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Brownsville & Rio Grande

Transportation Company - Brownsville & Rio Grande - Railroad
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Company NameBrownsville & Rio Grande
CategoryRailroad
Year Founded1984
TerminationSubsidiary
Successor/ParentOmniTRAX (Details)
CountryUnited States (Details)
Source of TextBluford Shops
Text Credit URLLink
Transportation Company - Brownsville & Rio Grande - Railroad



Company History: This 50 mile line operates the terminal trackage around the Port of Brownsville, Texas plus a line into the city of Brownsville itself. The track is owned by the Brownsville Navigation District and was operated until 1984 by Missouri Pacific. At that point, the Brownsville & Rio Grande International was established to operate the line. The BRG operates 6 freight yards, rosters (at last count) 9 end-cab switchers, 3 hood units and about 1,000 freight cars.
Successor/Parent History:
OmniTRAX, Inc is one of North America’s largest private railroad and transportation management companies with interests in railroads, terminals, ports and industrial real estate. OmniTRAX operates a network of 21 regional and short line railroads that cover 12 states in the US and 3 provinces in Canada. The company’s railroads have interchanges with BNSF, CN, CSXT, NS & UP, and transport commodities within the Agricultural, Aggregate & Industrial Mineral, Energy, Food, Crude Oil, Chemical, Lumber, Metal, Petroleum and Plastic industries.
Brief History:
The U.S. is a country of 50 states covering a vast swath of North America, with Alaska in the northwest and Hawaii extending the nation’s presence into the Pacific Ocean. Major Atlantic Coast cities are New York, a global finance and culture center, and capital Washington, DC. Midwestern metropolis Chicago is known for influential architecture and on the west coast, Los Angeles' Hollywood is famed for filmmaking.
Item created by: gdm on 2019-03-16 11:40:31. Last edited by gdm on 2023-06-25 10:44:15

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