Western Railroad Discussion > Texas Pacifico (former South Orient) traffic volumes

Did anyone know what amount of traffic the Texas Pacifico (from Alpine to Presidio) is currently handling?

When I was there last April, the answer was virtually zilch went through all the way to the border. I spoke with the conductor on the one train I did find, and he said that this train had only come from Rankin (I think I'm remembering this right), and had been sitting out there for about five days at that point. Nothing had run through to the border for the prior two weeks, and he didn't know of any plans to go out that far for at least another week.


Nathan

When I was at Tinaja with a film crew last June-July they were trying to run one train every two weeks, but that was pretty iffy and it was more like once every three or four weeks.

In otherwords, another waste of tax payer money beating this LONG since dead horse!

Do they still have stop signs on Del Rio Ave crossing next to the crew office in Alpine?
Could never figure out why drivers would have to stop and protect a long dead crossing

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