STB approves new rail line in Medina County, Texas
The U.S. Surface Transportation Board has approved Southwest Gulf Railroad Co.'s plan to build and operate a rail line in Medina County, Texas, subject to environmental mitigation conditions.
The STB identified three environmentally acceptable routing alternatives, any one of which the railroad may build.
The new rail line will extend from Vulcan Construction Material's planned limestone quarry in the north central part of Medina County to a connection with the Del Rio Subdivision of the Union Pacific Railroad near Dunlay, Texas.
Limestone aggregate from the quarry will be transported to the eastern part of Texas, including the Houston area. The railroad expects to ship roughly 5 million tons of limestone per year.