Dallas and Northern Railroad

The Dallas and Northern Railroad (abbreviated as D&NRR, reporting mark DNRR) is the main railroad company featured in American Rail. It was founded in 1914 and its route to Denver, Colorado was completed in 1916.The company's headquarters are at its Dallas, Texas terminal and its main locomotive workshop is in Amarillo, Texas. The railroad also receives volunteer work and funds from the Dallas and Northern Railroad Preservation Society.

Routes
Many closed routes have not been restored and remain abandoned or torn up.
 * The Main Line (Dallas-Denver)
 * Boulder Branch Line
 * Denton Branch line
 * Arlington Branch line
 * Museum demonstration route

Maintenance Facilities
Both ends of the line are equipped for light repairs to both locomotives and rolling stock. More extensive service is performed at Amarillo Locomotive Works in Amarillo, Texas. The facility has been downsized and re-equipped to handle repairs to both steam and diesel locomotives. While no longer capable of mass-producing steam engines, the facility is being used for the Adriatic Rebuild Project.

Fleet
The Dallas and Northern Railroad operates a fleet of 37 locomotives as of 2013. Their numbering scheme is as such: Currently active as of 2013 Former Visitors The railroad also operates over 30 pieces of track maintenance equipment under its Maintenance of Way division.
 * No prefix denotes a steam locomotive in regular service
 * D- denotes a diesel locomotive
 * M- denotes a locomotive of the Maintenance of Way division.
 * No. 1 Terrence
 * No. 2 Rachel
 * No. 3 Alfred
 * No. 4 Atlanta
 * No. 5 Lincoln
 * No. 6 Cleveland
 * No. 7 Hurst
 * No. 8 Diana
 * No. 9 Jeffery
 * No. 10 Blue Moon
 * No. 11 Falken
 * No. 12 Adalwolfa
 * No. 13 Delilah
 * No. 14 Altoona
 * No. 15 Dante
 * No. 16 Legacy
 * No. 17 Rex Metallum
 * D1
 * D2
 * D3 Caesar
 * D4 Ivy
 * D5 Euless
 * D6 Tony
 * D7 Rose
 * D8
 * D9
 * D10 Romeo
 * D11
 * D12 Desmond
 * D13 Cromford
 * D14 Juliet
 * D15 Hanson
 * M1 Angelica
 * M2 Durango
 * M3 Lionel
 * M4 Benedict
 * M5
 * "Black Widower"
 * "Lyre"
 * "Sophocles"
 * 2 4-4-4-4 Duplexes
 * "Adriatic"
 * "Mockingbird"
 * "Woodpecker"
 * "Bluebird"
 * "Mediterranean"
 * "Oedipus"
 * "Sir Hatt"
 * "Archimedes"
 * "Palamedes"
 * "Fat Man"
 * "Mustang"
 * "Dallas"
 * "Rusk"
 * "Palestine"
 * "Grapevine"
 * "Fort Worth"
 * "Texas Pony"
 * "Houston"
 * Southern Pacific No. 4449 "Apollo"
 * Union Pacific No. 844 "Greyhound"
 * Union Pacific No. 3985
 * Texas State Railroad No. 300
 * Santa Fe No. 3751
 * Southern Railway No. 4501
 * Southern Pacific No. 1744
 * Milwaukee Road No. 261 "Juno"

Key Figures

 * Donovan Sherman (1904-2003)- Founder of the Dallas and Northern Railroad Protection Group.
 * Angus Lentz- Controller from 19XX-2000
 * Phineas Sherman (1976- )- Current Controller