The Blacklands Railroad BLR

Nature of Firm:
The Blacklands Railroad operates over track in Hunt and Hopkins County, TX from mile post 555 located just west of Greenville, TX to mile post 524 located approximately 7 miles west of Sulphur Springs, TX with trackage rights from the Union Pacific Railroad starting at mile post 524 to mile post 517.0 in Sulphur Springs, TX. The line traverses through Commerce, TX, located at mile post 536.9.

Traffic includes non-metallic minerals, forest products, abrasives, farm products, grain products, animal feed, cottonseed products, soybean products, various other oilseeds, food grade products, chemicals, and other commodities, about 500 cars a year.

This line was formerly the East Texas Central Railroad Company. The railroad serves as a handling carrier for the Northeast Texas Rural Transportation District which owns all the rights to the corridor.

Officers
Wayne Defebaugh
Vice President/General Manager
Phone: 903-439-0738

Nat Turner
President
Phone: 903-439-0738

Location
The Blacklands Railroad 630 Church Street Sulphur Springs, TX 75482 Phone: 903-439-0738 Fax: 903-439-0809 Customer Service: 877-439-0738

Revenue Requirements
Handling Carrier

Interchange Points
UP connects through Sulphur Springs, TX

Equipment Summary
1 locomotive

Information Exchange Method
Fax

Customers Served
Sherwood Davis and Geck, Commerce, TX
Feeders Supply Co., Sulphur Springs, TX
Northeast Texas Coop, Sulphur Springs, TX
Quality Liquid Feed, Sulphur Springs, TX