BNSF Railway, one of North America’s largest freight transportation companies, recently announced it will be opening an intermodal facility in Oklahoma City in mid-November in partnership with the Oklahoma City-based Hobby Lobby Stores.
The 42-acre facility will provide the retailer, one of the railroad’s customers, with a streamlined, cost-efficient option to move its loaded containers from the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach to its distribution center network in Oklahoma City.
“Expanding into this new rail market is a great example of us listening to our customers’ needs and looking for ways to provide solutions that will spur shared growth opportunities across the region,” Jon Gabriel, BNSF Group Consumer Products vice president, said. “We are excited to offer this unique solution to Hobby Lobby, which creates a much more effective supply chain and at full potential could eliminate up to 40,000 truck moves off the highway each year.”…