What Texas Pacifico Transportation does

Texas Pacifico Transportation LTD. is a privately held freight rail operator headquartered in San Angelo, Texas, founded in 2000. The company operates the South Orient Rail Line, a corridor spanning approximately 391 miles across West Texas that historically terminates at the Presidio border crossing into Chihuahua, Mexico. Its core business is providing freight rail transportation services to shippers requiring movement of goods across this corridor, with cross-border capability anchored by the Presidio Rail Bridge. Revenue mechanics are typical of a short-line railroad: per-car or per-ton freight tariffs on movements over its owned/operated trackage, supplemented by any haulage or interchange fees on cross-border traffic. No public pricing schedule, customer list, or contracted volume disclosures are available.

The company's underlying technology base is conventional freight rail infrastructure — steel rail, ties, ballast, locomotives, and rolling stock — augmented by recently rehabilitated track and a rebuilt cross-border bridge. Between March 2018 and February 2019, Texas Pacifico executed a multi-stage capital program: rehabilitation of roughly 90 miles of track, a groundbreaking on reconstruction of the Presidio Rail Bridge in October 2018, and subsequent train speed increases on upgraded segments in February 2019. These moves are operational rather than technology-platform in nature; there is no evidence of proprietary software, digital freight matching, or AI-driven dispatch systems in the disclosed information.

The company serves freight shippers — including industrial, agricultural, and intermodal customers — moving goods along the West Texas / Northern Mexico corridor. Its go-to-market is B2B and based on rail tariff agreements and interchange relationships with connecting Class I carriers at the corridor endpoints. With 51-100 employees and a single-asset operating footprint, the business is a niche, infrastructure-anchored short line whose fortunes are tied to US-Mexico trade volumes through Presidio and to the operating condition of its rehabilitated track and bridge assets.

Name

Texas Pacifico Transportation

Legal name

Texas Pacífico Transportation LTD.

Website

https://texaspacifico.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2000

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

Texas Pacifico Transportation operates freight rail services on the 391-mile South Orient Rail Line, connecting West Texas with Northern Mexico via the Presidio Rail Bridge for cross-border shippers.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Rail Freight Transportation

NAICS

Short Line Railroads (482112), Freight Transportation Arrangement (488510)

SIC

Railroads, Line-Haul Operating (4011), Arrangement Of Transportation Of Freight & Cargo (4731)

akta.pro primary industry

Cross-Border/International Rail Freight Forwarding (TLACADAB)

akta.pro secondary industry

Domestic Rail Freight Forwarding (TLACADAA)

Keywords

• Freight rail transportation
• Cross-border rail services
• Short-line railroad
• Industrial logistics rail
• Rail freight infrastructure

Headquarters

HQ city

San Angelo

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Infrastructure, Operations, Personnel, Supply Chain, Technology or R&D

Core offering

Texas Pacífico Transportation LTD. operates freight rail transportation services on the South Orient Rail Line, covering 391 miles in Texas. The company provides direct rail freight connectivity between West Texas communities and Northern Mexico through the Presidio Rail Bridge crossing, serving industrial and agricultural shippers requiring binational trade transportation. Its operations include rebuilding and modernizing approximately 90 miles of rail infrastructure to support higher train speeds and increased capacity.

Product overview

Texas Pacifico Transportation LTD. operates as a rail transportation company providing freight rail services over the South Orient Rail Line. The company operates a single unified rail network connecting West Texas communities to Mexico via the Presidio Rail Bridge crossing. Their primary offering is freight rail transportation services along this historic rail corridor, with infrastructure projects focused on rehabilitation and expansion of the rail line.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Rail Transportation Services Freight rail transportation services operating over the South Orient Rail Line, providing rail connectivity between West Texas and Mexico through the Presidio crossing for industrial and agricultural shippers.
• South Orient Rail Line Operations Operations and service over the South Orient Rail Line, the primary rail infrastructure asset connecting San Angelo, Texas to the Mexico border at Presidio, Texas, spanning approximately 90 miles.
• Presidio Rail Bridge Cross-Border Service Cross-border rail freight service enabled by the Presidio Rail Bridge infrastructure project at the Presidio, Texas crossing, part of the binational trade corridor connecting West Texas to Northern Mexico.

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Direct peers

• Canadian Pacific Kansas City (CPKC): Class I railroad formed via the Kansas City Southern merger; operates the most prominent US–Mexico cross-border rail network between Laredo and Mexico. Most directly comparable to Texas Pacifico's US–Mexico cross-border short-line franchise.
• Ferrosur: Mexican railroad serving the southeast and connecting to Ferromex and Kansas City Southern networks. Comparable as a Mexican freight rail operator on related US–Mexico trade lanes.
• Watco Companies: Privately held short-line and terminal services operator across the US, Mexico, and Australia. Comparable as a diversified short-line rail services business model.
• Ferromex: Largest Mexican railroad operator and the principal interchange partner for cross-border freight moving into Mexico's interior. Highly comparable as a freight rail operator serving the same US–Mexico corridor.
• Genesee & Wyoming Inc. Global short-line railroad operator owned by Brookfield; directly comparable as a multi-region short-line freight rail franchise owner with cross-border interchange exposure.

Broad incumbents

• Union Pacific Railroad: Largest Class I railroad in the western US and a likely interchange partner for traffic on the South Orient line. Comparable as a Class I freight rail operator in Texas/Mexico corridors.
• BNSF Railway: One of the largest North American Class I railroads with significant Texas and Mexico-served operations. Comparable as an incumbent freight rail operator and potential interchange partner.

Market position

Strengths3 records

Weaknesses3 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/texas-pacifico-transportation

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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