diff --git a/src/network/network_gamelist.cpp b/src/network/network_gamelist.cpp
--- a/src/network/network_gamelist.cpp
+++ b/src/network/network_gamelist.cpp
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
 #include "network_internal.h"
 #include "network_udp.h"
 #include "network_gamelist.h"
+#include "../newgrf_text.h"
 
 NetworkGameList *_network_game_list = NULL;
 
@@ -175,7 +176,7 @@ void NetworkAfterNewGRFScan()
 				/* Don't know the GRF, so mark game incompatible and the (possibly)
 				 * already resolved name for this GRF (another server has sent the
 				 * name of the GRF already */
-				c->name   = FindUnknownGRFName(c->ident.grfid, c->ident.md5sum, true);
+				AddGRFTextToList(&c->name, FindUnknownGRFName(c->ident.grfid, c->ident.md5sum, true));
 				c->status = GCS_NOT_FOUND;
 
 				/* If we miss a file, we're obviously incompatible */
diff --git a/src/network/network_udp.cpp b/src/network/network_udp.cpp
--- a/src/network/network_udp.cpp
+++ b/src/network/network_udp.cpp
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@
 #include "../company_base.h"
 #include "../thread/thread.h"
 #include "../rev.h"
+#include "../newgrf_text.h"
 
 #include "core/udp.h"
 
@@ -366,11 +367,11 @@ void ClientNetworkUDPSocketHandler::Hand
 		/* Don't know the GRF, so mark game incompatible and the (possibly)
 		 * already resolved name for this GRF (another server has sent the
 		 * name of the GRF already */
-		config->name   = FindUnknownGRFName(config->ident.grfid, config->ident.md5sum, true);
+		AddGRFTextToList(&config->name, FindUnknownGRFName(config->ident.grfid, config->ident.md5sum, true));
 		config->status = GCS_NOT_FOUND;
 	} else {
 		config->filename  = f->filename;
-		config->name      = f->name;
+		config->name      = DuplicateGRFText(f->name);
 		config->info      = f->info;
 	}
 	SetBit(config->flags, GCF_COPY);
diff --git a/src/newgrf.cpp b/src/newgrf.cpp
--- a/src/newgrf.cpp
+++ b/src/newgrf.cpp
@@ -4830,11 +4830,11 @@ static void ScanInfo(ByteReader *buf)
 	if (GB(grfid, 24, 8) == 0xFF) SetBit(_cur_grfconfig->flags, GCF_SYSTEM);
 
 	const char *name = buf->ReadString();
-	_cur_grfconfig->name = TranslateTTDPatchCodes(grfid, name);
+	AddGRFTextToList(&_cur_grfconfig->name, 0x7F, grfid, name);
 
 	if (buf->HasData()) {
 		const char *info = buf->ReadString();
-		_cur_grfconfig->info = TranslateTTDPatchCodes(grfid, info);
+		AddGRFTextToList(&_cur_grfconfig->info, 0x7F, grfid, info);
 	}
 
 	/* GLS_INFOSCAN only looks for the action 8, so we can skip the rest of the file */
diff --git a/src/newgrf_config.cpp b/src/newgrf_config.cpp
--- a/src/newgrf_config.cpp
+++ b/src/newgrf_config.cpp
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 #include "gamelog.h"
 #include "network/network_func.h"
 #include "gfx_func.h"
+#include "newgrf_text.h"
 
 #include "fileio_func.h"
 #include "fios.h"
@@ -45,21 +46,21 @@ GRFConfig::GRFConfig(const GRFConfig &co
 	MemCpyT<uint8>(this->original_md5sum, config.original_md5sum, lengthof(this->original_md5sum));
 	MemCpyT<uint32>(this->param, config.param, lengthof(this->param));
 	if (config.filename != NULL) this->filename = strdup(config.filename);
-	if (config.name     != NULL) this->name     = strdup(config.name);
-	if (config.info     != NULL) this->info     = strdup(config.info);
+	this->name = DuplicateGRFText(config.name);
+	this->info = DuplicateGRFText(config.info);
 	if (config.error    != NULL) this->error    = new GRFError(*config.error);
 }
 
 /** Cleanup a GRFConfig object. */
 GRFConfig::~GRFConfig()
 {
-	/* GCF_COPY as in NOT strdupped/alloced the filename, name and info */
+	/* GCF_COPY as in NOT strdupped/alloced the filename and info */
 	if (!HasBit(this->flags, GCF_COPY)) {
 		free(this->filename);
-		free(this->name);
-		free(this->info);
+		CleanUpGRFText(this->info);
 		delete this->error;
 	}
+	CleanUpGRFText(this->name);
 }
 
 /**
@@ -69,8 +70,8 @@ GRFConfig::~GRFConfig()
  */
 const char *GRFConfig::GetName() const
 {
-	if (StrEmpty(this->name)) return this->filename;
-	return this->name;
+	const char *name = GetGRFStringFromGRFText(this->name);
+	return StrEmpty(name) ? this->filename : name;
 }
 
 /**
@@ -79,7 +80,7 @@ const char *GRFConfig::GetName() const
  */
 const char *GRFConfig::GetDescription() const
 {
-	return this->info;
+	return GetGRFStringFromGRFText(this->info);
 }
 
