Rail Freight Carriers in

Texas

A Blacklands Railroad freight train, between Mount Pleasant and Winfield.
The locomotives are EMD SD50-2 3000hp Co-Co diesel electrics.

Long Haul Railways

BNSF, CPKC, Norfolk Southern, Union Pacific

International Railways

• BNSF and Union Pacific meet Ferromex at separate crossings of the Mexican border between El Paso and Ciudad Juarez, Chihuahua
• Following the reopening of a bridge over the Rio Grande, Texas Pacífico will meets Ferromex at the Mexican border between Presidio and Ojinaga, Chihuahua
• Green Eagle Railroad will cross the Mexican border at the proposed Puerto Verde Global Trade Bridge north of Eagle Pass and Piedras Negras, Coahuila
• Union Pacific (with BNSF trackage rights) meets Ferromex at the Mexican border between Eagle Pass and Piedras Negras, Coahuila
• CPKC crosses the Mexican border between Laredo and Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulibas. There is interchange with Union Pacific at Laredo
• Union Pacific crosses the Mexican border between Brownsville and Matamoros, Tamaulibas, where it meets the Mexican lines of CPKC. CPKC has trackage rights over this section of Union Pacific

Regional & Local Railways

• Alamo Gulf Coast Railroad Beckmann, north of San Antonio (interchange with Union Pacific) to Beckmann Quarry, about 3½ miles (6 km). Owned by Martin Marietta Materials (Website contains no information relating to railway)
• Alamo North Texas Railroad Chico (interchange with Union Pacific) to Chico Quarry, about 2 miles (3 km). Owned by Martin Marietta Materials (Website contains no information relating to railway)
• Alliance Terminal Railroad switching railway serving the Alliance Intermodal Terminal in Haslet, interchanging with BNSF (No website located at present)
• Angelina & Neches River Railroad switching railway in Lufkin (interchanging with BNSF and Union Pacific) with a main line extending to Dunganan. Total length of line about 28 miles (45 km)
• Austin Western Railroad Giddings (interchange with Union Pacific) via Elgin (interchange with Union Pacific), Austin Junction (branch to Austin, where there is interchange with Union Pacific), McNeil (interchange with Union Pacific) Wilkie (branch to Burnet) and Fairland (branch to Marble Falls) to Llano. Total length of line about 161 miles (259 km)
• Big Spring Rail switching railway in Big Spring, interchanging with Union Pacific. Total length of line about 2 miles (3 km)
• Black Gold Terminals switching services in these locations:
• Blacklands Railroad two separate lines:
  • Mount Pleasant (interchange with Union Pacific) to Winfield (interchange with Northeast Texas Connector), about 8 miles (13 km)
  • Overton (interchange with Union Pacific) to Henderson, about 15 miles (24 km)
• Border Pacific Railroad Mission (interchange with Rio Valley Switching) to Rio Grande City, about 31 miles (51 km)
• Bridgeport Switching switching railway in Bridgeport, interchanging with Union Pacific (No website located at present)
• Bronco Road Railroad Terminal switching services in the Kennedy Transload Center in Corpus Christi, interchanging with CPKC
• Brownsville & Rio Grande International Railway switching railway in the Port of Brownsville, interchanging with Union Pacific. Total length of line about 45 miles (72 km)
• CMC Railroad switching railway in the Gulf Inland Logistics Park, Dayton, interchanging with BNSF and Union Pacific
• Dallas, Garland & Northeastern Railroad several lines:
  • Dallas (interchange with BNSF, CPKC and Union Pacific) to Cargill
  • Switching services in Gates, near Dallas, with trackage rights over Union Pacific from Dallas (see above)
  • Trackage rights over Trinity Railway Express (Dallas commuter lines) from Dallas (see above) via Mockingbird Yard (see below) and Irving (see below) to Centerport (interchange with BNSF and Union Pacific)
  • Dallas (see above) via Brookhollow (branch via Brookhollow Industrial Park to Mockingbird Yard, see above), Carrollton (interchange with BNSF and Fort Worth & Western, branch to Lake Dallas, also trackage rights over BNSF to Irving, see above, and via South Sherman, see below, to Sherman where there is interchange with Texas Northeastern, see below), Addison (branch to Industrial Park) to Plano
  • South Sherman (see above) to McKinney
