Phoenix

As part of an effort to streamline operating strategy and provide better on time arrivals and departures, Union Pacific Railroad (UP) has recently announced several changes to their Chicago intermodal complex to affect the Global 2 (Northlake), Global 3 (Rochelle) and Global 4 (Joliet) facilities.

The most significant of these changes will be the idling of Global 3 ramp which as of early July, will no longer handle containerized cargo. Additionally, Global 2 will discontinue handling of international cargo and convert to an exclusively domestic ramp while Global 4 will be the sole international hub for UP international cargo in the Chicago area.

The current schedule of effective dates for these service changes are as follows:

Dec 8, 2019 - Last ramp operations for import IPI containers

Dec 15, 2019 - Last gate operations for export cargo