The Angelina and Neches River Railroad (Angelina & Neches River Railroad) is a

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headquartered in

Lufkin, Texas Lufkin is the largest city in Angelina County, Texas and the county seat. The city is situated in Deep East Texas and about 60 miles west of the Texas-Louisiana border. Its estimated population is 35,021 as of July 1, 2019. Lufkin was founded ...

. ANR operates an line from Dunagan, Texas, to an interchange with

Union Pacific Railroad The Union Pacific Railroad , legally Union Pacific Railroad Company and often called simply Union Pacific, is a freight-hauling railroad that operates 8,300 locomotives over routes in 23 U.S. states west of Chicago and New Orleans. Union Paci ...

at Lufkin. With all owned tracks combined, the company owns and operates 28 miles of track plus 3.5 miles through trackage rights with Union Pacific. ANR traffic includes lumber, foundry products, paper, plywood, chemicals, limestone, scrap iron, steel, and clay. ANR's predecessor was founded in the 1800s by Angelina County Lumber Company as a logging route, and at its peak operated over of railroad. It also operates short portions of lines formerly belonging to the East Texas Railroad and the Texas Southeastern Railroad as well as the original Cotton Belt line from Lufkin to the middle of Clawson, Texas.

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Link to Union Pacific Website with ANR DetailsAngelina & Neches River Railroad
Texas railroads Railway companies established in 1900 American companies established in 1900 1900 establishments in Texas {{Texas-transport-stub