47-494: The Deseret Power Railway ( / ˌ d ɛ z ə ˈ r ɛ t / ) ( reporting mark DPRW ), formerly known as the Deseret-Western Railway , is an electrified private Class III railroad operating in northeastern Utah and northwestern Colorado . It does not connect to the national rail network and has no signaling system. It was built to transport coal from a mine to a nearby power plant. The railroad
94-674: A 2-digit code indicating the vehicle's register country . The registered keeper of a vehicle is now indicated by a separate Vehicle Keeper Marking (VKM), usually the name of the owning company or an abbreviation thereof, which must be registered with the Intergovernmental Organisation for International Carriage by Rail (OTIF) and the European Union Agency for Railways (ERA) and which is unique throughout Europe and parts of Asia and Northern Africa. The VKM must be between two and five letters in length and can use any of
141-560: A 35-car train between the mine and the power plant. The trip between power plant and coal mine takes just short of one hour. In September 2001, the locomotives received new road numbers (DPR-1 and DPR-2) when the railroad changed its name. The locomotive lettering was changed from Deseret Western Railroad to Deseret Railroad by painting over the word Western . At the same time, the railroad purchased two more E60C locomotives second-hand from an abandoned Mexican electrification project. The Ferrocarriles Nacionales de México (NdeM) had ordered
188-536: A critical role in the Mexican-American civil rights movement, focusing on bilingual and bicultural education for underserved communities. Established in response to the limited access Mexican-Americans had to higher education and to challenge mainstream educational systems, the college became an emblem of Chicano self-determination and empowerment. The college was founded during the height of the Chicano Movement,
235-445: A female householder with no husband present, and 19.7% were non-families. 18.0% of all households were made up of individuals, and 11.4% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 3.27 and the average family size was 3.75. 32.9% of the population were under the age of 18, 11.5% from 18 to 24, 22.8% from 25 to 44, 18.4% from 45 to 64, and 14.4% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age
282-461: A hyphen. Some examples: When a vehicle is sold it will not normally be transferred to another register. The Czech railways bought large numbers of coaches from ÖBB. The number remained the same but the VKM changed from A-ÖBB to A-ČD. The UIC introduced a uniform numbering system for their members based on a 12-digit number, largely known as UIC number . The third and fourth digit of the number indicated
329-517: A period in which Mexican-Americans were organizing for civil rights, labor rights, and educational equity. Named after Jacinto Treviño, a Mexican-American revolutionary and educator, the institution was conceived as a space where Chicano students could receive an education relevant to their cultural identity, history, and the socioeconomic challenges faced by their communities. It was created by activists and educators who sought to decolonize education, asserting that traditional institutions failed to reflect
376-685: A predecessor of the CNW, from which the UP inherited it. Similarly, during the breakup of Conrail , the long-retired marks of the Pennsylvania Railroad (PRR) and New York Central Railroad (NYC) were temporarily brought back and applied to much of Conrail's fleet to signify which cars and locomotives were to go to CSX (all cars labeled NYC) and which to Norfolk Southern (all cars labeled PRR). Some of these cars still retain their temporary NYC marks. Because of its size, this list has been split into subpages based on
423-463: A series of 39 locomotives for 25 kV catenary voltage to be used on the new electrified line from Mexico City to Irapuato . Only 28 locomotives from this series entered revenue service, and the surplus locomotives were stored in Mercedes, Texas . Soon after, the electric operation ceased and the catenary was removed to create more clearance for container trains. The two locomotives purchased by Deseret had
470-611: Is a brand of Simon Property Group , opened in November 2006. The city is roughly the geographical center of the Rio Grande Valley urban agglomeration and is located on Interstate 2 / U.S. Highway 83 , which connects the major urban centers of McAllen , Brownsville and Harlingen . The city is located near a major Mexico–United States border crossing making it accessible to the growing middle class population of Nuevo León and Tamaulipas . The United States Postal Service operates
517-606: Is bordered to the west by Weslaco and to the east, in Cameron County , by La Feria . The Interstate 2 / U.S. Route 83 freeway passes through the northern side of Mercedes, leading west 21 miles (34 km) to McAllen and east 14 miles (23 km) to Harlingen . Mercedes is 9 miles (14 km) north of the Progreso–Nuevo Progreso International Bridge over the Rio Grande, connecting Texas with
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#1733114653997564-715: Is in the Mercedes Independent School District , zoned to Mercedes High School , while western Mercedes is in the Weslaco Independent School District , zoned to Weslaco East High School In addition, South Texas Independent School District , which is headquartered in Mercedes, serves magnet students in many Rio Grande Valley communities, including Mercedes. The Science Academy of South Texas and South Texas High School for Health Professions , schools of STISD, are in Mercedes. In 2015,
