West Isle Line, Inc.
The West Isle Line is a private railroad and is a wholly owned subsidiary of Nutrien. The line is operated by a contractor and the line does not have any employees. The line began service on January 7, 1998, after having been acquired from the Burlington Northern & Santa Fe Railway. The line runs for 5.25 miles from Alpaugh, California, to a connection with the BNSF Railway at Stoil. Western Farm Service is the only customer on the line.
Western Farm Service bought the line from the BNSF in order to avoid having the BNSF's "Alpaugh Branch" abandoned. The line was formerly part of the Atchison, [Topeka and Santa Fe Railway] and was constructed by the ATSF in 1914.
The railroad, as of 2001, averages 400 carloads per year, primarily chemicals used for fertilizer.