Richmond
Pacific Railroad - (en)
The Richmond Pacific Railroad (AAR reporting marks RPRC) is a terminal/switching
railroad owned by the Levin-Richmond Terminal Corporation. The RPRC
operates on 2.5 miles of track in the shipping terminal and wharves at
Richmond, California.
The RPRC also interchanges with the Union Pacific (UP) and BNSF
Railway (BNSF). The shipping tariff is a flat rate of $210 per car or
$310 per hazardous material car. The railroad operates two shifts,
between 6 a.m. - 10 p.m. The railroad switches about 3,250 cars per
year.
The RPRC was formerly known as the Parr Terminal Railroad (AAR
reporting marks PRT).
History
The PRT was incorporated in July 1950 as a terminal railroad to take
over the private railroad of Parr-Richmond Industrial Corporation. In
1911, Terminal 1 was constructed as the primary port of the Port of
Richmond. In the 1930's the City of Richmond entered an agreement with
the Parr Company to operate the terminal. The terminal area was
primarily used to unload oil crude from ship to storage tanks that
supplied the local oil refineries. It also was used to transfer ship
cargo to rail cars. The terminal was used as a ferry terminal prior to
the opening of the Golden Gate Bridge.
During World War II the U.S. military created the Parr-Richmond
Terminal Military Reservation. The military reservation was created as
the result of a lease of 6.54 acres dated April 19, 1943 at the Parr
terminal area. The location was used to support World War II efforts
and as warehouse/storage for military shipping at the Port of San
Francisco.
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