All corridorsMilitary endpoint Red River Army Depot (TX) Port endpoint Port of Beaumont (TX) Max axle load 286k Plate clearance Plate F Electrified No Federal funding CRISI Yes / RRIF Yes
Gulf region / STRACNET corridor
Red River Army Depot to Port of Beaumont
- Region
- Gulf
- Primary owner
- Union Pacific
- Length
- 320 mi
- Status
- Partial source backing, brief-ready with caveats
TX
+ Texas North Western Railway
Confidence: medium
Field notes
Tactical wheeled vehicle and HMMWV reset outload. Active depot rail with strong DOD utilization.
What we’d brief on this corridor
A 10-day corridor brief turns this row into a fundable scope.
- Constraint register. Bridge ratings, tunnel clearance, axle load gaps, and short-line interchange limits along the Union Pacific, Texas North Western Railway routing.
- Authority chain. SDDC TEA designation, FRA Office of Railroad Safety oversight, and the state DOT touchpoints between TX.
- Funding map. CRISI eligibility: Yes. RRIF eligibility: Yes. Defense Access Roads where the spur work qualifies.
- Capital decision. A go or no-go on whether heavy engineering spend is the right next step, with the source records that back each claim.