Elwood, Illinois

Elwood and Logistics Park Chicago

Elwood is a small village in Will County, south of Joliet along I-55, near the former Joliet Army Ammunition Plant land that was redeveloped for logistics. The reason most freight people know the name is BNSF Logistics Park Chicago, often shortened to LPC: a public BNSF intermodal facility at 26664 Elwood International Port Road (also listed by some directories on the older Baseline Road name).

LPC is a ramp in the Chicago market we can pick up from or deliver to. It is a major BNSF Chicago-area facility for container traffic. Naming it does not mean FNS has a contract, lease or exclusive partnership with BNSF.

The drive is its own subject. From Mokena we typically use I-80 to I-55 and then the Elwood local roads into the park. The same I-55 / I-80 crossing serves Joliet's UP Global IV, which is close on a map but is a different gate, a different railroad and a different city. If your steamship line or railroad says the box is at LPC, the plan is Elwood. If it says Global IV or JIT, the plan is Joliet.

Warehouses around Elwood, Wilmington, Manhattan and the south Will County corridor take a lot of this inbound freight. A usual pattern is: out-gate at LPC, a short Will County delivery or a longer run back toward the metro area, then an empty return before last free day and per diem become a problem. If the dock is not ready, we can pre-pull and hold the freight in our warehouse or with warehouse partners.

FNS services that fit Elwood work are rail drayage, transload and short-term storage, and the outbound trucking that follows, including cold chain when the product needs it. Tell us the container number, the last free day and the delivery appointment when you call.