Texas, Gonzales and Northern Railway

4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gaugeOtherWebsitehttps://www.tnwcorporation.com/txgn-railway

^[1]The Texas, Gonzales and Northern Railway (TXGN) is a short-line railroad that has been providing rail transport, railcar storage, and logistics operations for companies in the heart of Texas since 1992. Located midway between Gonzales, Texas and Harwood, Texas off of U.S. I-10, TXGN owns and/or manages 12.3 (19.8 km) lead miles of track between Harwood, Texas and Gonzales, Texas and approximately 67 miles of storage and loop track. TXGN interchanges with the Union Pacific Railroad and handles several thousand cars carrying energy related products, grain and animal feed meals, clay/bentonite and raw and finished heavy metal products.

^[2]The Gonzales Branch Railroad Company was chartered on November 12, 1881. Twelve miles of track between Gonzales, Texas and Harwood, Texas, and a connection with the Galveston, Harrisburg and San Antonio Railroad were completed in August 1882. The capital was $240,000, and the principal place of business was Harwood. Members of the first board of directors were T.W. Pierce of Boston, Massachusetts; James Converse, E.P. Hill, C.C. Gibbs, Jacob E. Fisher, and T.W. Pierce, Jr., all of Houston, Texas; and Henry B. Andrews of San Antonio, Texas. The Gonzales Branch was operated by the Galveston, Harrisburg and San Antonio Railroad until merged into that company in 1905. The line eventually became the Southern Pacific Railroad, and was sold to the TNW Corporation on November 15, 1992, and operated as the Texas, Gonzales and Northern Railway.

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