Pallets in Rossville, Tennessee
Rossville, Tennessee, is a Fayette County town of 1,041 residents at the 2020 census, 30 miles east of downtown Memphis on SR 57 and the Norfolk Southern line, with an intermodal facility southwest of town that opened in 2012. The freight passing it is far bigger than the town.
- 01Freight mode
- Rail and road
- 02Roads
- SR 57, SR 194
- 03Rail
- Norfolk Southern; intermodal facility southwest of town
- 04Sizes and grades
- 48 x 40, 48 x 48; container loads
BOX 01The town
Rossville is in southwestern Fayette County, bordering Piperton to the west and Marshall County, Mississippi, to the south. State Route 57 is the main highway: east about eight miles to Moscow, and west through Piperton about seven miles to Collierville. SR 194 (Main Street) runs north from SR 57 about 15 miles to Oakland. The population was 1,041 in 2020, up from 664 in 2010 (Wikipedia).
BOX 02An intermodal ramp
An intermodal facility was built southwest of the town and opened in 2012, and the town sits on the Norfolk Southern Railway. Intermodal means containers and trailers moving between train and truck, so the pallets in question arrive inside boxes, often from overseas, and leave on trucks to warehouses.
A container unloaded at a warehouse is where the shed pallets begin. Floor-loaded containers carry no pallets, while palletized ones bring the shipper's choice, which can be a one-way build, a heat-treated stamp or an odd size. The receiving dock has to deal with all of them.
BOX 03Container pallets
| Container load | Pallets | What the receiver sees |
|---|---|---|
| Floor-loaded cartons | None | The receiver pallets the cartons on its own stock |
| Palletized goods | Shipper's choice | Mixed sizes, some one-way, some stamped |
| Machinery and parts | Custom skids and crates | Heavy builds, not standard sizes |
Heat-treated stock matters for export, and the export page explains the stamp.
BOX 04What to put in a request
Say how the pallets arrived (container, trailer, rail), what size and stamp they carry, the count, and where they sit. Nearby: Collierville to the west along SR 57 and Byhalia over the state line. For the rail side, read intermodal and rail.
BOX 05Growth on a small base
The 2020 population of 1,041 was up from 664 in 2010. A town that grows by more than half in ten years is adding houses, shops and services, and each addition brings deliveries on pallets. The intermodal ramp is a regional matter; the local growth is a separate small source of piles.
A request from the town can be either. Say whether the pallets come from the ramp side or from local building and retail, since they are different mixes.
BOX 06Norfolk Southern and the town
The Norfolk Southern line runs through the town, and the intermodal facility sits southwest of it. Rail noise, truck traffic and container movements are part of local life. For pallets the useful fact is that containers arrive from the ramp at nearby buildings in a steady rhythm, and so do their pallets.
BOX 07A quick orientation
From Rossville, Piperton is a short drive west along SR 57, Collierville a little farther, and the Mississippi line is just to the south.
Last reviewed 12 November 2026. Sources:
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