Name
|
Mark
|
System[nb 1]
|
From
|
To
|
Successor
|
Notes
|
Abilene and Northern Railway
|
|
CB&Q
|
1906
|
1952
|
Fort Worth and Denver Railway
|
Abilene and Southern Railway
|
A&S, AS
|
MP
|
1909
|
1978
|
Missouri Pacific Railroad
|
Acme, Red River and Northern Railway
|
|
SLSF
|
1902
|
1909
|
Quanah, Acme and Pacific Railway
|
Acme Tap Railroad
|
|
CB&Q
|
1899
|
1938
|
N/A
|
Air Line Railroad
|
|
SP
|
1860
|
|
Washington County Railroad
|
Aransas Harbor Terminal Railway
|
|
|
1892
|
1947
|
N/A
|
Artesian Belt Railroad
|
|
MP
|
1908
|
1920
|
San Antonio Southern Railway
|
Asherton and Gulf Railway
|
|
MP
|
1909
|
1956
|
Missouri Pacific Railroad
|
Asphalt Belt Railway
|
|
MP
|
1923
|
1956
|
Missouri Pacific Railroad
|
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway
|
ATSF
|
ATSF
|
1965
|
1996
|
Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Railway
|
Austin Area Terminal Railroad
|
AUAR
|
|
2000
|
2007
|
Austin Western Railroad
|
Austin Dam and Suburban Railway
|
|
MP
|
1895
|
1956
|
Missouri Pacific Railroad
|
Austin and Northwestern Railroad
|
AUNW
|
|
1986
|
1996
|
Longhorn Railway
|
Austin and Northwestern Railroad
|
|
SP
|
1881
|
1901
|
Houston and Texas Central Railroad
|
Austin and Oatmanville Railway
|
|
|
1883
|
1888
|
N/A
|
Bartlett–Florence Railway
|
|
|
1909
|
1911
|
Bartlett Western Railroad
|
Bartlett Western Railroad
|
|
|
1911
|
1935
|
N/A
|
Bastrop and Taylor Railway
|
|
MKT
|
1886
|
1886
|
Taylor, Bastrop and Houston Railway
|
Beaumont and Great Northern Railroad
|
|
MKT
|
1905
|
1923
|
Waco, Beaumont, Trinity and Sabine Railway
|
Beaumont, Sour Lake and Port Arthur Traction Company
|
|
MP
|
1903
|
1904
|
Beaumont, Sour Lake and Western Railway
|
Beaumont, Sour Lake and Western Railway
|
|
MP
|
1904
|
1956
|
Missouri Pacific Railroad
|
Beaumont and Saratoga Transportation Company
|
|
|
1905
|
1935
|
N/A
|
Beaumont Wharf and Terminal Company
|
|
ATSF
|
1897
|
1957
|
Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe Railway
|
Belton Railroad
|
BRR
|
|
1960
|
1991
|
Georgetown Railroad
|
Big Creek and Trinity Valley Railway
|
|
|
1908
|
1912
|
N/A
|
Three-mile lumber line, years are when reports were made
|
Black Bayou Railroad
|
|
|
1904
|
|
N/A
|
Blackwell, Enid and Texas Railway
|
|
SLSF
|
1901
|
1904
|
St. Louis, San Francisco and Texas Railway
|
Board of Trustees of the Galveston Wharves
|
GWF
|
|
1940
|
|
|
Still exists as a lessor of the Galveston Railroad
|
Bois d'Arc and Southern Railway
|
BDS
|
|
1934
|
1946
|
N/A
|
Bowers and Piney Creek Railway
|
|
|
1889
|
1891
|
N/A
|
Brazos, Santiago and Rio Grande Railroad
|
|
|
1865
|
1867
|
N/A
|
Brownsville and Gulf Railway
|
|
MP/ NDM
|
1883
|
1906
|
Brownsville and Matamoros Bridge Company
|
Brownsville and Matamoros Bridge Company
|
|
MP/ NDM
|
1909
|
|
|
Still exists as a joint subsidiary of the Mexican government and Union Pacific Railroad
|
Brownwood North and South Railway
|
|
SLSF
|
1910
|
1926
|
N/A
|
Bryan, Brazos and Burleson Railway
|
|
|
1913
|
1941
|
N/A
|
Bryan to Laura, 27 miles, chartered to Wilcox
|
Buffalo Bayou, Brazos and Colorado Railway
|
|
SP
|
1850
|
1870
|
Galveston, Harrisburg and San Antonio Railway
|
Burlington Northern Inc.
