With ready access to barges, trucking and rail cars, WM can design a transportation logistics solution for virtually any type of waste.

Our Locations. A fleet of +1,800 private railcars moves over 3 million tons of waste annually through our rail-served transfer stations.

Hauling waste is a deceptively complex operation for railroads. A normal railroad shipment involves large volumes of a homogenous pro-duct like coal or grain.

CSX is the leading rail transporter of waste, and can support the unique growth-related needs of the waste industry, municipalities, and industrial facilities.

The Waste-by-Rail system will provide long-term disposal capacity to replace local landfills as they reach capacity and close. The starting point of the Waste- ...

WasteByRail is WM's long-haul transportation system that provides convenient and efficient access to specially equipped landfills.

Although railroads have criss-crossed the United States for more than a century, waste by rail is a relatively new way to transport solid wastes.

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Posted: Oct 26, 2010

Why Ship Waste by Rail? · Cost. Shipping by rail typically costs less than shipping by truck, especially over long distances. · Volume. A single rail car can ...