San Joaquin Valley Railroad Co., a Class III railroad, filed a notice with the Surface Transportation Board to continue leasing and operating 101.5 miles of rail lines from Union Pacific Railroad.
The lines include the Westside Branch (Lower Los Banos) from Oxalis, California, milepost 159.9 to milepost 181.9, in Ingle, California; the Westside Branch (Lower Los Banos) from Ingle, milepost 181.9 to Fresno, California, at milepost 207.0 and including the Riverdale Branch from Ingle, milepost 181.8 to the end of the track at milepost 206.2 in Burrell, California; the Buttonwillow Branch from Kern Jct., California, milepost 316.3 to Gosford, California, milepost 322.6; and the Buttonwillow Branch from Gosford, milepost 322.6 to the end of the track in Buttonwillow, California, milepost 346.3.
SJVR has entered into a lease amendment with UPRR to replace a renewed lease between SJVR and UPRR in 2020. The Replacement Lease superseded a 1994 lease between UPRR’s predecessor, Southern Pacific Transportation Company, and SJVR as a Port Railroads Inc. assignee.
SJVR states that it currently operates the lines under the replacement lease. Before entering into the replacement lease, SJVR operated the Lines under the original lease as an assignee of Port Railroads.
SJVR entered into the lease Amendment with UPRR on Jan. 9 to further extend the term of the Replacement Lease and allow SJVR to continue operating the Lines for an additional five years. The lease Amendment contains an interchange commitment.
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