|
BN
|
|
1980
|
1981
|
Burlington Northern Railroad
|
Burlington Northern Railroad
|
BN
|
|
1981
|
1996
|
Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Railway
|
Burlington – Rock Island Railroad
|
BRI
|
CB&Q/ RI
|
1930
|
1964
|
Fort Worth and Denver Railway, Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad
|
Burr's Ferry, Browndel and Chester Railway
|
|
SP
|
1906
|
1914
|
Texas and New Orleans Railroad
|
Calvert, Waco and Brazos Valley Railroad
|
|
MP
|
1899
|
1900
|
International and Great Northern Railroad
|
Cane Belt Railroad
|
|
ATSF
|
1898
|
1948
|
Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe Railway
|
Caro Northern Railway
|
|
|
1906
|
1928
|
N/A
|
Cen-Tex Rail Link
|
CTE
|
|
1994
|
1996
|
South Orient Railroad
|
Central and Montgomery Railway
|
|
ATSF
|
1877
|
1882
|
Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe Railway
|
Central Texas and Northwestern Railway
|
|
SP
|
1881
|
1901
|
Houston and Texas Central Railroad
|
Chicago, Rock Island and Gulf Railway
|
RI&G, RIG
|
RI
|
1902
|
1948
|
Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad
|
Chicago, Rock Island and Mexico Railway
|
|
RI
|
1900
|
1903
|
Chicago, Rock Island and Gulf Railway
|
Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad
|
RI, ROCK
|
RI
|
1947
|
1980
|
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway, Fort Worth and Denver Railway, North Central Texas Railway, Oklahoma, Kansas and Texas Railroad, St. Louis Southwestern Railway, Texas North Western Railway
|
Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railway
|
RI
|
RI
|
1939
|
1948
|
Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad
|
Chicago, Rock Island and Texas Railway
|
|
RI
|
1892
|
1903
|
Chicago, Rock Island and Gulf Railway
|
Chicago, Texas and Mexican Central Railway
|
|
ATSF
|
1880
|
1882
|
Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe Railway
|
Choctaw, Oklahoma and Texas Railroad
|
|
RI
|
1901
|
1903
|
Chicago, Rock Island and Gulf Railway
|
Cisco and Northeastern Railway
|
|
MP
|
1918
|
1942
|
N/A
|
Clinton-Oklahoma-Western Railroad Company of Texas
|
|
ATSF
|
1927
|
1948
|
Panhandle and Santa Fe Railway
|
Colorado River Western Railway
|
CRW
|
SP
|
1955
|
1958
|
Texas and New Orleans Railroad
|
Colorado Valley Railway
|
|
ATSF
|
1897
|
1899
|
Panhandle and Gulf Railway
|
Columbus Tap Railway
|
|
SP
|
1860
|
1866
|
Buffalo Bayou, Brazos and Colorado Railway
|
Concho, San Saba and Llano Valley Railroad
|
|
ATSF
|
1909
|
1948
|
Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe Railway
|
Corpus Christi, San Diego and Rio Grande Narrow Gauge Railroad
|
|
NDM
|
1875
|
1881
|
Texas Mexican Railway
|
Crosbyton Railway
|
CBYN
|
|
1990
|
1990
|
N/A
|
Crosbyton–Southplains Railroad
|
|
ATSF
|
1910
|
1916
|
South Plains and Santa Fe Railway
|
Crystal City Railroad
|
CYCY
|
|
1990
|
1995
|
N/A
|
Crystal City and Uvalde Railroad
|
|
MP
|
1909
|
1912
|
San Antonio, Uvalde and Gulf Railroad
|
Dallas and Cleburne Railroad
|
|
ATSF
|
1876
|
1879
|
Dallas, Cleburne and Rio Grande Railway
|
Dallas, Cleburne and Rio Grande Railway
|
|
ATSF
|
1879
|
1880
|
Chicago, Texas and Mexican Central Railway
|
Dallas, Cleburne and Southwestern Railway
|
|
MKT
|
1902
|
1923
|
N/A
|
Dallas, Fort Worth and Gulf Railway
|
|
SSW
|
1899
|
1901
|
Dallas Terminal Railway and Union Depot Company
|
Dallas and Greenville Railway
|
|
MKT
|
1886
|
1886
|
Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railway
|
Dallas and New Mexico Railway
|
|
SLSF
|
|
1908
|
Gulf, Texas and Western Railway
|
Dallas, Pacific and Southeastern Railway
|
|
SLSF
|
1889
|
|
Dallas and New Mexico Railway
|
Dallas Terminal Railway and Union Depot Company
|
|
SSW
|
1901
|
1994
|
St. Louis Southwestern Railway
|
Dallas Terminal Railway and Union Depot Company
|
|
SSW
|
1884
|
1899
|
Dallas, Fort Worth and Gulf Railway
|
Dallas and Waco Railway
|
|
MKT
|
1886
|
1891
|
Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railway
|
Dallas and Wichita Railroad
|
|
MKT
|
1871
|
1881
|
Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railway
