RICHMOND PACIFIC RAILROAD

The 'Richmond Pacific Railroad' is a terminal/switching railroad owned by the Levin-Richmond Terminal Corporation. The RPRC operates on 2.5 miles of track in the shipping terminal and wharves at Richmond, California.
The RPRC also interchanges with the Union Pacific (UP) and BNSF Railway (BNSF). The shipping tariff is a flat rate of $210 per car or $310 per hazardous material car. The railroad operates two shifts, between 6 a.m. - 10 p.m. The railroad switches about 3,250 cars per year.
The RPRC was formerly known as the 'Parr Terminal Railroad' .

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History

References

Further reading

History

The PRT was incorporated in July 1950 as a terminal railroad to take over the private railroad of 'Parr-Richmond Industrial Corporation'. In 1911, Terminal 1 was constructed as the primary port of the Port of Richmond. In the 1930's the City of Richmond entered an agreement with the 'Parr Company' to operate the terminal. The terminal area was primarily used to unload oil crude from ship to storage tanks that supplied the local oil refineries. It also was used to transfer ship cargo to rail cars. The terminal was used as a ferry terminal prior to the opening of the Golden Gate Bridge.
During World War II the U.S. military created the Parr-Richmond Terminal Military Reservation. The military reservation was created as the result of a lease of 6.54 acres dated April 19 1943 at the Parr terminal area. The location was used to support World War II efforts and as warehouse/storage for military shipping at the Port of San Francisco.

References

★ American Shortline Railway Guide - 5th Ed., Stindt, Fred A., , , Kalmbach Publishing, 1996, ISBN 0-89024-290-9

★ Steam Powered Video's Comprehensive Railroad Atlas of North America - California and Nevada - Post Merger Edition, Walker, Mike, , , Steam Powered Publishing, 1997, ISBN 1-874745-08-0

★ Rail Services

★ Parr Richmond Terminal Military Reservation

Further reading

★ List of California railroads

★ ''Pacific Rail News'', May 1996 issue.