611-469: Is that the first name given to the city was "Diaz" in honor of Porfirio Diaz , then president of Mexico. Later it was supposedly renamed "Mercedes Diaz" in honor of the president's wife, and from that, Mercedes became the Queen City. This story, however, is historically inaccurate, given that neither of Diaz's two wives were named Mercedes. During President Woodrow Wilson's administration, Camp Llano Grande
658-684: The Bonanza Power Plant , and 10% by Western Fuels Association . Its task was to operate the Deserado Mine and transport the produced coal to the power plant. In October 1996, Deseret Generation & Transmission Cooperative bought the 10% share in WFU from Western Fuels Association and changed the name of WFU to Blue Mountain Energy . On September 1, 2001, Deseret Generation & Transmission Cooperative changed its name to Deseret Power Cooperative and at
705-643: The TTX Company (formerly Trailer Train Company) is named for its original reporting mark of TTX. In another example, the reporting mark for state-funded Amtrak services in California is CDTX (whereas the usual Amtrak mark is AMTK) because the state transportation agency ( Caltrans ) owns the equipment used in these services. This may also apply to commuter rail, for example Metrolink in Southern California uses
752-504: The 26 letters of the Latin alphabet . Diacritical marks may also be used, but they are ignored in data processing (for example, Ö is treated as though it is O ). The VKM is preceded by the code for the country (according to the alphabetical coding system described in Appendix 4 to the 1949 convention and Article 45(4) of the 1968 convention on road traffic), where the vehicle is registered and
799-558: The AAR, maintains the active reporting marks for the North American rail industry. Under current practice, the first letter must match the initial letter of the railroad name. As it also acts as a Standard Carrier Alpha Code , the reporting mark cannot conflict with codes in use by other nonrail carriers. Marks ending with the letter "X" are assigned to companies or individuals who own railcars, but are not operating railroads; for example,
846-566: The Autoflood III type with 5 bays received road numbers DPR-56 to DPR-79. The cars were brought from the manufacturer to Craig, Colorado , where they were picked up by Blue Mountain Energy and trucked to the Deserado Mine Loadout. In October 2004, the railroad purchased three more NdeM locomotives, with road numbers EA012, EA017 and EA028. From this batch, only one locomotive entered revenue service as DPR-4. The locomotive had originally
893-472: The Mercedes Post Office. Mercedes incorporated in 1909 and formed a City Council style government. The first city election installed six council members: John Puckett, Gouverneur K Watson, Mayor William Lingenbrink, Dr. Edward Schoonmaker, Fred Cutting, and Lyle Harrison. Current elected city officials (2023): Police department Mercedes is divided between two school districts: eastern Mercedes
940-676: The Mexican state of Tamaulipas . According to the United States Census Bureau , Mercedes has a total area of 11.5 square miles (29.8 km ), of which 11.4 square miles (29.6 km ) are land and 0.1 square miles (0.2 km ), or 0.55%, are water. Mercedes is known as "The Queen City of the Valley" or "La Reina del Valle". Mercedes was founded September 15, 1907, by the American Rio Grande Land & Irrigation Company, and
987-657: The VKM BLS. Example for an "Einheitswagen" delivered in 1957: In the United Kingdom, prior to nationalisation, wagons owned by the major railways were marked with codes of two to four letters, these codes normally being the initials of the railway concerned; for example, wagons of the Great Western Railway were marked "G W"; those of the London, Midland and Scottish Railway were marked "L M S", etc. The codes were agreed between
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#17331146539971034-531: The acquiring company discontinues the name or mark of the acquired company, the discontinued mark is referred to as a "fallen flag" railway. Occasionally, long-disused marks are suddenly revived by the companies which now own them. For example, in recent years, the Union Pacific Railroad has begun to use the mark CMO on newly built covered hoppers, gondolas and five-bay coal hoppers. CMO originally belonged to Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis and Omaha Railway ,
1081-438: The city joined other cities in south Texas in support of the newly formed University of Texas Rio Grande Valley by adopting a resolution declaring August 31 as UTRGV day. Also, they recognized the university by installing a boot with the university logos right across the municipal city hall. Colegio Jacinto Treviño located in Mercedes, Texas, was a pioneering Chicano institution of higher education founded in 1970. It played
1128-400: The city was 79.42% White , 0.36% African American , 0.89% Native American , 0.07% Asian , 0.01% Pacific Islander , 16.95% from other races , and 2.31% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 90.01% of the population. There were 4,170 households, of which 41.1% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 54.7% were married couples living together, 21.4% had
