The Border Pacific Railroad is a
short-line railroad headquartered in
Rio Grande City, Texas, United States.
BOP operates a line from Rio Grande City to an interchange with
Union Pacific (via
Rio Valley Switching Company
The Rio Valley Switching Company 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 ...
) at
Mission, Texas.
BOP traffic includes
silica sand, ballast, crushed stone, asphalt, scrap paper, and feed grains.
The line was opened in 1925 and became part of
Missouri Pacific in 1956. Short-line service started in 1984. The BOP went idle for a while in 2013 after a bridge fire but once the bridge was repaired it has been running ever since.
External links
Link to Union Pacific Website with BOP Details
Texas railroads
Spin-offs of the Union Pacific Railroad
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