Dallas, Garland and Northeastern Railroad

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Dallas, Garland & Northeastern Railroad
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The Garland, Texas depot, near DART Light Rail Downtown Garland station.
Overview
Headquarters Richardson, Texas
Reporting mark DGNO
LocaleNortheastern Texas
Dates of operation1992
Technical
Track gauge 4 ft 8+12 in (1,435 mm)
Length233 miles (375 km)
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Website Official website

The Dallas, Garland & Northeastern Railroad( reporting mark DGNO) (Dallas, Garland & Northeastern Railroad) is a short-line railroad headquartered in Richardson, Texas. The company is a subsidiary of Genesee & Wyoming, having been acquired when GWRR purchased RailAmerica in 2012. [1]

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DGNO operates over portions of several rail lines totaling approximately 233 miles (375 km), [2] including industrial leads. The line extends from Trenton, Texas to Garland, Texas, then from Garland to Dallas via trackage rights over Kansas City Southern Railway and Union Pacific. DGNO also operates from Sherman to McKinney, from Carrollton to Murphy and from Dallas to Lake Dallas. Of the total trackage, DGNO leases approximately 51 miles (82 km) from Dallas Area Rapid Transit (DART), and 129 miles (208 km) from Union Pacific.

A genset locomotive owned by the Dallas, Garland and Northeastern Railroad Dallas, Garland and Northeastern Railroad Genset.JPG
A genset locomotive owned by the Dallas, Garland and Northeastern Railroad

Genesee & Wyoming

As of 2023, DGNO runs for 161 miles, has a maximum capacity of 286,000. DGNO also has a few interchanges: BNSF (Sherman, Texas and Irving, Texas); CPKC (Garland, Texas); Union Pacific (Denison, Texas and Dallas, Texas). [3]

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References

  1. "Genesee & Wyoming Inc. Enters Into Agreement to Acquire RailAmerica, Inc". Business Wire. July 23, 2012. Retrieved February 15, 2022.
  2. "RailAmerica's Empire". Trains Magazine . Kalmbach Publishing. June 2010.
  3. "Dallas, Garland & Northeastern Railroad – A Genesee & Wyoming Company".