Rogue Valley Terminal Railroad Corporation

Rogue Valley Terminal Railroad Corporation
Overview
HeadquartersWhite City, Oregon
Reporting markRVT
LocaleSouthern Oregon
Dates of operationMarch 15, 2013–present
PredecessorWCTU Railway LLC
Technical
Track gauge4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge
Length14 miles (23 km)
Other
Websitewww.roguevalleyrr.com

The Rogue Valley Terminal Railroad (reporting mark RVT) is a 14-mile (23 km) shortline railroad that connects the industrial park in White City, Oregon, United States to the Central Oregon and Pacific Railroad, which hauls its cars to the Union Pacific Railroad at Eugene, Oregon or Black Butte, California via the Siskiyou Summit, or to the Yreka Western Railroad at Montague, California.

RVT SW1200 Locomotive (#82) switching at White City, Oregon on October 10, 2017
RVT SW1200 Locomotive (#82)

History

The line began operations in 1951 as a division of the White City Corporation, providing tenants of the new Medford Industrial Park (formerly US Army Cantonment Camp White) with contract rail switching services and a local connection to the Southern Pacific Transportation Company. The railroad was formally incorporated as an independent common carrier railroad on November 3, 1954 as the White City Terminal & Utilities Co..

In December 1974 the railroad was purchased by the Union Tank Car Company.[1] Union Tank Car renamed the railroad the WCTU Railway Company effective January 1975.

Berkshire Hathaway gained indirect control of the railroad with the 2008 purchase of Marmon Transportation Services LLC (the parent company of Union Tank Car Company).

On December 17, 2012, Marmon Transportation Services announced the sale of WCTU Railway LLC to RVTR Rail Holdings, a holding company owned by Scott DeVries of Superior, Wisconsin.[2][3]

On March 15, 2013 the railroad was renamed Rogue Valley Terminal Railroad Corporation, and the holding company owner was renamed the CCT Rail System Corporation.[4]


Operations

The railroad operates 2 EMD diesel-electric switcher locomotives (only one unit is used at any given time, with the other unit held in reserve). Operations are conducted Monday through Friday (excluding holidays) with one train crew.


Traffic

The railroad's main commodities transported are asphalt, cement, chemicals and forest products.

Locomotive Fleet

Unit Number(s) Own/Lease Locomotive Model Total Quantity
RVT 82 Owned EMD SW1200 1
RVT 99 Owned EMD SW1500 1
Fleet Total: 2

References

  1. ^ Edward A. Lewis, American Shortline Railway Guide, 5th Edition, Kalmbach Publishing, 1996, pp. 329-330, 361
  2. ^ Stiles, Greg (December 20, 2012). "Wisconsin engineer buys White City railroad". Mail Tribune. Medford, Oregon. Retrieved July 14, 2013.
  3. ^ Wilner, Frank N. (January 16, 2013). "Engineer rides American Dream to a short line". Retrieved January 19, 2020.
  4. ^ "Freight Tariff RVT 9000 – Adoption Notice" (PDF). Rogue Valley Terminal Railroad Corporation. March 29, 2013. Retrieved January 19, 2020.