Texas & New Mexico Railway
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The Texas – New Mexico Railroad (reporting mark TNMR) is a shortline railroad operating in West Texas/Southeast New Mexico. The railroad line operates on 104 miles of track from a connection with the Union Pacific Railroad at Monahans, Texas and terminating at Lovington, New Mexico. The railroad primarily serves the oilfields and related industries in the region.
History
Lovington, New Mexico is the terminus of the TNMR. Before 1930, the proposed 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 the nearest rail line was the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway at nearby Seagraves, Texas.
As a result of oil being discovered in the Permian Basin in 1927, The Texas – New Mexico Railway was incorporated on November 19, 1927. Within a year the railroad fell under the control of the Texas and Pacific Railway. Construction commenced in 1928 and the line was completed on July 20, 1930.
Ownership of the line
- 1930-1976 The Texas – New Mexico Railway operated as a subsidiary of the Texas and Pacific Railway (TP), which was a subsidiary of the Missouri Pacific Railroad (MP).
- 1976-1982 Operated by the Missouri Pacific Railroad.
- 1982-1989 Operated by the Union Pacific Railroad.
- 1989-1999 owned/operated by RailTex.
- 1999-2002 owned/operated by RailAmerica.
- 2002-Present owned/operated by Permian Basin Railways.
Route
- Monahans, Texas (Interchange with Union Pacific Railroad mainline)
- Cloyd, Texas (No Longer Shown in Timetables)
- Praire Spur (No Longers 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 Longers 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
- Lee County Oil
- Lovington, New Mexico