Point Comfort and Northern Railway


The Point Comfort and Northern Railway is a Class III railroad operating in the U.S. state of Texas. The railroad operates over of track between Point Comfort, Texas and Lolita, Texas, where the railroad transfers cars with the Union Pacific Railroad.
PCN was purchased by the holding company RailAmerica in 2005; RailAmerica in turn was purchased by Genesee & Wyoming.
The railroad's traffic largely comes from aluminum products from Alcoa World Alumina and Chemicals as well as plastics.
PCN hauled around 12,500 carloads in 2008.