Union Pacific Railroad (UPRR) Santa Teresa Facility - Santa Teresa, NM

Just outside Santa Teresa, NM. The UPRR constructed a new rail facility, Santa Teresa. This new rail yard consists of a run-through fueling facility, intermodal yard and block swap yard. The estimated construction costs were approximately $400 million for this 11.5 mile long, 0.8 mile wide, 2,200 acre facility.

Wilson & Company served as the prime consultant responsible for all engineering services including design, permitting and construction inspection.

Facility Includes:

• 23 buildings/structures including 2 LEED silver certified office buildings
• 6 locomotive fueling islands
• Inspection pit
• 8 automated gate lanes
• Renewable energy feature - Grid tied solar power system (approximately 135kW)
• 2 industrial waste treatment plants
• Repair and maintenance pads
• Union Pacific Railroad owned 23 kV to 12.47 kV substation with two transformers and flexible switching to allow transformers and primary feeders to be switched to bypass failed equipment
• Yard distribution consists of a 12.47 kV underground loop, with switching, splice pedestals, and a mid-yard cross-tie feeder to allow failed sections of primary cable to be bypassed
• Facility wide fire alarm system, using a dedicated fiber optic backbone for communication
• A facility-wide SCADA system, using Allen-Bradley PLCs, desktop PCs running Wonderware, and a control fiber optic network for communication

Fast facts:

• 44 miles of track
• 16.6 miles of county roads
• 115,144 tons of asphalt
• 212,000 tons of concrete
• 1,166 intermodal parking spaces
• 5.8 million cubic yards of soil moved to construct this project
• 13 miles of underground duct bank
• 668 underground handholes
• Estimated demand of 7.5 megawatts
• 156 high mast poles
• 45 pad mount transformers
• 26 standby generators