San Luis Central Railroad Explained

Railroad Name:San Luis Central Railroad
Marks:SLC
Locale:Colorado
Start Year:1913
End Year:Present
Length:13miles
Hq City:Monte Vista, Colorado

The San Luis Central Railroad is a railroad company based in the U.S. state of Colorado.[1] It was founded in 1913 to haul sugar beets from grower to processor. The railroad was acquired in 1969 by the Pea Vine Corporation and today operates freight traffic through a connection with the Colorado Pacific Rio Grande Railroad hauling mainly grain, potatoes and fertilizer.[2] SLC is also a railcar owner, mostly refrigerator cars and boxcars.

The railroad is 13miles long, located between Sugar Junction (east of Monte Vista, Colorado) and Center, Colorado. The railroad owns two locomotives: Electro Motive Division SW8 number 70 and General Electric 70 ton locomotive number 71. The company is owned by Rail World, Inc., which is controlled by Ed Burkhardt. Burkhardt is listed as president of SLC.[3]

Headquarters

The company's headquarters is located at 2899 Sherman Avenue, Monte Vista, Colorado 81144, at coordinates 37.5746°N -106.113°W

Notes and References

  1. News: Runaway Quebec Train's Owner Battled Safety Issues. Alistair MacDonald, Tom Fowler and Jesse Newman. July 9, 2013. Wall Street Journal. July 14, 2013.
  2. Web site: Short Line Railroad Profiles: San Luis Central Railroad Company SLC #696. Union Pacific Railroad. July 14, 2013.
  3. Web site: Rail World Inc.. April 21, 2020.