Brownsville & Rio Grande International Railroad BRG

Nature of Firm:
This company is a terminal switching railroad at the Port of Brownsville, TX, operating 33 miles of track and connecting with the UP and via UP with TFM. Rail varies from 60-132 pounds.

Traffic includes agricultural products, food products and general commodities - 8,000 cars per year.

This line was operated by the MP until 1984, when its owner, the Brownsville Navigation District, took it back and leased it to BRG.

The company is controlled by Rail Management and Consulting Corporation.

Officers
L. S. (Jake) Jacobson
President & COO
Phone: 520-356-7730
Highway 177
P. O. Drawer I
Hayden, AZ 85235

Earl Durden
Chairman & CEO
Rail Management & Consulting Corp. (parent company)
P. O. Box 28300
Panama City Beach, FL 32411
Phone: 850-230-8331

Loretta Flores
Assst to the Pres & COO
Phone: 520-356-7730

Rikki Galka
Agent
Phone: 520-356-7730

Rod Mahneim
Chief Engineer

David Galka
Trainmaster

Eric Holyoak
Trainmaster

Patti Goodridge
Office Manager

Bobby Blake

Mike McGinley

Location:
Brownsville & Rio Grande International Railroad
Highway 48 & Marine Way Road
P. O. Box 3818
Brownsville, TX 78523-3818
Phone: 956-831-7731
Fax: 956-831-2142

Revenue Requirements:
Switching Settlement Carrier
MP 8170-C Series
BRG 8000 Series

Interchange Points

UP interchanges with BRG at Union Pacific's Downtown Yard (this includes BNSF traffic moving under haulage by UP.)

Has direct connection to former SP main line via new track north of Brownsville.

UP intermediate between BRG and Mexican Railroad

Equipment Summary
3 SW1200 Switchers - 1 GP10
58 covered hoppers

Information Exchange Method
EDI using RMI package

Customers Served:
Amfels, Inc.
Angelo International
Texas Recycling, Brownsville, TX
Brownsville Gulfside Warehouse, Brownsville, TX
Brownsville Navigation District
BP Marine Americas
Brownsville Machine Shop
Brownsville Refinery
ChemUSA Corporation
U. S. Clay
Commercial Metals
CTC North America
Dix Shipping, Brownsville, TX
Duro Paper Bag Co. Brownsville, TX
Frontier Services
G B Freight Forwarding
General Forwarding
Gulf Stream Marine
Greenbriar Leasing, Lake Oswego, TX
Gulf Facilities, Brownsville, TX
Gulf Port Services, Inc.
Gulmar, Brownsville, TX
Interfab
Interlube Corporation, Brownsville, TX
INSCO
International Shipbreaking
International Commodities
Inter-Transfer, Inc., Brownsville, TX
Itapco-Border Terminal, Brownsville, TX)
Itapco-Brownsville Terminal) Transmontagne
Itapco-Tejano Terminal)
Mobile Mining & Minerals Co.
Open Sesame Commodities, Inc.
Parker & Company
Plitt Crane Service
Premier Services
Port Elevator, Brownsville, TX
Petro Liquids Corporation, Brownsville, TX
Chem USA
Public Utilities Board
R. M. Walsdorf Company
Roll & Hold
RTS International
Satellite I, Inc.
Schaefer Stevedoring
Statia Terminals, Brownsville, TX - Transmontagne
South Texas Grain, Brownsville, TX
Southern Wood Products
Texas International Railway, McAllen, TX
TOF Corporation
Transforma Marine, Brownsville, TX
Westway Trading, Brownsville, TX
Tranco Rail Services