  • Garland (trackage rights over CPKC from Dallas, see above) via Greenville (interchange with CPKC and Northeast Texas) to Trenton (interchange with Texas Northeastern)
  Total length of line about 161 miles (259 km)
• Denton & North Texas Railroad proposed switching railway in Krum, interchanging with CPKC and serving a planned industrial park on Ganzer Row West. Length of line less than 1 miles (1.3 km). Owned by Patriot Rail (Website contains no specific details of railway)
• DFW & Southern Railway switching railway in the MidTexas International Center, Midlothian, interchanging with BNSF and Union Pacific. Total length of line about 18 miles (29 km). Texas Central Business Lines also operates in the Center. (No website located at present)
• Farmrail Corporation located mainly in OK, reaches Quanah (interchange with BNSF) by trackage rights over BNSF from Altus OK
• Fort Worth & Western Railroad Carrollton (interchange with BNSF and Dallas Garland & Northeastern and branch to Valwood Industrial Park) via Grapevine (branch to DFW Freeport Industrial Park), Fort Worth (interchange with BNSF and Union Pacific, trackage rights over both railways for local transfers and to Alliance, also branch via Everman to Carter Industrial Park), Cresson (branch to Cleburne where there is interchange with BNSF), Tolar (interchange with TXU Power) and Dublin (branch to Gorman) to Ricker (interchange with BNSF and trackage rights over BNSF to San Angelo Junction, where there is interchange with Texas Pacífico). Total length of line about 276 miles (444 km)
• Galveston Railroad switching railway in Galveston interchanging with BNSF and Union Pacific. Total length of line about 39 miles (63 km)
• Gardendale Railroad switching railway serving an industrial park owned by the railway, located about 5 miles (9 km) north of Cotulla, interchanging with Union Pacific. Total length of line over 1 miles (2 km)
• Georgetown Railroad Granger (interchange with BNSF and Union Pacific) via Georgetown to Kerr (interchange with Union Pacific), about 24 miles (39 km) (No website located at present)
• Green Eagle Railroad proposed railway from Clark’s Park Yard, near Eagle Pass (interchange with BNSF and Union Pacific) to Rio Escondido Yard, Piedras Negras, Coahuila, Mexico (interchange with Ferromex) via the proposed Puerto Verde Global Trade Bridge. Total length of line about 19 miles (31 km) of which about 1.3 miles (2 km) is in the USA
• GT Logistics switching railway at GT OmniPort in Port Arthur, interchanging with BNSF and Union Pacific. Total length of line about 15 miles (24 km)
• Gulf Coast Switching switching services in Robinson Yard, Dayton, interchanging with Union Pacific
• Hondo Railway switching railway in the Hondo Industrial and Air Park, interchanging with BNSF and Union Pacific. Total length of line about 15 miles (24 km)
• Iron Horse two separate operations:
  • switching services at the Iron Horse rail terminal facility in Beaumont, interchanging with BNSF and Union Pacific. Total length of line about 21 miles (34 km)
  • switching services at the planned Gateway Industrial Park in Laredo, interchanging with CPKC and Union Pacific. Length of line about 2.5 miles (4 km)
• JBC Rail Services switching services and railcar storage at Blacklands, interchanging with Union Pacific; at Sulphur Springs, interchanging with Union Pacific and at Temple interchangin with BNSF
• Kiamichi Railroad located mainly in AR and OK, enters TX near Arthur City and continues to Paris. Total length of line about 264 miles (425 km) of which about 30 miles (48 km) lies in TX. No direct connection with any other railway in TX
• LaSalle Railway switching railway in LaSalle Industrial Park, interchanging with Union Pacific. Total length of line about 4 miles (7 km)
• Live Oak Railroad switching railway serving a natural gas and shale oil terminal located between Three Rivers and George West, interchanging with Union Pacific (No website located at present)
• Lubbock & Western Railroad two separate groups of lines:
  • Broadview, near Lubbock (interchange with BNSF, trackage rights over BNSF from Lubbock and switching services in Lubbock) via Hurlwood (branch via Doud to Seagraves) to Whiteface (branch to Sundown)
  • Lider via Plainview (interchange with BNSF) to Dimmitt
  Total length of line about 163 miles (262 km)
• Luminant has a private railway lines serving two of its lignite fired power plants:
