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Panhandle Northern Railroad - Borger, TX Panhandle Northern Railroad - Borger, TX Panhandle Northern Railroad - SD9 4425

Panhandle Northern Railroad

Based in the petroleum-rich Texas panhandle town of Borger (home of nation's largest inland petrochemical complex), the Panhandle Northern operates 31 miles of trackage sold off by the Santa Fe in 1993. The PNR connects with BNSF's Panhandle Subdivision at Panhandle and stretches north to Borger, where a Phillips Petroleum refinery and two large carbon black plants provide the PNR with a steady volume of carload traffic.

The line is owned by Omnitrax. Motive power consists of ex-Santa Fe and ex-C&NW GP7s, as well as three ex-SP SD9s. Power from other Omnitrax operations can occasionally be found on the line as well.

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  Panhandle Northern logo   Panhandle Northern - Borger, TX   Panhandle Northern - Borger, TX
  Panhandle Northern - Borger, TX   Panhandle Northern - Borger, TX   Panhandle Northern Railroad - Borger, TX
  Panhandle Northern - Borger, TX   Panhandle Northern works carbon black plant - Borger, TX    Panhandle Northern works carbon black plant - Borger, TX
   Panhandle Northern works carbon black plant - Borger, TX   Panhandle Northern SD9 4370   Panhandle Northern SD9 4370
  Panhandle Northern SD9s 4425 / 4310   Panhandle Northern SD9 4425   Panhandle Northern SD9s 4310 / 4425

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Wes Carr claims no affiliation with the Panhandle Northern or any other shortline railroad.

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