Category: Short Lines & Regionals

Nebraska Central Railroad: Featured in Trains Magazine

July 31, 2023

  Trains Magazine recently published a comprehensive feature on our very own Nebraska Central Railroad (NCRC), a subsidiary of Rio Grande Pacific Corp. (RGPC). The article provides an in-depth look at our 340-mile network, which primarily consists of branch lines formerly operated by Union Pacific and one former Burlington Northern line. The feature highlights our… Read more

Long-Stalled $1.5B Utah Railroad Project Now On Right Track

October 03, 2019

Plans to build an 80- to 100-mile-long railroad to transport crude oil, natural gas and agricultural products from Utah’s northeastern Uinta Basin and the surrounding area to refineries have been debated, studied, partially planned and abandoned multiple times since the early 1980s. Click here to read the full article.

Hemphill Heading Uinta Basin Railway Project

September 19, 2019

Rio Grande Pacific Corp. has named rail industry veteran Mark Hemphill to lead development and construction of the Uinta Basin Railway poject, a $1.5 billion new build that, when completed in late 2022 or early 2023, will serve northeastern Utah’s energy, mineral and agriculture industries.  The new railroad is being built through a DBFOM (design-build-finance-operate-maintain… Read more

Video: Dell EMC’s Unity All Flash keeps Rio Grande Pacific running

January 23, 2018

Dell EMC’s Unity All Flash has put Fort Worth-based Rio Grande Pacific in a position no other short-line railroad holding company or commuter rail agency has. This advanced technology allows RGP to continue its aggressive growth and to transform the way the rail industry views technology. Click the image to learn more.