1175-448: The first letter of the reporting mark: A railway vehicle must be registered in the relevant state's National Vehicle Register (NVR), as part of which process it will be assigned a 12-digit European Vehicle Number (EVN). The EVN schema is essentially the same as that used by the earlier UIC numbering systems for tractive vehicles and wagons , except that it replaces the 2-digit vehicle owner's code (see § Europe 1964 to 2005 ) with
1222-533: The management of horses for service in France. At its peak, Camp Mercedes hosted 16 officers, 700 enlisted men and 600 horses. After the armistice, the camp was demobilized and closed in 1922. The old Toluca Ranch still stands east of the International Bridge at Progreso , the sister city to the south. This ranch was close to the river and a prized target for the bandidos during the days of Pancho Villa . It
1269-580: The mine over the Holum Pass , the lowest spot in the Skyline Ridge , before descending and crossing Colorado State Highway 64 . Afterwards it climbs another ridge before reaching the power plant. The railroad is electrified using an overhead catenary system energized at 50 kV 60 Hz AC to supply power to its electric locomotives. Motive power initially consisted of two General Electric E60Cs with road numbers WFU-1 and WFU-2. These two locomotives operated
1316-409: The name or identifying number of the owner, lessee, or operator of the equipment, similar to IATA airline designators . In North America , the mark, which consists of an alphabetic code of two to four letters, is stenciled on each piece of equipment, along with a one- to six-digit number. This information is used to uniquely identify every such rail car or locomotive, thus allowing it to be tracked by
1363-573: The onset or World War I, the camp merged with Camp Mercedes to train soldiers for service in France. General John J. Pershing chose Mercedes as the site for a permanent training camp when the United States entered WW1 in 1916. Construction of Camp Mercedes on a 80-acre tract southeast of town was completed in early 1917. Until the WWI recruits arrived, a 16th Cavalry training cadre occupied the camp. The soldiers who later arrived for WWI training specialized in
1410-557: The owner of a reporting mark is taken over by another company, the old mark becomes the property of the new company. For example, when the Union Pacific Railroad (mark UP) acquired the Chicago and North Western Railway (mark CNW) in 1995, it retained the CNW mark rather than immediately repaint all acquired equipment. Some companies own several marks that are used to identify different classes of cars, such as boxcars or gondolas. If
1457-405: The owner, or more precisely the keeper of the vehicle. Thus each UIC member got a two-digit owner code . With the introduction of national vehicle registers this code became a country code. Some vehicles had to be renumbered as a consequence. The Swiss company BLS Lötschbergbahn had the owner code 63. When their vehicles were registered, they got numbers with the country code 85 for Switzerland and
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1504-406: The railroad it is traveling over, which shares the information with other railroads and customers. In multinational registries, a code indicating the home country may also be included. The Association of American Railroads (AAR) assigns marks to all carriers, under authority granted by the U.S. Surface Transportation Board , Transport Canada , and Mexican Government. Railinc , a subsidiary of
1551-546: The railway is about 35 miles (56 km), with 17 miles (27 km) in Utah. Each end of the line has a balloon loop ; engine-servicing facilities are within the mine's loop. A siding is located halfway between the power plant and the mine. There are at least three grade crossings on the line, one of which, at Deserado Mine Road, has active warning devices. All other roads use over- or underpasses. The underpasses are typically built as corrugated steel culverts . The route climbs from
1598-674: The railways and registered with the Ministry of Railways , Government of India . Mercedes, Texas Mercedes is a U.S. city in Hidalgo County , Texas . The population was 15,570 at the 2010 census . It is part of the McAllen–Edinburg–Mission and Reynosa–McAllen metropolitan areas. Mercedes is located in southeastern Hidalgo County at 26°8′58″N 97°55′7″W / 26.14944°N 97.91861°W / 26.14944; -97.91861 (26.149315, –97.918675). It
1645-727: The railways and registered with the Railway Clearing House . In India, wagons owned by the Indian Railways are marked with codes of two to four letters, these codes normally being the initials of the railway divisions concerned along with the Hindi abbreviation; for example, trains of the Western Railway zone are marked "WR" and "प रे"; those of the Central Railway zone are marked "CR" and "मध्य", etc. The codes are agreed between
1692-450: The realities and needs of Mexican-American students. Dr Hector P Garcia Library serves Mercedes. Mercedes is home to a unique public art project: there are 30 handcrafted 5 + 1 ⁄ 2 -foot-tall (1.7 m) cowboy boots dispersed throughout the city, each painted with the insignia of different colleges from around the state, country and even Mexico. These FM radio stations broadcast from Mercedes: The climate in this area
