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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 {{Texas-transport-stub