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|locale           = [[Texas]], [[New Mexico]]
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The '''Texas & New Mexico Railway''' {{reporting mark|TXN}} is a [[Class III railroad|class III]] [[short-line railroad]] operating in west [[Texas]] and southeast [[New Mexico]].  The railroad line operates on 111 miles of track from a connection with the [[Union Pacific]] at [[Monahans, Texas]], and terminates at [[Lovington, New Mexico]].  The railroad primarily provides freight service for the [[oilfield]]s and related industries in the region.<ref>"UP: Texas New Mexico Railroad TNMR #815." Union Pacific Railroad. Web. 02 Aug. 2011. http://www.uprr.com/customers/shortline/lines/tnm.shtml</ref>

==History==
[[Lovington, New Mexico]] is the terminus of the TNMR.<ref>New Mexico Office of the State Historian : Lovington." New Mexico Office of the State Historian : Digital History Project. Web. 02 Aug. 2011. {{cite web |url=http://www.newmexicohistory.org/filedetails.php?fileID=4826 |title=New Mexico Office of the State Historian : Lovington |accessdate=2009-03-14 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20101005204304/http://www.newmexicohistory.org/filedetails.php?fileID=4826 |archivedate=2010-10-05 }}</ref>  Before 1930, the planned Gulf, Texas and New Mexico Railway proposed to construct a branch running westward from [[Seminole, Texas]] via Lovington, NM and terminating at [[Roswell, New Mexico]].  However, the tracks were never constructed, and for a time the nearest rail line was the [[Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway]] in nearby [[Seagraves, Texas]].

As a result of the oil discovered in the [[Permian Basin (North America)|Permian Basin]] in 1927, the Texas&ndash;New Mexico Railway was incorporated on November 19, 1927.  Within a year the railroad fell under the control of the [[Texas & Pacific Railway]].  Construction commenced in 1928 and the line was completed on July 20, 1930.<ref name=UP>{{cite web|url= https://www.up.com/customers/shortline/profiles_t-z/tnm/index.htm |title=Texas and New Mexico Railway TXN #815|publisher=Union Pacific|accessdate=October 12, 2021}}</ref>  In 1989, what was then [[Union Pacific]] sold the property to RailTex, and short line service started on September 18, 1989.<ref name=UP/>  Railtex sold to RailAmerica in February 2000, which in turn sold to Permian Basin Railways in May 2002.<ref name=UP/> In September 2011, [[Iowa Pacific Holdings]], which owned Permian Basin Railways, announced a major rebuilding of the railroad, including track upgrades and new locomotives, at a cost of more than $20 million.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.progressiverailroading.com/mow/article/Iowa-Pacific-Holdings-to-upgrade-TexasNew-Mexicos-track-motive-power--28040 | title=Iowa Pacific Holdings to upgrade Texas-New Mexico's track, motive power | publisher=Progressive Railroading | date=September 19, 2011 | accessdate=September 21, 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.iowapacific.net/permian-basin-railways.html#:~:text=Permian%20Basin%20Railways%20(PBR)%20is,collectively%20the%20Permian%20Basin%20Railways. |title=Permian Basin Railways|publisher=Iowa Pacific Holdings|accessdate=October 12, 2021}}</ref>

In May 2015 [[Watco]] purchased the assets of the Texas – New Mexico Railroad from [[Iowa Pacific Holdings]], and renamed the railroad the '''Texas & New Mexico Railway'''.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://progressiverailroading.com/short_lines_regionals/news/Watco-to-acquire-two-west-Texas-short-lines--44547 | title=Watco to acquire two west Texas short lines | publisher=Progressive Railroading | date=22 May 2015 | accessdate=15 August 2015}}</ref>

==Ownership of the line==
*1930&ndash;1976: Operated as a subsidiary of the [[Texas & Pacific Railway]] (TP), which was a [[subsidiary]] of the [[Missouri Pacific Railroad]] (MP)
*1976&ndash;1982: Operated by the Missouri Pacific Railroad
*1982&ndash;1989: Operated by the [[Union Pacific]]
*1989&ndash;1999: Owned/operated by [[RailTex]]
*1999&ndash;2002: Owned/operated by [[RailAmerica]]
*2002&ndash;2015: Owned/operated by Permian Basin Railways
*2015&ndash;present: Owned/operated by [[Watco]].

==Route==
*[[Monahans, Texas]] (interchange with Union Pacific Railroad mainline)
*Cloyd, Texas (no longer shown in timetables)
*Prairie Spur, Texas (no longer Shown in timetables)
*Wink Junction (no longer shown in timetables - abandoned branch to [[Wink, Texas]])
*[[Kermit, Texas]]
*Magwait, Texas
*Cheyenne, Texas (no longer shown in timetables)
*[[Jal, New Mexico]]
*Combest, New Mexico
*United Carbon
*[[Eunice, New Mexico]]
*Kornegray, New Mexico (no longer shown in timetables)
*Warren, New Mexico
*Climax, New Mexico
*[[Hobbs, New Mexico]] (yard/office)
*Permco (Airfield) (no longer shown in timetables)
*Kimbrough, New Mexico (no longer shown in timetables)
*Southern Union Oil
*[[Lea County, New Mexico|Lea County]] Oil
*[[Lovington, New Mexico]]

==See also==
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*[[Fort Worth & Denver Railway]]
*[[Roscoe, Snyder and Pacific Railway]]
*[[West Texas and Lubbock Railway]]

==References==
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== External links ==
*[http://iowapacific.net/texas-new-mexico-railroad/ Iowa Pacific Holdings' Texas–New Mexico Railroad page]

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{{Texas railroads}}
{{Watco}}

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