The Timber Rock Railroad (TIBR) is a shortline rail carrier[1] operating in the states of Texas and Louisiana.
[3] This line had been completed in 1906 by the Jasper and Eastern Railroad, a subsidiary of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe.
[5] By the time in early 2017 when the BNSF exercised an option to take back over operation of the trackage from Silsbee to Tenaha, TIBR was reduced to the original Kirbyville to DeRidder line.
[2][6] Besides the endpoints of Kirbyville and DeRidder, the line serves Bon Wier, Texas and Merryville, Louisiana.
[2][a] While the TIBR will move any commodity, the primary traffic on the line is aggregates, lumber products, plastics, and fuel.