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If you are moving freight that is high, wide, long or heavy, we can ship it.  We have the experience and knowledge to move your valuable cargo safely to destination.

Expertise in Oversized Shipping

Transformers, wind towers and turbine components, farm equipment, construction machinery, generators, transformers, reactor vessels, and excavators for mining and oil sands, and are just a few of the commodities CN's team of dimensional load experts can help you with.

Minimize transportation costs

Why pay more for trucking, when you can ship your oversize freight for the long-haul using CN rail? Rail is the most cost effective way to ship.  In tough economic times, you need to make the most of every transportation dollar.  We offer consistent, reliable transit times at competitive prices.

Get a complete transportation solution

Our team has an excellent track record on safety and damage-free handling. Our experts work with logistics specialists throughout the entire supply chain. 

A value-added logistics solution can include:

• Height and width clearance analysis 
• Heavy duty railcars for your dimensional load and/or containers for smaller components 
• Recommendations of special equipment for efficient loading 
• Special train service (some commodities can be shipped on regularly scheduled trains) 
• Safe loading requirements and secure procedures
• Reliable transit times
• Door-to-door delivery 
• Transload facilities for truck to rail transfer
• Coordination at port terminals for vessel to rail transfer

Intermodal Dimensional Loads

To determine whether your dimensional loads shipment will move on Intermodal service or Carload service and what rates apply, please refer to the table Dimensional Shipments - Guidelines for Intermodal & Carload Train Service (PDF 12.0KB). The table breaks down the category and service offered based on your product dimensions.

Call us today and get your oversized shipment moving.