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It is owned by the Mexican government and the state of Texas Department of Transportation. It is privately operated under a lease by Ferromex subsidiary Texas Pacifico Transportation. [1] The Presidio–Ojinaga International Rail Bridge has been out of service following fire damage on 29 February 2008. Reconstruction started in 2018. [2]
The Presidio Texas Port of Entry is an international border crossing between Presidio, Texas in the United States and Ojinaga, Chihuahua in Mexico. It is located at the Presidio–Ojinaga International Bridge , connecting U.S. Route 67 to the north with Mexican Federal Highway 16 to the south.
The Santa Fe then sold the Mexican portions. The railway reached Presidio in 1930 and the Presidio–Ojinaga International Rail Bridge was built. Operating rights on the portion from San Angelo Junction (65 miles [105 km] NEE of San Angelo) to Presidio (known as South Orient Rail Line) later were awarded to Texas Pacifico Transportation.
The Presidio Texas Port of Entry is located at the Presidio–Ojinaga International Bridge. The original, privately-owned wooden bridge was built in the early 1900s, and the port of entry was established by executive order in 1917. [2] The bridge was most recently replaced in 1985.
The railroad was actually built by Arthur Stilwell [1] as the Kansas City, Mexico and Orient Railway, starting about 1900. [7] From 1910 to 1914, Mexico North Western Railway (sp. Ferrocarril del Noroeste) completed the Temosachic-Casas-Grandes line. Kansas City, Mexico and Orient Railway completed the Chihuahua-Ojinaga section. [8]
The Inter-California Railway, known in Spanish as the Ferrocarril Inter-California, also known as the Inter-Cal, is a former railroad line which connected the Californias by train. It operated between the American state of California and the Mexican state of Baja California .
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Granite Rock Co. 10 (Operating as the excursion train ride for the California State Railroad Museum) a USATC S100 Class 0-6-0T built by Porter in 1942. Occasionally visits other railroads such as the Niles Canyon Railway; Northwestern Pacific 112 – Stored, a 4-6-0 type built by ALCO in 1908. Sole surviving NWP steam locomotive.