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 (at the Port of Port Lavaca - Point Comfort) and Lolita, Texas, where the railroad transfers cars with Union Pacific. 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 & Chemicals as well as plastics. PCN hauled around 12,500 carloads in 2008. Point Comfort and Northern Railway