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Quincy Railroad (California)
The Quincy Railroad ( Reporting Mark QRR) is a 3,27-mile terminal railroad located at Quincy, CA. The QRR interchanges with the Union Pacific ( former Western Pacific ) at Quincy Jct. in Plumas County, CA, US.
For many years, The Quincy operated a separate 23,3 mile branch running over former Southern Pacific branch from Wendel-Susanville, CA which is now abandoned.
The railroad handles over 1.000 cars per year of outbound lumber and forest products. The QRR is owned by Sierra Pacific Industries.
The QRR has 2 locomotives :
3 Quincy locomotives, QRR 4, an Alco S-1, 1 QRR 3, a GE 44-Ton switcher, and QRR 1100, an EMD TR6A, are now located at the nearby Western Pacific Railroad museum. QRR 2, an alco 2-6-2t, is currently at the Niles Canyon Railway.
For many years, The Quincy operated a separate 23,3 mile branch running over former Southern Pacific branch from Wendel-Susanville, CA which is now abandoned.
The railroad handles over 1.000 cars per year of outbound lumber and forest products. The QRR is owned by Sierra Pacific Industries.
The QRR has 2 locomotives :
- QRR 5 is an EMD SW1200 built in November 1950 ( builder no. 13459 )
- QRR 12 is an EMD SW7
3 Quincy locomotives, QRR 4, an Alco S-1, 1 QRR 3, a GE 44-Ton switcher, and QRR 1100, an EMD TR6A, are now located at the nearby Western Pacific Railroad museum. QRR 2, an alco 2-6-2t, is currently at the Niles Canyon Railway.
Galveston Railroad
The Galveston Railroad (Reporting Mark GVSR) is a Class III Railroad terminal switching headquartered in Galveston, TX. It primarily serves the transportation of cargo to firmly and direct from port of Galveston.
GVSR operates 51 km (32 miles) of yard track at Galveston, over a 200, 000 m2 (50-acre) facility.
The railroad was formed in 1900 just like the Galveston wharves railway. It's owned by your town of Galveston, and GVSR took over operations in 1987.
GVSR operates 51 km (32 miles) of yard track at Galveston, over a 200, 000 m2 (50-acre) facility.
The railroad was formed in 1900 just like the Galveston wharves railway. It's owned by your town of Galveston, and GVSR took over operations in 1987.
On 26 May 2005, Genesee and Wyoming (GNWR) announced which it has agreed to firmly purchase the railroad operations of Rail Management Corporation (RMC), parent company of Galveston Railroad. GNWR paid $243 million in money and assume $1.7 million in company debt to firmly gain management of 14 short line railroads from RMC across the southeastern US as of 1 June 2005.