A: TFT is designed for less-than-truckload freight, combining truck convenience with sustainable rail. It simplifies final mile shipping for palletized goods while supporting low-carbon transportation. Explore Less Than Truckload services
FROM RAIL TO ROAD,
WE GO FURTHER FOR YOU
Shipping can be complex. We keep it simple. Our team of experts will work with you to arrange truck transfer between your facilities and our rail for an all-in-one shipping solution.
SAVE MONEY ON
FIRST AND FINAL MILE
DELIVERY WHILE GAINING
A COMPETITIVE EDGE
With complete logistics coverage, we can move a range of full car and less-than-truckload (LTL) freight from A to B — even if you don't have direct rail access.
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First and Final Mile Logistics All in One Place
Norfolk Southern is the only Class I railroad providing one-stop shopping with our Triple Crown first and final mile service, leveraging our own assets to help you move freight from the first mile to the last.
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Ship Smarter With Thoroughbred Bulk Transfer
We have expanded our transload capabilities including 36 Thoroughbred Bulk Terminals (TBT), and with our Short Line partners, we now offer over 300 transload terminals. These provide a broad range of product capabilities as well as optionality for our customers for door-to-door solutions.
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Make LTL Shipping Easier With Thoroughbred Freight Transfer
Thoroughbred Freight Transfer (TFT) is a truck-like service leveraging the high capacity of a boxcar and the speed of intermodal. Your experience with TFT will be similar to standard LTL, with delivery handled by truck and intermediate transload to and from a boxcar.
WHY SHIP WITH NORFOLK SOUTHERN?
YOUR GUIDE TO FIRST AND FINAL MILE SHIPPING
A: Triple Crown Services, Inc. (TCS) combines rail and trucking to provide efficient, seamless final-mile solutions, blending the reliability and sustainability of rail with truck-like flexibility. Its brokerage division serves 3PLs, brokers, steamship lines, and carriers, while its motor carrier division transports auto parts between Toledo and Kansas City, as well as Canada and Mexico, and offers standalone drayage.
Since incorporating TDIS under the TCS umbrella, TCS provides transportation solutions to third-party logistics companies, brokers, steamship lines and trucking companies. Providing intermodal, brokerage and carrier services, it makes final mile delivery easier and ensures access to sustainable freight shipping.
A: TBT connects truck and rail at 36 terminals plus 300 partner sites, creating flexible final mile logistics for bulk shipments. It helps businesses expand reach with efficient green rail transport. Find a Transload Facility
A: Norfolk Southern partners with more than 252 short line railroads to extend its network into new or local markets. This creates flexible final mile logistics supported by sustainable rail and specialized green freight solutions. Explore Short Line Connections
A: Yes. Norfolk Southern’s “Find Your Industry” tool provides customized solutions for industries, aligning final mile delivery with the broader intermodal supply chain. It helps identify services that align final mile logistics with sustainable rail and low-carbon transportation goals. Select Your Industry
A: Norfolk Southern’s Rail 101 resource provides guidance for businesses shipping by rail for the first time. It explains how final mile delivery works, outlines available services, and shows how companies can take advantage of green rail transport and sustainable freight shipping. Rail 101
A: Intermodal combines the efficiency of rail with the flexibility of trucking to streamline long-haul and final mile shipping. It helps businesses lower costs, reduce emissions through sustainable rail, and maintain reliable final mile logistics. Intermodal Benefits
A: Norfolk Southern’s NSites platform is a GIS-based tool featuring more than 700 available rail-served sites for sale or lease and more than 260 rail served warehouse and transload facilities.
A: Norfolk Southern’s next generation Carbon Calculator helps companies quantify emission reductions from using sustainable rail. It supports customer efforts to account, measure and mitigate carbon emissions in their supply chain decisions. With a sample size of over 7 million shipments annually, the online calculator is built on an algorithm that produces results based on actual data to strengthen and improve efficiency estimates, giving customers the ability to include emissions into their transportation decisions.
