Point Comfort and Northern Railway

Railway
4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gaugeLength14 miles (23 km)
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Point Comfort and Northern Railway
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 Union Pacific
Lolita, Texas
U.S. Route 35
Point Comfort, Texas

The Point Comfort and Northern Railway (reporting mark PCN) is a Class III railroad operating in the U.S. state of Texas. The railroad operates over 14 miles (23 km)[1] of track between Point Comfort, Texas, (at the Port of Port Lavaca - Point Comfort) and Lolita, Texas, where the railroad transfers cars with Union Pacific.

PCN was purchased by the holding company RailAmerica in 2005; RailAmerica in turn was purchased by Genesee & Wyoming.

The railroad's traffic largely comes from aluminum products from Alcoa World Alumina & Chemicals as well as plastics.

PCN hauled around 12,500 carloads in 2008.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b "RailAmerica's Empire". Trains. Kalmbach Publishing. June 2010.

External links

  • Railways portal
  • Point Comfort and Northern Railway official webpage - Genesee and Wyoming website
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