Point Comfort and Northern Railway explained

Railroad Name:Point Comfort and Northern Railway
Marks:PCN
Locale:Texas
Start Year:1948
End Year:present
Hq City:Lolita, Texas
Length:14miles

The Point Comfort and Northern Railway is a Class III railroad operating in the U.S. state of Texas. The railroad operates over 14miles[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]

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Notes and References

  1. June 2010. RailAmerica's Empire. Trains. Kalmbach Publishing.