Ag Valley Railroad#Police

{{Short description|Railroad in Chicago, Illinois}}

{{Not to be confused with|Ag Valley Co-Op}}{{more citations needed|date=April 2016}}

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|length=3.09 mi (4.97 km)|end_year=Present}}

The AG Valley Railroad {{Reporting mark|AVRR}} is a Class III switching and terminal railroad servicing the Chicago Transload Facility in Chicago, Illinois on approximately 30.09 miles of track owned by Ag Valley Holdings, LLC. {{cite web |title=AG Valley Railroad, LLC-Operation Exemption-Ag Valley Holdings, LLC |url=https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2013/05/23/2013-12332/ag-valley-railroad-llc-operation-exemption-ag-valley-holdings-llc |website=Federal Register |publisher=United States. National Archives |access-date=9 February 2021}} AVRR began operations on January 8, 2013.

All of the AG Valley tracks are located in the Chicago community area of South Deering on the city's far south side, between E. 100th St. and E. 104th St. and run roughly parallel to Torrence Avenue. The railroad interchanges with the Chicago Rail Link{{cite web |title=Employer Status Determination |url=https://secure.rrb.gov/blaw/bcd/bcd13-39.asp |website=United States Railroad Retirement Board |access-date=9 February 2021}} to receive inbound loads of vegetable co-products and ship outbound loads of animal feed ingredients and bio-diesel feed stocks.{{cite web |title=Ag Valley |url=http://casr.dhke.com/casr105.htm |website=Chicago Area Shortline Railroads |access-date=9 February 2021}}

This railroad should not be confused with the similarly-named Ag Valley Co-Op {{Reporting mark|AGVX}} which operates in Edison and Maywood, Nebraska.