Getting Washington Apples to The Big Apple

There is a new streamlined way to get fresh Washington produce to the East Coast, and the young company Railex is a big part of it. Railex takes fresh apples, onions, and pears from the growers to the consumers, using a combination of their own trucks and specially designed rail cars. While the idea of express shipping isn't new, Railex is using optimization, technology, and priority trains to achieve the same result as Western Fruit Express and all the other produce shipping methods that have come before it. Their western yard is in Wallula WA, with another yard in Rotterdam NY.

Recently the Tri-City Herald ran this great article describing the company and its mission.