  • serving Martin Lake plant from Martin Lake Junction (interchange with BNSF)
  • serving Oak Grove plant from Kosse Mine, a distance of about 13 miles (21 km), not connecting with any other railway
  (Website contains no information relating to railways)
• Moscow, Camden and San Augustine Railroad Moscow (interchange with BNSF and Union Pacific) to Camden, about 7 miles (11 km). Owned by Gerogia-Pacific (Website contains no information relating to railway)
• Northeast Texas Railway Greenville (interchange with CPKC and Dallas Garland & Northeastern) via Commerce and Sulphur Springs to Winfield (interchange with Blacklands and trackage right to Mount Pleasant, where there is interchange with Union Pacific); about 66 miles (106 km). A further 23 miles () from Greenville to Wylie, where there could be interchang with CPKC, is currently out of service but proposed for reinstatement (When last checked, website contained no details of railway)
• Orange Port Terminal Railway switching railway in the Port of Orange, interchanging with Union Pacific. Total length of line about 2 miles (3 km), much of which is out of use (No website located at present)
• Panhandle Northern Railroad Panhandle (interchange with BNSF) to Borger, about 31 miles (50 km).
• Pecos Valley Southern Railway Pecos (interchange with Union Pacific) to Saragosa, about 24 miles (38 km).
• Plainsman Switching Company switching railroad in Lubbock, interchanging with BNSF and Union Pacific. Total length of line about 18 miles (29 km) (No website located at present)
• Point Comfort & Northern Railroad Lolita (interchange with Union Pacific) to Point Comfort. Total length of line about 19 miles (30 km)
• Port Terminal Railroad Association switching railroad in the Houston area, interchanging with Union Pacific; total length of line about 154 miles (248 km)
• Puerto Verde Industrial Railroad switching railroad in an indutrial park near Eagle Pass, interchanging with BNSF and Union Pacific; total length of line about 2½ miles (4 km) (No website located at present)
• Rio Grande Pacific Industrial Rail Services switching services at two RCR Rail Co logistics parks:
  • at Hempstead, interchanging with Union Pacific
  • at Taylor, interchanging with BNSF and Union Pacific
• Rio Valley Switching Company Santa Rosa via Harlingen (interchange with BNSF and Union Pacific), McAllen (branch to Edinburg) and Mission (interchange with Border Pacific) to Hidalgo. Total length of line about 73 miles (118 km)
• R J Corman Texas Line Diboll (interchange with BNSF and Union Pacific) via Blix (branch to Peavy) to Vair. Total length of line about 14 miles (23 km)
• Sabine River & Northern Railroad Echo (interchange with Union Pacific) via Lemonville (interchange with CPKC), Mauriceville (interchange with CPKC and Union Pacific) and Buna (branch to Evadale where there is interchange with Timber Rock) to Bessmay (interchange with Timber Rock). Total length of line about 40 miles (64 km)
• San Antonio Central Railroad switching railroad in East Kelly Railport, San Antonio, interchanging with BNSF and Union Pacific. Total length of line about 7 miles (11 km)
• Savage Gulf Rail switching services at the Gulf Coast Growth Ventures plastics manufacturing facility near Gregory, interchanging with Union Pacific (Neither website contains details of the railway)
• South Plains Lamesa Railroad switching and transload railway in Slaton, interchanging with BNSF, with a 5 miles (8 km) line extending to the southwest used primarily for railcar storage. A further 50 miles (80 km) to Lamesa is out of service and lifted, although not formally abandoned.
• Southern Switching Company Abilene (interchange with BNSF and Union Pacific) to Lanius, about 8 miles (13 km); will also provide switching services at the proposed Rail Park in Big Spring, interchanging with Union Pacific
• Southwest Gulf Railroad Dunlay (interchange with Union Pacific) to Medina Quarry, about 9 miles (14 km)
• Sweetwater Switching Company switching services at the Cape & Son facility in Sweetwater, interchanging with BNSF (Website contains no relating to railway)
• Temple & Central Texas Railway switching railway serving Central Pointe Rail Park in Temple, interchanging with BNSF. Total length of line about 10 miles (16 km)
• Texas & Eastern Railroad Palestine (interchange with Union Pacific) to Rusk, about 30 miles (50 km)
