Texas North Western

Company History: The TXNW was launched in 1982 to take over operation on the abandoned 110 mile Rock Island line from Etter Junction, Texas across the Oklahoma Panhandle to Liberal, Kansas. Within 5 years, the Kansas end was cut back to Morse, Texas, 32 miles from Etter Junction. Traffic includes farm products and chemicals. TXNW operates a large Storage In Transit yard in Cactus, Texas. This railroad became the starting point of the TNW Corporation shortline group which also includes Texas Rock Crusher Railway, Texas Gonzales & Northern and Nebraska Northeastern, the latter of which has since been sold.

Successor/Parent History: TNW Corporation was established in 1982 as a holding company of Dallas-based Murchison Capital Partners, L.P. (MCP), and began operations at the Texas North Western Railway (TXNW) by acquiring a piece of the bankrupt Rock Island’s track from Etter, Texas, to Liberal, Kansas – approximately 120 miles. In 1992, the Texas Gonzales and Northern Railway (TXGN) became TNW’s second acquisition as a lease from the UP (Southern Pacific at that time).

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