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Dallas Garland & Northeastern

Transportation Company - Dallas Garland & Northeastern - Railroad
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Company NameDallas Garland & Northeastern
CategoryRailroad
Year Founded1992
CountryUnited States (Details)
Source of TextBluford Shops
Text Credit URLLink
Transportation Company - Dallas Garland & Northeastern - Railroad



Company History: The DGNO operates 337 miles of track in Dallas, Texas and the region to the northeast of Dallas. Some of the route is leased from Union Pacific and Dallas Area Rapid Transit. More is on trackage rights of Kansas City Southern and UP. Operations began in 1992 under the RailTex family of shortlines. RailTex later joined RailAmerica and today the DGNO is part of the Genesee & Wyoming family of shortlines. Traffic includes aggregates, chemicals, corn syrup, frozen foods, lumber, military equipment, paper, plastic resins, scrap and wheat.

Routes include: Dallas to West Dallas; Dallas to Lake Dallas plus a branch from Carrolton east; Dallas though Garland, Greenville and Trenton; McKinney north to Sherman and Denison. This is connected to the rest of the DGNO through their G&W sister road Texas Northeastern between Trenton and Sherman.
Brief History:
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Item created by: gdm on 2019-09-16 09:52:55

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