network.

Chesapeake, VAlinkedin.com
New terminal2026-05-19
G&D Hoffman TransportationColumbus Grove bulk transload and warehousing facility

Ohio rail officials documented G&D Hoffman's planned CSX-connected, 12-track bulk transload facility in Columbus Grove.

Columbus Grove, OHdam.assets.ohio.gov
New terminal2026-05-14
Savage Transload NetworkBig Pasco Industrial Center transmodal facility

Savage Transload Network disclosed plans to lease rail infrastructure at Big Pasco Industrial Center for a new transmodal facility.

New terminal2026-05-07
County Line RailGulf Coast Rail Gateway

County Line Rail announced a 350-acre dual-served industrial rail facility with transloading, staging, storage and railcar-cleaning capabilities.

Sinton, TXOdem, TXclrail.com
Acquired2026-05-01
Cando Rail & TerminalsSavage Rail

Cando completed its acquisition of Savage Rail, adding U.S. transload terminals, short-line railways and first- and last-mile rail operations while planning a Salt Lake City headquarters.

Salt Lake City, UTcandorail.com
New terminal2026-05
Ray-Mont Logistics and Norfolk & Portsmouth Belt Line RailroadPort Norfolk Transload facility

The Port Norfolk Transload facility opened and received its first railcars for container-to-rail transloading operated with Ray-Mont Logistics.

Portsmouth, VAlinkedin.com
New terminal2026-04-13
Hollingshead Cement (SRM Concrete)Terrell cement terminal

Hollingshead Cement opened a new rail-served, 50,000-ton bulk cement terminal in Terrell.

New terminal2026-04-10
Ports America Chesapeake and Frey CommoditiesSeagirt Marine Terminal grain transloading facility

Ports America Chesapeake and Frey Commodities broke ground on a grain transloading facility supporting inbound truck and rail shipments.

Acquired2026-04-09
OmniTRAXDardanelle and Russellville Railroad, Ouachita Railroad, and Camden & Southern Railroad

OmniTRAX acquired three Arkansas short lines whose service portfolio includes transloading, storage and switching.

New terminal2026-04
Iron Horse RailWinnemucca greenfield transload terminal

Iron Horse Rail confirmed construction of a Union Pacific-served terminal for mining, agricultural and chemical commodities.

Winnemucca, NVihrail.com
New terminal2026-03-30
CSX TRANSFLOPetersburg TRANSFLO terminal

CSX opened a 40-car-position TRANSFLO terminal with LPG and conveyor capabilities in Petersburg.

Petersburg, VArailwayage.com
New terminal2026-03-23
Central Oregon & Pacific RailroadDillard Choice Terminal

Central Oregon & Pacific Railroad opened a bulk transload facility with five simultaneous unloading positions and adjacent railcar storage.

New terminal2026-03-23
Precision Terminal LogisticsCSX TRANSFLO Portland Terminal

Precision Terminal Logistics announced it would operate the new CSX TRANSFLO Portland multi-commodity terminal as its twelfth TRANSFLO location.

Acquired2026-03-13
Lampwrights LLCBuffalo and Pittsburgh Railroad side track in Jefferson County

Lampwrights reported acquiring 2,269 feet of track for proposed switching and containerized-waste transloading operations.

Compiled from public sources and independently checked. Every entry links to its source. This feed updates as new activity is found.

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