The Rio Valley Switching Company is a

short-line railroad :''Short Line is also one of the four railroads in the American version of the popular board game Monopoly, named after the Shore Fast Line, an interurban streetcar line.'' A shortline railroad is a small or mid-sized railroad company that oper ...

headquartered in

McAllen, Texas McAllen is the largest city in Hidalgo County, Texas, United States, and the 22nd-most populous city in Texas. It is located at the southern tip of the state in the Rio Grande Valley, on the Mexico–United States border. The city limits exte ...

. RVSC operates four lines, all leased from

Union Pacific The Union Pacific Railroad , legally Union Pacific Railroad Company and often called simply Union Pacific, is a freight-hauling railroad that operates 8,300 locomotives over routes in 23 U.S. states west of Chicago and New Orleans. Union Pac ...

: *A 41-mile line from an interchange with Union Pacific at Harlingen, Texas to an interchange with

Border Pacific Railroad 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 Switch ...

Mission, Texas Mission is a city in Hidalgo County, Texas, United States. Its population was 77,058 at the 2010 census and an estimated 84,331 in 2019. Mission is part of the McAllen–Edinburg–Mission and Reynosa–McAllen metropolitan areas. Geography M ...

(began operating in March 1993) *An 8.1-mile branch from Mission to

Hidalgo, Texas Hidalgo is a city in Hidalgo County, Texas, United States. The population was 11,198 at the 2010 census, and in 2019 the estimated population was 14,183. History The area that is now Hidalgo was first settled by Spanish colonists led by José ...

(began operating in March 1993) *A 12.8-mile branch from McAllen to

Edinburg, Texas Edinburg ( ) is a city in and the county seat of Hidalgo County, Texas, United States. Its population was 74,569 as of the 2010 census, and in 2019, its estimated population was 101,170, making it the second-largest city in Hidalgo County, and the ...

(began operating in September 1997) *An 11.4-mile branch from Harlingen to Rogers Lacy, Texas (began operating in November 2004) RVSC traffic includes paper, agricultural products, lumber, bulk plastics, steel, scrap metals, cottonseed, corn sweetener, lime, cement, canned goods, frozen food, and aggregates. RVSC provides South Texas and Mexican border haulage and cross-dock services through its sister company, Border Transload & Transfer, Inc.

External links

Link to Rio Valley Switching Company WebsiteLink to Union Pacific Website with RVSC DetailsLink to Border Transload & Transfer, Inc. Website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Rio Valley Switching Company Texas railroads Switching and terminal railroads Spin-offs of the Southern Pacific Transportation Company Spin-offs of the Union Pacific Railroad