• Texas & New Mexico Railway Monahans (interchange with Union Pacific) via Cheyenne to Lovington NM, about 111 miles (179 km)
• Texas & Northern Railroad Veals (interchange with CPKC) to Lone Star, about 7 miles (11 km) of main line and 35 miles (56 km) of ancillary and storage tracks.
• Texas & Oklahoma Railroad Sweetwater (interchange with BNSF and Union Pacific) to Maryneal, about 17 miles (27 km) (No website located at present)
• Texas Central Business Lines switching railway in the MidTexas International Center, Midlothian, interchanging with BNSF and Union Pacific. Total length of line about 5 miles (8 km). DFW & Southern also operates in the Center. (No website located at present)
• Texas City Terminal Railway switching railway in the Port of Texas City, interchanging with BNSF and Union Pacific. Total length of line about 32 miles (51 km)
• Texas Coastal Bend Railroad switching railway in Corpus Christi interchanging with BNSF, CPKC and Union Pacific. Total length of line about 63 miles (101 km)
• Texas Gonzales & Northern Railway Harwood (interchange with Union Pacific) to Gonzales, about 12 miles (19 km)
• Texas International Terminals switching railway in Galveston, interchanging with BNSF. Length of line about 2 miles (3 km)
• Texas Northeastern Railroad two distinct lines:
  • Sherman (interchange with BNSF and Dallas Garland & Northeastern and trackage rights over BNSF to Dennison) via Bells (branch to Trenton where there is interchange with Dallas Garland & Northeastern) to Bonham
  • Texarkana (interchange with BNSF, CPKC and Union Pacific) via Hooks (interchange with US Army) to New Boston
  Total length of line about 70 miles (113 km)
• Texas North Western Railway Etter (interchange with BNSF) via Sherrin Junction (branch to Sherrin where there is further interchange with BNSF) to Capps, about 20 miles (32 km)
• Texas Pacífico San Angelo Junction, near Coleman (interchange with BNSF and Fort Worth & Western) to Alpine (interchange with Union Pacific and trackage rights over Union Pacific to Paisano), own line from Paisano to Presidio. A rail bridge from Presidio to Ojinaga, Chihuahua, Mexico is planned for reopening in 2019, allowing interchange with Ferromex. Total length of line about 376 miles (605 km)
• Texas Rock Crusher Railway switching railway in the Brownwood area. Total length of line about 6 miles (10 km)
• TGS Cedar Port Railroad switching railroad in the TGS Cedar Port Industrial Park, Baytown, interchanging with BNSF and Union Pacific. Total length of line over 100 miles (160 km)
• Timber Rock Railroad Silsbee (interchange with BNSF) via Evadale (interchange with Sabine River & Northern), Bessmay (interchange with Sabine River & Northern) and Kirbyville (branch via Bon Weir to De Ridder AL, where there is interchange with CPKC) to Tenaha (interchange with BNSF and Union Pacific). Total length of line about 160 miles (257 km)
• USA Rail Terminals switching services at its terminal facilities in these locations:
  • Corpus Christi, interchanging with CPKC
  • Port Arthur, interchanging with CPKC
• Watco Rail Services switching services at these locations:
  • Ascend, Alvin, interchanging with BNSF and Union Pacific
  • Dow Chemical, Deer Park, interchanging with BNSF and Union Pacific
  • Dow Chemical, Freeport, interchanging with Union Pacific
  • Kinder Morgan, Galena Park, interchanging with Union Pacific
  • TPC Petrochem, Houston, interchanging with BNSF and Union Pacific
  • TPC Petrochem, Port Neches, interchanging with CPKC
  • Union Carbide, Seadrift, interchanging with Union Pacific
  • Watco Mechanical Services, Hockley, interchanging with Union Pacific
• Western Rail Road switching railroad owned by Cemex and serving its New Braunfels Balcones Cement Plant. Interchanges with Union Pacific at Dittlinger. Total length of line about 2 miles (3 km) (Website contains no information relating to railway)
• Wichita, Tillman & Jackson Railway located mainly in OK, enters TX near Burkbennett and continues to Wichita Falls (interchange with BNSF). About 18 miles (29 km) of line lie in TX.

Military Railways

Websites do not in general contain details of railway facilities

• US Army
  • serving Fort Bliss and Biggs Army Airfield (junction with Union Pacific)
  • serving Fort Hood (junction with BNSF)
  • serving Red River Army Depot from Hooks (junction with Texas Northeastern) and Redwater (junction with Union Pacific)