Machinery / Dimensional Shipments

Announcements

August 25, 2011

• Metals & Construction Marketing updates machinery public tariff.

The Norfolk Southern Machinery group is dedicated to moving shipments such as generators, transformers, farm and construction machinery and wind energy among numerous other similar commodities. Through assistance from our Industrial Development and Clearance groups, NS is able to assist customers with solutions to move machinery across the approximate 21,000 route miles in 22 states and DC.

We want to keep your business moving ahead with Norfolk Southern Machinery. Talk to us about how we can get your machinery shipment on rail.

Certain dimensions require special handling on NS. If you say yes to any of the following, a clearance request will need to be submitted for approval.

• Is your shipment greater than 200,000 lbs?
• Is your shipment greater than 10'6" in width?
• Is your shipment greater than 15'6" in loaded height?
• Does the lading overhang the side sills or end of the railcar?
• Does the length of the lading exceed 60 feet?
• Is the load concentrated? (Is the load shorter than 18 feet?)
• Will the car you use be loaded outside the plate as registered in UMLER?

If you said yes to any of these, and your shipment is originating on Norfolk Southern, please fill out a clearance request form and submit it to NSClearances@nscorp.com for a review of your shipment. Need to know where to go from here?  Please see our ‘Step-by-step guide" to moving your dimensional shipment. 
If you said ‘No" to any of these; see 'Moving non-dimensional machinery'.