 GRFConfig *_all_grfs;
@@ -349,8 +350,8 @@ compatible_grf:
 				free(c->filename);
 				c->filename = strdup(f->filename);
 				memcpy(c->ident.md5sum, f->ident.md5sum, sizeof(c->ident.md5sum));
-				if (c->name == NULL && f->name != NULL) c->name = strdup(f->name);
-				if (c->info == NULL && f->info != NULL) c->info = strdup(f->info);
+				if (c->name == NULL) c->name = DuplicateGRFText(f->name);
+				if (c->info == NULL) c->info = DuplicateGRFText(f->info);
 				c->error = NULL;
 			}
 		}
diff --git a/src/newgrf_config.h b/src/newgrf_config.h
--- a/src/newgrf_config.h
+++ b/src/newgrf_config.h
@@ -87,12 +87,12 @@ struct GRFConfig : ZeroedMemoryAllocator
 	GRFConfig(const GRFConfig &config);
 	~GRFConfig();
 
-	GRFIdentifier ident; ///< grfid and md5sum to uniquely identify newgrfs
+	GRFIdentifier ident;       ///< grfid and md5sum to uniquely identify newgrfs
 	uint8 original_md5sum[16]; ///< MD5 checksum of original file if only a 'compatible' file was loaded
-	char *filename;     ///< Filename - either with or without full path
-	char *name;         ///< NOSAVE: GRF name (Action 0x08)
-	char *info;         ///< NOSAVE: GRF info (author, copyright, ...) (Action 0x08)
-	GRFError *error;    ///< NOSAVE: Error/Warning during GRF loading (Action 0x0B)
+	char *filename;            ///< Filename - either with or without full path
+	struct GRFText *name;      ///< NOSAVE: GRF name (Action 0x08)
+	struct GRFText *info;      ///< NOSAVE: GRF info (author, copyright, ...) (Action 0x08)
+	GRFError *error;           ///< NOSAVE: Error/Warning during GRF loading (Action 0x0B)
 
 	uint8 flags;        ///< NOSAVE: GCF_Flags, bitset
 	GRFStatus status;   ///< NOSAVE: GRFStatus, enum
diff --git a/src/newgrf_text.cpp b/src/newgrf_text.cpp
--- a/src/newgrf_text.cpp
+++ b/src/newgrf_text.cpp
@@ -126,6 +126,16 @@ public:
 	}
 
 	/**
+	 * Create a copy of this GRFText.
+	 * @param orig the grftext to copy
+	 * @return an exact copy of the given text
+	 */
+	static GRFText *Copy(GRFText *orig)
+	{
+		return GRFText::New(orig->langid, orig->text);
+	}
+
+	/**
 	 * Helper allocation function to disallow something.
 	 * Don't allow simple 'news'; they wouldn't have enough memory.
 	 * @param size the amount of space not to allocate
@@ -353,6 +363,50 @@ void AddGRFTextToList(GRFText **list, GR
 }
 
 /**
+ * Add a string to a GRFText list.
+ * @param list The list where the text should be added to.
+ * @param langid The language of the new text.
+ * @param grfid The grfid where this string is defined.
+ * @param text_to_add The text to add to the list.
+ * @note All text-codes will be translated.
+ */
+void AddGRFTextToList(struct GRFText **list, byte langid, uint32 grfid, const char *text_to_add)
+{
+	char *translatedtext = TranslateTTDPatchCodes(grfid, text_to_add);
+	GRFText *newtext = GRFText::New(langid, translatedtext);
+	free(translatedtext);
+
+	AddGRFTextToList(list, newtext);
+}
+
+/**
+ * Add a GRFText to a GRFText list. The text should  not contain any text-codes.
+ * The text will be added as a 'default language'-text.
+ * @param list The list where the text should be added to.
+ * @param text_to_add The text to add to the list.
+ */
+void AddGRFTextToList(struct GRFText **list, const char *text_to_add)
+{
+	AddGRFTextToList(list, GRFText::New(0x7F, text_to_add));
+}
+
+/**
+ * Create a copy of this GRFText list.
+ * @param orig The GRFText list to copy.
+ * @return A duplicate of the given GRFText.
+ */
+GRFText *DuplicateGRFText(GRFText *orig)
+{
+	GRFText *newtext = NULL;
+	GRFText **ptext = &newtext;
+	for (; orig != NULL; orig = orig->next) {
+		*ptext = GRFText::Copy(orig);
+		ptext = &(*ptext)->next;
+	}
+	return newtext;
+}
+
+/**
  * Add the new read string into our structure.
  */
 StringID AddGRFString(uint32 grfid, uint16 stringid, byte langid_to_add, bool new_scheme, const char *text_to_add, StringID def_string)
diff --git a/src/newgrf_text.h b/src/newgrf_text.h
--- a/src/newgrf_text.h
+++ b/src/newgrf_text.h
@@ -16,10 +16,16 @@
 
 StringID AddGRFString(uint32 grfid, uint16 stringid, byte langid, bool new_scheme, const char *text_to_add, StringID def_string);
 StringID GetGRFStringID(uint32 grfid, uint16 stringid);
+const char *GetGRFStringFromGRFText(const struct GRFText *text);
 const char *GetGRFStringPtr(uint16 stringid);
 void CleanUpStrings();
 void SetCurrentGrfLangID(byte language_id);
 char *TranslateTTDPatchCodes(uint32 grfid, const char *str);
+struct GRFText *DuplicateGRFText(struct GRFText *orig);
+void AddGRFTextToList(struct GRFText **list, struct GRFText *text_to_add);
+void AddGRFTextToList(struct GRFText **list, byte langid, uint32 grfid, const char *text_to_add);
+void AddGRFTextToList(struct GRFText **list, const char *text_to_add);
+void CleanUpGRFText(struct GRFText *grftext);
 
 bool CheckGrfLangID(byte lang_id, byte grf_version);