December 15, 2023 - Trains.com - 

A new short line is seeking regulatory approval to build a rail and highway bridge over the Rio Grande at the Eagle Pass, Texas, gateway.

Green Eagle Railroad, a subsidiary of Puerto Verde Holdings, aims to build a new 19.12-mile secure cross-border corridor that includes 1.335 miles of double track between Union Pacific’s Clark’s Park Yard and a new double-track span over the Rio Grande, followed by a 17.79-mile single-track line to Ferromex’s Rio Escondido Yard in Piedras Negras.

The new rail-highway bridge would divert UP and BNSF traffic off the current span and be part of a new secure corridor linking rail yards on both sides of the border.

Read more: https://www.trains.com/trn/news-reviews/news-wire/second-rail-bridge-proposed-for-eagle-pass-texas-gateway/

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