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CCT Rail System

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CCT Rail System Corporation
Company typePrivate
IndustryShortline freight railroads
FoundedNovember 20, 2012 (RVTR Rail Holdings LLC)
March 15, 2013 (CCT Rail System)
FounderScott DeVries
Headquarters,
Area served
Southern Oregon
Key people
Scott DeVries, President & CEO
Number of employees
7 (2021)
Subsidiaries
Websitewww.cctrailsystem.com

CCT Rail System Corporation is a US shortline railroad holding company that owns and operates the Rogue Valley Terminal Railroad Corporation.

The company was founded in Superior, Wisconsin. In June 2014, the company relocated its offices to White City, Oregon in order to be closer to the rail operations of Rogue Valley Terminal Railroad

History

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The company was founded on November 20, 2012, as RVTR Rail Holdings LLC for the purpose of acquiring the WCTU Railway LLC (WCTR) from Marmon Transportation Services LLC, a unit of Berkshire Hathaway.[1] CCT successfully acquired WCTR on December 17, 2012.[2]

To effectively re-organize and re-brand the company as a platform for acquiring and operating other North American shortline railroads in the future, the company was renamed the CCT Rail System Corporation on March 15, 2013. The company's then-sole subsidiary, WCTR, was also renamed Rogue Valley Terminal Railroad Corporation (RVT) on the same date, in order to better market the broader Southern Oregon region served by the railroad.

In March 2019, the company launched Safe Route Railcar Services Corporation, a private railcar storage, maintenance and cleaning firm, which later ceased operations in January 2022. In November 2022, the company launched Rogue Reload Corporation, its first truck-to-rail transload service.

Locomotive Fleet

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Operating Railroad Unit Number(s) Locomotive Model Total Quantity
RVT RVT 82 EMD SW1200 1
RVT RVT 99 EMD SW1500 1
Fleet Total: 2
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References

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  1. ^ "CCT Rail System Corporation". Archived from the original on December 1, 2018. Retrieved January 19, 2020.
  2. ^ Stiles, Greg (December 20, 2012). "Wisconsin engineer buys White City railroad". Mail Tribune. Medford, Oregon. Retrieved July 14, 2013.