Western Rail Road

Company History: This shortline was built in 1976 to connect a quarry and cement mill in the Dittenger - New Brawnfels, Texas area with the mainlines of Missouri Pacific and Missouri-Kansas-Texas just under 2 miles away. Over the years, WRRC operated with a total of four locomotives: two SW1’s, an SW7 and a GP9. Today, the company is owned by Mexican cement giant Cemex and an ES44AC lettered for Cemex can be found doing the switching.

Successor/Parent History: CEMEX is a global building materials company that provides high quality products and reliable service to customers and communities throughout the Americas, Europe, Africa, the Middle East, and Asia. We produce, distribute, and sell cement, ready-mix concrete, aggregates, and related building materials in more than 50 countries, and we maintain trade relationships in close to 100 nations. CEMEX’s U.S. network includes 11 cement plants, more than 50 strategically located distribution terminals, 50 aggregate quarries and nearly 270 ready-mix concrete plants. CEMEX USA was named the EPA Energy Star Partner of the Year for 2009 and 2010.

Brief History: The U.S. is a country of 50 states covering a vast swath of North America, with Alaska in the northwest and Hawaii extending the nation’s presence into the Pacific Ocean. Major Atlantic Coast cities are New York, a global finance and culture center, and capital Washington, DC. Midwestern metropolis Chicago is known for influential architecture and on the west coast, Los Angeles' Hollywood is famed for filmmaking.