1739-794: The reporting mark SCAX because the equipment is owned by the Southern California Regional Rail Authority —which owns the Metrolink system—even though it is operated by Amtrak. This is why the reporting mark for CSX Transportation , which is an operating railroad, is CSXT instead of CSX. Private (non-common carrier) freight car owners in Mexico were issued, up until around 1990, reporting marks ending in two X's, possibly to signify that their cars followed different regulations (such as bans on friction bearing trucks) than their American counterparts and so their viability for interchange service
1786-507: The road number EA012 and the conversion to 50 kV was done by rewinding the transformer. As of 2024, a 45-car train with three locomotives run one to two trips during Monday to Thursday, with more trains usually on Tuesday to Thursday, but frequency varies with demand. If needed, a third round trip is done at night. The two original locomotives and one of the converted former NdeM locomotives in Deseret Power livery usually were, until recently,
1833-481: The road numbers EA031 and EA035. They went first from surplus storage to Texas Utilities , which sold them to the DPR. They kept the original paint scheme including the side wall lettering. Only EA031 entered revenue service as DPR-3 after being converted to 50 kV catenary supply using the railroad's spare transformer . In February 2003, the railroad received 24 new bottom dump hoppers built by Johnstown America. These cars of
1880-411: The same time the railroad changed its name to the current Deseret Power Railway . The Deseret Power Railroad exists only to transport coal from the co-operative's Deserado Coal Mine located northeast of Rangely, Colorado and south of Dinosaur, Colorado to their 400 MW Bonanza Power Plant located northwest of Bonanza, Utah . The mined coal is of high-volatile bituminous C quality. The length of
1927-539: The used configuration. But as of 2024, the current configuration is one of the two original locomotives leading, often interchanged between runs, and two of the converted former NdeM locomotives in Deseret Power livery. 40°12′21″N 108°59′25″W / 40.20596°N 108.99033°W / 40.20596; -108.99033 Reporting mark A reporting mark is a code used to identify owners or lessees of rolling stock and other equipment used on certain rail transport networks. The code typically reflects
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1974-556: Was 29 years. For every 100 females, there were 88.6 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 82.3 males. The median household income was $ 23,064 and the median family income was $ 25,339. Males had a median income of $ 19,945 versus $ 18,387 for females. The per capita income for the city was $ 8,658. About 30.4% of families and 36.4% of the population were below the poverty line , including 49.4% of those under age 18 and 30.3% of those age 65 or over. The Rio Grande Valley Premium Outlets, owned by Chelsea Property Group which
2021-511: Was built 1983 by Railroad Builders of Englewood, Colorado . All rolling stock was trucked 90 miles via highway from Rifle, Colorado , the nearest point of the national rail network. The railroad began operation in January 1984 as Deseret Western Railway owned by Western Fuels Utah (WFU). This joint company was owned 90% by the Deseret Generation & Transmission Cooperative , which operated
2068-540: Was built with many secret rooms and passages, and had heavy wooden shutters on the windows to protect its residents. As of the 2020 United States census , there were 16,258 people, 4,834 households, and 3,726 families residing in the city. At the 2000 census , there were 13,649 people, 4,170 households and 3,348 families residing in the city. The population density was 1,591.2 inhabitants per square mile (614.4/km ). There were 5,455 housing units at an average density of 636.0 per square mile (245.6/km ). The racial makeup of
2115-472: Was founded in 1916 southwest of Mercedes. Today, its location is in Weslaco, Texas, a town that didn't exist in 1916 and Mercedes was the nearest town. The National Defense Act called for the establishment of several National Guard camps, including Camp Llano Grande, to counter cross-border attacks led by Pancho Villa. Soldiers from Indiana, Minnesota and North Dakota were stationed at the camp from 1916 - 1917. Upon
2162-564: Was impaired. This often resulted in five-letter reporting marks, an option not otherwise allowed by the AAR. Companies owning trailers used in trailer-on-flatcar service are assigned marks ending with the letter "Z", and the National Motor Freight Traffic Association , which maintains the list of Standard Carrier Alpha Codes, assigns marks ending in "U" to owners of intermodal containers . The standard ISO 6346 covers identifiers for intermodal containers. When
2209-600: Was incorporated March 8, 1909. It is one of the oldest towns in the Rio Grande Valley , and the city celebrated its centennial in 2007. The city was located in Capisallo Pasture, part of Capisallo Ranch owned by Jim Welles. This location was known as the Pear Orchard because of the vast numbers of prickly pear cactus growing there at that time. The origin of the city name - Mercedes - is not clear. A common claim
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