Western Rail Road

Western Rail Road
Western Rail Road
Reporting mark WRRC
Locale Central Texas
Dates of operation 1976–
Track gauge 4 ft 8 12 in (1,435 mm) (standard gauge)
Headquarters New Braunfels, Texas

The Western Rail Road (reporting mark WRRC) is a 1.9-mile (3.1 km) shortline railroad owned by Cemex[1] that connects a Cemex quarry and cement plant at Dittlinger, Texas (just south of New Braunfels), to the Austin Subdivision of the Union Pacific Railroad (UP). The company was incorporated in March 1974 as the PB Railroad, and the present name was adopted in September 1975. The line was completed by the end of 1976, connecting the quarry and plant to the parallel Missouri Pacific Railroad and Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railroad lines (now both UP).[2][3]

References

  1. ^ Union Pacific Railroad, Short Line Railroad Directory: Western Rail Road Company, accessed February 2009
  2. ^ Edward A. Lewis, American Shortline Railway Guide, 5th Edition, Kalmbach Publishing, 1996, ISBN 0-89024-290-9, p. 332
  3. ^ Chris Cravens: Western Rail Road from the Handbook of Texas Online. Retrieved February 2009.

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