The
San Luis Central Railroad (
reporting mark SLC) is a railroad company based in the
U.S. state of
Colorado.
[1] It was founded in 1913 to haul
sugar beets from grower to processor. The railroad was acquired in 1969 by the
Pea Vine Corporation and today operates freight traffic through a connection with the
San Luis and Rio Grande Railroad hauling mainly grain, potatoes and fertilizer.
[2] SLC is also a railcar owner, mostly refrigerator cars and boxcars.
The railroad is 13 miles (21 km) long, located between Sugar Junction (east of
Monte Vista, Colorado) and
Center, Colorado. The railroad owns two locomotives:
Electro Motive Division SW8 number 70 and
General Electric 70 ton locomotive number 71. The company is owned by
Rail World, Inc., which is controlled by
Ed Burkhardt. Burkhardt is listed as president of SLC