Moscow, Camden & San Augustine Railroad MCSA

Nature of Firm:

MCSA operates freight service from a connection with the UP at Moscow to Camden, TX, 6.87 miles. Rail is 75 pounds. Track capacity is 263,000 pounds.

Traffic is outbound lumber - about 1,500 cars a year.

The railroad was chartered May 28, 1898 to build a line from Moscow to San Augustine, TX, 65 miles. It was completed from Camden to Moscow in 1898 and never extended. Passenger service was discontinued in 1973.

Champion International acquired the company in 1969.

Officers
Robert Moore
General Manager
Operation Office
Camden, TX
Phone: 409-398-4640

Jerry Loomis
President
Knightsbridge
Hamilton, OH 45020
Phone: 513-868-6660

Location
MOSCOW, CAMDEN & SAN AUGUSTINE RAILROAD
FM 62
P. O. Box 128
Camden, TX 75934
Phone: 409-398-4640
Fax: 409-398-5430

Revenue Requirements
Handling Carrier

Interchange Points
UP connects through Moscow, TX

Equipment Summary
2 locomotives - engine house located in Camden, TX

Information Exchange Method
EDI Star

Customers Served
The MCSA Railroad serves only one industry - Champion International Corp., which manufactures woodchips, plywood, 2x4s and 4x4s.