CLR Announces Development of Gulf Coast Rail Gateway, a 350-Acre Industrial Rail Facility in South Texas

HOUSTON, Texas — May 7, 2026 — County Line Rail (CLR), a privately held short line railroad and industrial rail development company, today announced the development of Gulf Coast Rail Gateway, a 350-acre greenfield industrial rail facility located between Sinton and Odem, Texas, dual-served by Union Pacific (UP) and BNSF Railway on the UP Brownsville Subdivision within the heart of the Gulf Coast industrial corridor.

The site is development-ready, with an initial capacity of approximately 500 railcar spots and a planned expansion of up to 3,000 total spots. The facility features a full loop track configuration for train staging, a transload facility, railcar cleaning and a locomotive maintenance shop.

The Sinton-Odem location was selected for its proximity to the region’s plastics and petrochemical producers, with multiple UP industrial spurs connecting Steel Dynamics, Dow, Formosa, GCGV, Shin-Tech, and other major producers in the area. The location also serves as a natural pre-gateway staging point for freight bound for Mexico through the Laredo and Brownsville gateways, with Eagle Pass routing available via San Antonio. “This facility will reduce overall customer transit time from origin to destination by providing strategic blocking for the Class I carriers,” said Bryan Boaz, Chief Commercial Officer of CLR.

“The Gulf Coast industrial corridor has needed this for a long time,” Boaz added. “We are building this facility because the network has a gap — shippers need more flexibility and railroads need a place to stage. Land is secured and we are ready to have the conversation now with any shipper or railroad partner that moves freight through South Texas.”

The facility is designed as a multipurpose industrial rail facility serving a broad range of traffic types including plastics and petrochemicals, steel, intermodal, automotive, aggregates and cross-border Mexico traffic. Initial capabilities include railcar storage and staging, blocking and switching, transloading, Mexico traffic staging, SIT yard operations, train building and aggregates handling, with heavy industry built to suit.

The announcement of Gulf Coast Rail Gateway marks CLR’s continued expansion across the Texas Gulf Coast region. CLR currently operates three strategic assets — County Line Industrial Park (CLIP) in Mont Belvieu, the Sabine River and Northern Railroad (SRN) in the Golden Triangle, and a rail-served industrial site in Silsbee — with Gulf Coast Rail Gateway representing the company’s fourth strategic location.

About County Line Rail (CLR)

County Line Rail (CLR) is a privately held short line railroad and industrial rail development company building a national platform across strategic U.S. freight corridors. Not funded by private equity, CLR makes capital decisions in days and holds its assets for the long term — giving shippers and Class I railroad partners a level of responsiveness that larger, institutionally backed operators cannot match. CLR maintains relationships with all six Class I railroads and operates transload facilities, storage yards, and industrial rail facilities serving the Gulf Coast and beyond. More information is available at clrail.com.