About Us

Tradition

The Canton Railroad is a rail transportation provider that offers freight logistics services to industrial and port-related customers. It was founded in 1906 with the aim of connecting the industries of one of the nation’s largest cities with the rest of the country. Over 100 years later, the Canton Railroad continues to uphold a tradition of providing safe, reliable, and efficient rail transportation and logistics services.

Our Mission

“Our goal is to become the leading rail transportation provider in the Baltimore, Maryland, area. We aim to achieve this by offering safe, reliable, and competitively priced logistics services that exceed the expectations of our customers, employees, and shareholders. We will create value by continually expanding and enhancing our service capabilities and franchise.”

Staff

Warehouse Partners

Ace Logistics
4200 Boston Street
Baltimore, MD 21224
https://www.acelogisticsonline.com/
(410) 238-3866 Alec Hajimihalis
alec@acelogisticsonline.com

Products handled: food products, paper, forest products, metals, minerals, building materials, livestock feed additives.

Features: food-grade (USDA inspector on site), free trade zone bonded, indoor two-ton light crane, nine warehouses, six drop yards, 2.8 million square feet.
Rail car spots: 2

B&E Storage
2500 Broening Hwy, Suite D
Baltimore, MD 21224
https://bnestorage.com/
(888) 279-5207 Greg Williams

Products handled: paper, forest products, construction materials, hazmat
Features: temperature controlled, sprinkled, specialized forklifts and clamps, indoor loading for rail and truck, private truck fleet.
Rail car spots: 5 x 50’ cars or 4 x 60’ cars

Pacorini Metals
7700 Rolling Mill Road
Baltimore, MD 21224
https://pacorini.com/en/
(410) 327-2931 Nick Lloyd, Stacy Stubbs

Products handled: metals
Rail car spots: 3

Rukert Terminals
2021 South Clinton Street
Baltimore, MD 21224
https://www.rukert.com/
(410) 276-1013

Products handled: paper, forest products, wood pulp, ferrous and non-ferrous metals, various bulk commodities.
Features: paper grade, sprinkled
Rail car spots: 20

Terminal Corporation
2200 Broening Hwy
Baltimore, MD 21224

1657 South Highland Ave
Baltimore, MD 21224
https://termcorp.com/
(800) 560-7207

Products handled: metals, food products, paper, forest products.
Features: food-grade
Rail car spots: 8

Benefits of Rail

• A cleaner environment: Each ton-mile of freight moved by rail rather than highway reduces greenhouse emissions by 75% or more.

• If 25% of truck traffic moving at least 750 miles shipped via rail instead, annual greenhouse gas emissions would fall by approximately 13.6 Million tons.
• Greater fuel efficiency: A freight train can move one ton of freight, nearly 500 miles per gallon of fuel (four times as far as a truck).
• Less traffic: A single freight train can remove up to 280 trucks from highways, alleviating congestion, reducing wasted gas from idling vehicles, and reducing damage to highways from overweight trucks.
• Lower cost: Rail has proven to be one of the most cost-effective transportation modes, particularly when handling bulk commodities.
• The average shipper can move approximately twice as much freight for about the same price it paid in 1982 (adjusted for inflation); avg. rates are down 45% since 1980.
• Freight railroads invest an average of $23 Billion each year to improve their networks, including maintaining and enhancing infrastructure and equipment.
• From 1980-2022, freight railroads spent $780 Billion on capital expenditures and maintenance (~$0.39 out of each revenue dollar).
• The average U.S. manufacturer spends ~3% on capital expenditures; the comparable figure for U.S. freight railroads between 2012 and 2021 averaged 18%.
• Since 2000, the train accident rate has fallen about 40%; the employee injury rate has fallen 47%.
• The freight rail industry helped spur nearly $274 Billion in economic activity in 2014.
• The freight rail industry supported almost 1.5 Million American jobs in 2014, generating $88 Billion in wages and close to $33 Billion in tax revenue.