SALINA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas transportation officials are considering several cities as possible sites for facilities that would load and unload products between trucks and trains.

Transportation officials say the transloading facility would be large enough for entire trains to take products from local and area firms that are brought in by trucks.

Transportation secretary Mike King was in Salina to talk to city officials about the proposal, which is in only beginning stages of planning.

King says the proposal requires six to eight months of further study to determine the size of a facility, which would cost about $5 million.

Besides Hutchinson, other cities under consideration include Salina, Abilene, Attica, Coffeyville, Colby, Columbus, Concordia, Dodge City, Garden City, Gardner, McPherson, Marysville, Newton, Pittsburg, Scandia, Wellington, Wichita and Winfield.