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{{Short description|Short-line railroad in Texas, U.S.}}
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The '''Rio Valley Switching Company''' {{reporting mark|RVSC}} is a [[shortline railroad|short-line railroad]] headquartered in [[McAllen, Texas]].

RVSC operates four lines, all leased from [[Union Pacific]]:
*A 41-mile line from an interchange with Union Pacific at [[Harlingen, Texas]] to an interchange with [[Border Pacific Railroad]] at [[Mission, Texas]] (began operating in March 1993)
*An 8.1-mile branch from Mission to [[Hidalgo, Texas]] (began operating in March 1993)
*A 12.8-mile branch from McAllen to [[Edinburg, Texas]] (began operating in September 1997)
*An 11.4-mile branch from Harlingen to [[Rogers Lacy, Texas]] (began operating in November 2004)

RVSC traffic includes paper, agricultural products, lumber, bulk plastics, steel, scrap metals, cottonseed, corn sweetener, lime, cement, canned goods, frozen food, and aggregates.

RVSC provides South Texas and Mexican border haulage and cross-dock services through its sister company, Border Transload & Transfer, Inc.

==External links==
{{Portal|Railways}}
*[http://www.riovalleyswitching.com Link to Rio Valley Switching Company Website]
*[http://www.uprr.com/customers/shortline/lines/rvsc.shtml Link to Union Pacific Website with RVSC Details]
*[http://www.bordertransload.com Link to Border Transload & Transfer, Inc. Website] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090822185212/http://www.bordertransload.com/ |date=2009-08-22 }}

{{Texas railroads}}

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[[Category:Texas railroads]]
[[Category:Switching and terminal railroads]]
[[Category:Spin-offs of the Southern Pacific Transportation Company]]
[[Category:Spin-offs of the Union Pacific Railroad]]