Pecos Valley Southern Railway Company PVS

Nature of Firm:

The PVS operates freight service from a connection with the UP at Pecos to Saragosa, TX, 29.3 miles. Rail runs from 56 to 110 pound.

Traffic includes sand, gravel and barite ore - 2,000 cars a year.

The company was incorporated May 28, 1909 and opened from Pecos to Toyohvale, 40.1 miles, on May 1, 1910. The company was controlled and operated by the Texas & Pacific Railroad from 1927 to 1946. Passenger service ended in the late 1940s. The line was cut back from Toyohvale to Saragosa in 1971.

Trans-Pecos Materials, Inc. owns the company.

Officers
Guy Weatherman
Manager/Operations
Phone: 915-445-2487
Fax: 915-445-2488

Location
THE PECOS VALLEY SOUTHERN RAILWAY COMPANY
P. O. Box 349
Pecos, TX 79772
Phone: 915-445-2487
Fax: 915-445-2488

Revenue Requirements
Junction Settlement Carrier

Interchange Points
Pecos, TX

Equipment Summary
1 locomotive

Information Exchange Method
EDI Star

Customers Served
Battery Conservation Tec
Pecos Valley Canteloupe
Pecos Valley Grain & Supply
Terra Industries
Trans Pecos Materials
Trans Pecos Warehouse

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