The Dallas, Garland and Northeastern Railroad (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.
DGNO operates over portions of several rail lines totaling approximately ,
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
Sherman most commonly refers to:
*Sherman (name), a surname and given name (and list of persons with the name)
** William Tecumseh Sherman (1820–1891), American Civil War General
*M4 Sherman, a tank
Sherman may also refer to:
Places United St ...
to
McKinney, from
Carrollton to
Murphy
Murphy () ( ga, Ua Murchadha) is an Irish surname and the most common surname in the Republic of Ireland.
Origins and variants
The surname is a variant of two Irish surnames: "Ó Murchadha"/"Ó Murchadh" (descendant of "Murchadh"), and "Mac ...
and from Dallas to
Lake Dallas. Of the total trackage, DGNO leases approximately from
Dallas Area Rapid Transit
Dallas Area Rapid Transit (DART) is a transit agency serving the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex of Texas. It operates buses, light rail, commuter rail, and high-occupancy vehicle lanes in Dallas and twelve of its suburbs. In , the system had a ...
(DART), and from Union Pacific.
Most of the railroad's traffic comes from stone products, scrap metal and wood products. DGNO hauled around 60,000 carloads in 2008.
References
External links
Genesse & Wyoming website with DGNO details
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Texas railroads
RailAmerica
Rail transportation in the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex
Transportation in Garland, Texas
Switching and terminal railroads
Spin-offs of the Union Pacific Railroad