Description
Railroad Short Name: UMXU
ABOUT:Â UMAX, a new domestic interline container program created by CSX Intermodal and Union Pacific Railroad, will provide customers access to more than 20,000 containers and expanded market reach across North America. UMAX will feature more than 600 service lanes supported by faster and more frequent train schedules. UMAX launches March 29, 2010.
“UMAX will offer extensive market access and expanded capacity across a nationwide intermodal network,” said John Kaiser, Union Pacific vice president and general manager – Intermodal. “Union Pacific and CSX Intermodal are committed to delivering market-competitive service and value to our customers, providing truck-competitive schedules that maximize the benefits and efficiencies of rail intermodal.”
Other key UMAX customer benefits include:
- Truck-competitive service in key lanes.
- Expanded network access to markets across North America.
- Access to more than 20,000 53-foot containers.
- Ramp-to-ramp and door-to-door service.
- Easy, Web-based container reservations and billing through REZ-1.
- A simple one-container, one freight bill transportation solution.
UMAX will offer rail-provided 53-foot containers to intermodal marketing companies, motor carriers, freight brokers, truckload, parcel and less-than-truckload customers. UMAX will replace the separate programs CSX Intermodal and Union Pacific offer customers today(2010) for CSXI-UP interline service.
Features:
- Newly Tooled “True Ocean” 53′ containers
- Scheme specific tooling
- Multiple front(s) and door(s) for prototypical accuracy
- Detailed printing per photographs
- IBC pins and scale ISO 40′ location for JTC product compatibility
- JTC magnetic connection with magnets in the bottom and metal plates on top
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