The Point Comfort and Northern Railway (reporting mark PCN) is a Class III railroad operating in the U.S. state of Texas. The railroad operates over 14 miles (23 km) of track between Point Comfort, Texas and Lolita, Texas, where the railroad transfers cars with the Union Pacific Railroad.
PCN was purchased by the holding company RailAmerica in 2005.
The railroad's traffic largely comes from aluminum products from Alcoa World Alumina and Chemicals. PCN hauled around 12,500 carloads in 2008.
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