Venango Freight Express Co.

Preferred-Rail Program

If you are an over-the-road truck user, you are painfully aware of the impact of recent fuel price increases on your transportation costs.  Venango is pleased to offer you an alternative – Venango Freight Express Company’s Preferred-Rail Program.  Venango’s program extends many of the advantages of truck brokering activities to railroad users and to rail freight.

                “Because higher oil prices may very well be here to stay, exporters have to react if they want to remain competitive and hold on to their market share abroad. Waiting patiently for the storm to pass just won't cut it; you have to find a way to stay profitable even with high oil prices. It is possible.” Serge Gauvin, President & CEO, Produits Alba, Inc. Saguenay (Quebec)

Venango’s Preferred-Rail Program Rail offers both intermodal and dedicated freight car services designed to meet the particular supply chain needs of each customer.  Whether your challenge is a trailer-load, a carload or less than full load – for one shipment or a continuous flow of goods – Venango professionals can quickly solve your problem.  We act on your behalf to serve your needs and all you have to deal with is a single invoice.  Venango becomes your dedicated resource to call upon when, as and if you need us.

“Let Venango handle it.”

To meet your needs, Preferred-Rail will use any combination of Highway or Intermodal carrier and Class I, regional, and terminal or switching railroads that will serve your needs in a timely and economical way.  Whether you are a local farmer, a small business, a mid-sized firm or a major manufacturer, in today’s economy, rail freight shipping offers you environmentally responsible, price-competitive and reliable transportation solutions.  Preferred-Rail would like to introduce you to substantial and immediate advantages available to shippers through fuel-efficient rail services. 

You don’t have to have a rail siding or spur to enjoy the advantages of rail!

Rail service is not just for the big guys anymore.  Rail freight had long been perceived to be a viable option only if you had your own siding and were shipping either huge volumes or especially large or heavy freight.  However, the economies of shipping freight by rail are becoming available to many shippers. 

Full or partial loads can now be a cost-effective part of your supply chain.  If your freight is within 150 miles of a railhead at either or both the origin and destination, we can direct your shipment through transloading facilities into freight cars or into intermodal carriage.  

Venango’s BNSF-served cross-dock and transloading facility in Rochelle, Illinois, at the crossroads of I-39 and I-88 – adjacent to Union Pacific’s Global III Intermodal Terminal – is ideally situated to handle a wide variety of supply chain needs to and from Northern Illinois, Southern Wisconsin and Northwest Indiana markets.  Additionally, when desired, Venango is able and eager to meet your warehouse requirements at Rochelle.

Opportunities may exist for additional cost savings even if you have your own rail spur.  Rail freight services are available between virtually any points within the United States, Canada and Mexico.  Preferred-Rail can help you handle numerous commodities and an extensive network on trans-load facilities allows us to direct shipments to almost any point in North America.

You don’t have to know how to order a boxcar!

If you would like to inquire about freight by rail, you may do so by contacting our rail services representatives.   All requests for rail freight quotes are welcome.  Few restrictions on commodity, size, location or destination. You'll find our representatives knowledgeable and helpful.  We offer free analysis of existing shipping lanes and will provide answers on rail and rail-to-truck feasibility without any obligation. 

To meet your immediate and long-term needs, Venango representatives will:

1.   Identify the best rail routes to your destination or connecting rail hub connecting to your destination.

2.   Find highway, rail, warehousing, transloading and cartage freight rates that fit your requirements and budget.

3.   Make arrangements to transload your goods between truck and rail at origin and/or destination (as needed), including, if desired, storage.

And if you choose to go with Venango, you pay only a single invoice!

You may call our main number and we will direct you to the correct party, or use one of the e-mail addresses below to reach a specific individual.

Alternatively, download our Rate Request Form, fill it in and fax it to us for a no-obligation quote.  Tell us what we need and let us solve your problem.

                                     Please keep Venango in mind for your next shipment!