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 SDIY 702, a locomotive for the San Diego and Imperial Valley Railroad at the railroad's yard in Downtown San Diego. | |||
| Overview | |||
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| Main region(s) | San Diego | ||
| Fleet size | Two NRE 3GS21B diesel-powered genset locomotives | ||
| Parent company | Genesee & Wyoming | ||
| Reporting mark | SDIY | ||
| Dates of operation | 1984– | ||
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| Track gauge | 4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge | ||
| Length | 38.8 miles (62.4 km) (7.2 miles (11.6 km) currently unused)[1] | ||
| Other | |||
| Website | San Diego & Imperial Valley Railroad | ||
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San Diego and Imperial Valley Railroad |
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The San Diego and Imperial Valley Railroad (SD&IV) (reporting mark SDIY) is a class III railroad operating freight rail service in the San Diego area, providing service to customers in the region and moving railcars between the end of the BNSF Railway in downtown San Diego and the Mexico–United States border in San Ysidro. It was established in October 1984 and is owned and operated by Genesee & Wyoming.
The railroad has exclusive trackage rights to operate over tracks of the San Diego and Arizona Eastern Railway, a subsidiary of the San Diego Metropolitan Transit System, the regional public transit service provider. Tracks are shared with the San Diego Trolley, another subsidiary of the Metropolitan Transit System, and freight trains are only operated at night when passenger service is not in operation.