On Rabu, 04 September 2013
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.
