OMAHA, Neb. -- A unique boxcar "shuttle train" was launched April 17 by Union Pacific Railroad that gives shippers truck-like speed and delivery with boxcar economics between the Pacific Northwest and Southern California.

Union Pacific and logistics provider, Speedlink, a subsidiary of Genesee & Wyoming, Inc., have teamed to offer one-call, door-to-door, multiple-stop service with inventory control, direct store delivery. This new I-5 transportation product offers an assortment of shipping options including purchase order verification, store returns, multiple-stop retail pick-up and delivery and can accommodate shipment sizes as small as a single pallet.

This new transportation product offers expedited third-day door-to-door delivery. Customers working with UP and Speedlink now have the option to bypass expensive urban warehouses, distribution centers. With skilled product handling to ensure product safety; dedicated rail equipment and schedules to assure reliability and a flexible, customized pick-up and delivery process to meet just-in-time needs, this new offering gives customers a new more economical way to move products between the Pacific Northwest and Southern California.