LA&L Railroad Family
Local rail service. National market reach.
Four family-owned regional freight railroads help industrial customers move freight, reach rail through transload, and develop rail-served sites across New York and Pennsylvania.
Four affiliated railroads. Distinct territories. One commercial conversation.
LA&L, B&H, WNYP, and OMID serve separate regional territories rather than one continuous rail system. Together, they share leadership, commercial support, customer resources, development experience, and a practical short-line approach.
Customers work with local teams that understand the territory and operating environment, while Class I partners extend freight access into the broader North American rail network.
Start with the freight, the facility, or the growth plan.
The right path may be an existing rail lane, a nearby transload facility, a rail-served property, a new siding, or a coordinated industrial-development project.
Move freight by rail
Evaluate the commodity, origin, destination, annual volume, railcar, handling method, route, service, and commercial structure for an existing or proposed lane.
Reach rail without a siding
Use rail for the long-haul portion and trucks for local pickup or delivery through a transload location matched to the commodity and operating need.
Develop rail-served growth
Coordinate property, track, utilities, operating fit, site readiness, public partners, and long-term freight strategy for an expansion or new industrial project.
Regional railroads built around local industries and operating territories.
Each railroad has its own network, customers, communities, and interchange relationships, supported by shared commercial, safety, development, and customer resources.
LA&L
Freight rail, transload, storage, and industrial-development support across the Livonia, Avon & Lakeville territory.
Explore LA&L →B&H Rail
Regional freight service, transload access, industrial properties, and customer support centered on the B&H territory.
Visit B&H Rail ↗WNYP
Freight rail service across an extended New York–Pennsylvania corridor serving industrial and bulk customers.
Visit WNYP ↗OMID
Freight rail, transload, storage, and development support across the Ontario Midland territory.
Visit OMID ↗Start with the location. Then evaluate the freight and operating fit.
Explore public transload facilities, rail-served properties, development sites, storage opportunities, transportation access, and the contacts responsible for each territory.
Rail solutions for the freight that supports regional industry.
The commodity determines the likely equipment, handling system, route, storage, facility requirements, and commercial path.
Freight capacity that supports more than a single shipment.
For the right commodity, lane, volume, and facility, rail can add capacity, extend market reach, reduce dependence on long-haul trucking, and support long-term growth.
Move freight at railcar scale
Rail can consolidate repeat industrial and bulk volumes that would otherwise require multiple truck movements.
Reach national markets
Class I partners connect regional customers with suppliers, processors, ports, and markets across North America.
Use rail without direct track
Transload facilities provide a practical rail-to-truck path when the current plant, warehouse, or job site lacks a siding.
Build transportation resilience
Rail, transload, storage, and site-development options can support changing production, sourcing, and capacity needs.
Freight infrastructure that helps industry stay, invest, and grow.
The railroad family maintains transportation corridors that connect manufacturers, processors, farms, warehouses, energy businesses, and industrial sites to the broader freight network.
Track, transload, storage, site development, and customer-service investments help preserve freight access for existing employers while creating options for future projects.
Company updates, project milestones, and community highlights.
Follow recent activity across the LA&L railroad family, including customer projects, community visits, infrastructure investments, safety initiatives, and industry updates.
- Trains Burn Diesel Too. So Where Does the Efficiency Come From?
Freight trains burn diesel. The useful efficiency question is not how much fuel one locomotive consumes, but how much freight that fuel moves and how far it moves. - Freight Economics Changed. Should Manufacturers Reevaluate Their Transportation Mix?
Transportation decisions are built around assumptions about fuel, rates, service, volume and inventory. With diesel prices sharply higher and Norfolk Southern reporting freight shifting from highway to rail, some manufacturers may have good reason to revisit lanes that were evaluated under very different market conditions. - Building Products & Scope 3: Real Freight, Real Growth and Why Transportation Matters
Freight • Sustainability • Supply Chain Building products are a good example of why Scope 3 can become a very practical freight conversation. Lumber,… Read more: Building Products & Scope 3: Real Freight, Real Growth and Why Transportation Matters
Find the information needed to plan, operate, and manage rail service.
RVP+
Railcar visibility, inventory information, configured service requests, planning resources, and customer support.
Explore RVP+ →Tariffs & Fuel Surcharge
Current public tariffs, common charges, fuel-surcharge publications, archives, and supporting information.
View Tariff Information →Railcar Guide & Estimator
Compare common equipment, understand load limits, estimate annual railcars, and convert freight units.
Launch the Railcar Guide →FAQ & Resource Hub
Find customer, shipping, development, safety, property-access, and company information.
Browse Tools & Resources →Bring us the freight question. We’ll help identify the practical rail path.
Contact the LA&L business development team about a freight lane, commodity, transload need, rail-served property, siding, storage request, expansion, or industrial project.