Cincinnati drayage that never pays rail storage.
Intermodal container drayage from every major Greater Cincinnati ramp.
Taylor pulls containers off CSX, Norfolk Southern, CVG air cargo, and the Ohio River on our own chassis, customer chassis, or a rental, whichever fits your move, and stages them in our secure gated yard minutes away. We’ve worked these ramps since the horse-and-wagon days, and we track every storage clock so you don’t pay the fees.
The short haul that makes intermodal work.
Drayage is the short-distance move of an intermodal container between a rail ramp, port, or terminal and a nearby warehouse or transload facility. It’s the first and last leg of an intermodal shipment — and when it’s slow, the whole chain backs up and storage fees start ticking. Taylor has run Cincinnati’s ramps since 1850, so this leg is second nature to us.
First & last mile of intermodal
Every kind of container move, off every Cincinnati ramp.
Import or export, rail or river, hot or dropped — if it’s a container in the Cincinnati gateway, Taylor moves it on our own chassis, a customer chassis, or a rental, and stages it in our gated yard.
Import / Export Container Drayage
Loaded imports pulled from the ramp to your door and empties or exports returned to rail — timed so you beat last free day and never eat demurrage.
- Loaded-in / empty-out coordination
- Last-free-day & cutoff tracking
- Ocean & domestic containers
- Live unload or drop & pick
Rail Ramp Drayage
Daily pulls from CSX Queensgate and Norfolk Southern’s Gest Street and Sharonville terminals. We know the gate hours, the dispatchers, and the fastest way in and out.
- CSX Queensgate classification yard
- NS Gest St. & Sharonville terminals
- Ingate / outgate management
- Reservation & appointment handling
Transload Drayage
Pull the container, transload to a domestic trailer or floor-load at our facility, and send the box back — right-sizing freight before the long haul to cut cost.
- Container-to-truck & -rail transfer
- Floor-loading & palletizing
- Fast empty returns
- On-site at our gated yard
Expedited & Hot Containers
When a box is about to rack up storage or a line is about to go down, our 24/7 dispatch pulls it fast — off-peak, overnight, whatever it takes to beat the clock.
- 24/7 dispatch & after-hours pulls
- Storage-deadline rescues
- Off-peak & overnight moves
- Priority for production-critical freight
Drop & Stagger / Drop-Yard
Pull containers ahead of storage and stage them in our secure gated yard, then deliver on your schedule — you get the box off the rail without paying to warehouse it there.
- Secure, gated container storage
- Drop & stagger delivery programs
- Empty staging & street-turns
- Minutes from the ramps
We know every ramp in Cincinnati.
Greater Cincinnati is one of the Midwest’s busiest intermodal gateways — Class I yards, the Ohio River, and the I-71/74/75 crossroads all converge here. Our gated yard sits minutes from the ramps below.
Queensgate Yard
One of CSX’s largest classification yards in the country, right in Cincinnati. We pull containers here daily and stage them in our gated yard.
Cincinnati, OHGest Street & Sharonville
Norfolk Southern’s Cincinnati intermodal and classification terminals — core ramps for our import and domestic drayage lanes.
Cincinnati, OHCVG Air Cargo
The CVG cargo hub — a top U.S. freight airport and a DHL super-hub — sits inside our radius for time-critical air-to-truck transfers.
Hebron, KYOhio River Terminals
Barge and river-port facilities along the Ohio round out the gateway — the same waterway John Taylor’s wagons served in 1850.
Greater CincinnatiWhy Cincinnati is a drayage market of its own.
Not every city drays the same. A handful of things about Greater Cincinnati make container moves here faster, cheaper, and more reliable than most inland markets.
Intermodal density
CSX and Norfolk Southern both run major terminals here, and CSX Queensgate is one of the largest rail yards in the country. That concentration means shorter hauls between ramp and warehouse than markets where the nearest ramp is an hour away.
Ohio River access
The river adds a modal option most inland cities don’t have. Barge-to-truck drayage for bulk commodities is a real part of the local freight mix — not something you’d factor into planning in Columbus or Indianapolis.
Highway convergence
I-71, I-75, and I-74 all meet here, and I-75 is one of the heaviest north-south freight corridors in the country. Drayage moves connect efficiently to both regional distribution and longer-haul truckload networks.
One-day reach
Cincinnati is within a day’s drive of roughly 70% of the U.S. and Canadian population — a big reason so many CPG and food companies run distribution here. That nearby demand keeps drayage volume and frequency high.
Less congestion
Compared with coastal port cities or even Chicago, Cincinnati’s ramps and yards see less chronic congestion — so transit reliability is a genuine selling point for the market.
How Taylor moves your container.
A simple, tracked process built to beat the storage clock — from the moment your box hits the ramp to the moment the empty goes back.
We watch the ramp
Give us the container and booking details and we monitor availability and your last free day.
We pull it in time
Our own chassis, a customer chassis, or a rental, plus 24/7 dispatch, get the box off the ramp before storage and per-diem hit.
Deliver or stage
Straight to your dock, transloaded at our facility, or staged in our gated yard for later.
Empty returned
We return the empty on time — street-turned where possible — closing the loop cleanly.
Drayage that saves you the fees.
Anyone can pull a box. Taylor pulls it on our own equipment, ahead of the storage clock, with a real person who owns your account.
Never pay rail storage
We track every storage clock and pull ahead of demurrage and per-diem, so those fees never land on your invoice.
Storage-clock trackingChassis flexibility
Our own fleet, a customer chassis, or a rental, whatever fits your move. Either way we control the timeline and keep surprise chassis charges off your invoice.
Flexible equipmentSecure gated yard
Stage, drop, and street-turn containers in our controlled-access yard minutes from the ramps — off the rail, off the clock.
Drop & stagger readyWhat sets Taylor apart.
Big importers stay with Taylor for the part that’s hard to find: people who pick up the phone, tell you the truth, and keep your boxes moving.
Communication, not silence
A real person who knows your containers, proactive updates, and accurate ETAs. You’re never left wondering where a box is.
Transparency, no surprises
Clear, fair pricing and clean invoices. No mystery chassis splits, no hidden accessorials at the end of the month.
Local speed
We’re minutes from the ramps and we’ve run them for generations. Fewer miles, faster pulls, more moves per day.
170+ years of trust
A family- and woman-owned carrier that’s moved Cincinnati freight since 1850. We’re not going anywhere.
Drayage questions, answered.
The questions importers ask most about Cincinnati drayage. Want to talk it through? Call us.
Get a drayage rate.
Tell us the ramp, the container count, and your free-time deadline. Our team will price it fast and fair — usually the same business day, with no hidden fees.
West Chester, OH 45069
Get your containers off the clock.
From CSX Queensgate to your dock, Taylor pulls Cincinnati containers on our own chassis, a customer chassis, or a rental, ahead of the storage clock, with no hidden fees.