CCT Rail System Corporation is a US

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holding company that owns and operates the

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. The company was founded in

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. In June 2014, the company relocated its offices to

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in order to be closer to the rail operations of

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History

The company was founded on November 20, 2012, as RVTR Rail Holdings LLC for the purpose of acquiring the WCTU Railway LLC (WCTR) from Marmon Transportation Services LLC, a unit of

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. CCT successfully acquired WCTR on December 17, 2012. To effectively re-organize and re-brand the company as a platform for acquiring and operating other North American shortline railroads in the future, the company was renamed the CCT Rail System Corporation on March 15, 2013. The company's then-sole subsidiary, WCTR, was also renamed

(RVT) on the same date, in order to better market the broader Southern Oregon region served by the railroad. In March 2019, the company launched Safe Route Railcar Services Corporation, a private railcar storage, maintenance and cleaning firm, which later ceased operations in January 2022. In November 2022, the company launched Rogue Reload Corporation, its first truck-to-rail

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service.

Locomotive Fleet

External links

CCT Rail System Corporation
''official website''

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:CCT Rail System United States railroad holding companies Companies based in Oregon Transportation in Jackson County, Oregon Oregon railroads Railway companies established in 2012 American companies established in 2012 2012 establishments in Oregon Transportation companies based in Oregon