Rail Roundup: UP’s grain transload project, senators’ grade crossing bill Both moves, though unrelated, address freight flows 0 135 3 minutes read A Union Pacific train. (Photo: Jim Allen/FreightWaves) Union Pacific constructing Chicago-agrea transload facility for agricultural producers Union Pacific (NYSE: UNP) is constructing a grain transload facility near Chicago to benefit Midwest agricultural producers and processors and reduce their supply chain costs. The company is building the facility within its Global IV intermodal terminal in Joliet, Illinois. The Union Pacific Global IV Transload Facility will be managed by JCT, a 50-50 joint venture between Consolidated Grain and Barge Co. and Gavilon Grain.