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The Border Pacific Railroad (reporting mark BOP) is a short-line railroad headquartered in Rio Grande City, Texas, United States. BOP operates a 31.6 miles (50.9 km) line from Rio Grande City to an interchange with Union Pacific (via Rio Valley Switching Company ) at Mission, Texas .
About 700 railroads operate common carrier freight service in the United States. There are about 160,141 mi (257,722 km) of railroad track in the United States, nearly all standard gauge.
As a result of mergers and consolidations in the railway industry, the company's shareholders changed. As of 2021, BNSF Railway owned 50% of the company's shares. [5] As of 2023, the company is still covered by the Railroad Retirement Act. [6] The company's archives from 1905 to 1936 are held by History Colorado. [7]
BO - Baltimore and Ohio Railroad; Chessie System; CSX Transportation; BOBX - Freeman Gas of N.C., Inc. BOCT - Baltimore and Ohio Chicago Terminal Railroad; CSX Transportation; BOCX - BOC Gases; BOCY - Boat Company; BOGU - BSL Transport; BOMX - Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Museum; BONU - Bond International, Ltd. BOP - Border Pacific Railroad ...
The Texas Pacifico company began service in March 2001. [5] The South Orient Rail Line runs from San Angelo Junction (near Coleman, Texas) to the Mexican border town of Presidio, Texas. [6] Texas Pacifico interchanges with BNSF Railway and Fort Worth and Western Railroad at San Angelo Junction and Union Pacific Railroad at Alpine.
The Rio Valley Switching Company (reporting mark RVSC) is a short-line railroad headquartered in McAllen, Texas.. RVSC operates four lines, all leased from Union Pacific: . A 41-mile line from an interchange with Union Pacific at Harlingen, Texas, to an interchange with Border Pacific Railroad at Mission, Texas (began operating in March 1993)
The railroad traces its roots back to the Corpus Christi, San Diego and Rio Grande Gauge Railroad, a narrow-gauge railroad established in 1875. In 1883, the line was extended over the Rio Grande and the Mexico–United States border. The railroad was purchased by the Mexican government in 1900, which controlled the railroad until 1982 when it ...
The Wichita, Tillman and Jackson Railway (reporting mark WTJR) is a shortline railroad subsidiary of the Rio Grande Pacific Corporation that operates in Oklahoma and Texas.The line for which it is named extends from Wichita Falls, Texas to just north of Altus, Oklahoma, through Wichita County, Texas, Tillman County, Oklahoma, and Jackson County, Oklahoma.