|
Dayton – Goose Creek Railway
|
|
SP
|
1917
|
1934
|
Texas and New Orleans Railroad
|
DeKalb and Red River Railroad
|
|
|
1891
|
1899
|
N/A
|
Denison, Bonham and New Orleans Railroad
|
|
MKT
|
1901
|
1928
|
N/A
|
Denison, Bonham and New Orleans Railway
|
|
MKT
|
1888
|
1901
|
Denison, Bonham and New Orleans Railroad
|
Denison and Pacific Railway
|
|
MKT
|
1878
|
1880
|
Denison and Southeastern Railway
|
Denison and Pacific Suburban Railway
|
|
MP
|
1895
|
1966
|
N/A
|
Denison and Southeastern Railway
|
|
MKT
|
1877
|
1880
|
Missouri, Kansas and Texas Extension Railway
|
Denison and Washita Valley Railway
|
|
MKT
|
1886
|
1903
|
Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railway of Texas
|
East Line and Red River Railroad
|
|
MKT
|
1871
|
1881
|
Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railway
|
East Texas Railway
|
|
SP
|
1880
|
1881
|
Sabine and East Texas Railway
|
East Texas Central Railroad
|
ETC
|
|
1996
|
1998
|
Blacklands Railroad
|
East Texas and Gulf Railway
|
|
|
1917
|
1934
|
N/A
|
Eastern Texas Railroad
|
|
SSW
|
1900
|
1921
|
N/A
|
Eastern Texas Railroad
|
|
|
1860
|
1863
|
N/A
|
Eastland, Wichita Falls and Gulf Railroad
|
|
|
1918
|
1944
|
N/A
|
El Paso and Northeastern Railroad
|
|
SP
|
1896
|
1937
|
El Paso and Southwestern Railroad of Texas
|
El Paso Northern Railway
|
|
SP
|
1894
|
1897
|
El Paso and Northeastern Railroad
|
El Paso Southern Railway
|
|
SP
|
1897
|
1961
|
Southern Pacific Company
|
El Paso and Southwestern Railroad of Texas
|
|
SP
|
1902
|
1961
|
Southern Pacific Company
|
El Paso Terminal Railroad
|
|
SP
|
1901
|
1903
|
El Paso and Southwestern Railroad of Texas
|
El Paso Union Passenger Depot Company
|
|
ATSF/ MP/ NDM/ SP
|
1903
|
1974
|
N/A
|
Emporia and Gulf Railroad
|
|
|
1900
|
|
N/A
|
Estacado and Gulf Railroad
|
|
|
1908
|
1911
|
N/A
|
Floydada and Plainview Railroad
|
FAPR
|
|
1990
|
1995
|
Plainview Terminal Company
|
Fort Worth Belt Railway
|
FWB
|
MP
|
1903
|
1978
|
Missouri Pacific Railroad
|
Fort Worth and Denver Railway
|
FW&D, FWD
|
CB&Q
|
1951
|
1982
|
Burlington Northern Railroad
|
Fort Worth and Denver City Railway
|
FW&D
|
CB&Q
|
1873
|
1951
|
Fort Worth and Denver Railway
|
Fort Worth and Denver Northern Railway
|
|
CB&Q
|
1929
|
1952
|
Fort Worth and Denver Railway
|
Fort Worth and Denver South Plains Railway
|
|
CB&Q
|
1925
|
1952
|
Fort Worth and Denver Railway
|
Fort Worth and Denver Terminal Railway
|
|
CB&Q
|
1890
|
1952
|
Fort Worth and Denver Railway
|
Fort Worth and New Orleans Railway
|
|
SP
|
1885
|
1901
|
Houston and Texas Central Railroad
|
Fort Worth and Rio Grande Railway
|
|
ATSF
|
1885
|
1948
|
Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe Railway
|
Fort Worth Stock Yards Belt Railway
|
|
MP
|
1895
|
1903
|
Fort Worth Belt Railway
|
Fort Worth Union Passenger Station Company
|
|
ATSF
|
1899
|
1960
|
Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe Railway
|
Fredericksburg and Northern Railway
|
|
|
1917
|
1942
|
N/A
|
Gainesville, Henrietta and Western Railway
|
|
MKT
|
1886
|
1887
|
Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railway
|
Galveston Railway
|
GVSR
|
|
1987
|
1991
|
Galveston Railroad
|
Galveston, Beaumont and Northeastern Railway
|
|
|
1906
|
|
N/A
|
Galveston, Brazos and Colorado Narrow Gauge Railway
|
|
ATSF
|
1875
|
1887
|
Galveston and Western Railway
|
Galveston, Harrisburg and San Antonio Railway
|
GHSA
|
SP
|
1870
|
1934
|
Texas and New Orleans Railroad
|
Galveston, Houston and Henderson Railroad
|
GH&H, GHH
|
MKT/ MP
|
1853
|
1989
|
Missouri Pacific Railroad
|
Galveston and Houston Junction Railroad
|
|
MKT/ MP
|
1861
|
1871
|
Galveston, Houston and Henderson Railroad
|
Galveston, Houston and Northern Railway
|
|
SP
|
1899
|
1905
|
Galveston, Harrisburg and San Antonio Railway
|
Galveston, LaPorte and Houston Railway
|
|
SP
|
1895
|
1898
|
Galveston, Houston and Northern Railway
|
Galveston and Red River Railway
|
|
SP
|
1848
|
1856
|
Houston and Texas Central Railway
|
Galveston, Sabine and St. Louis Railway
|
|
ATSF
|
1882
|
1888
|
Texas, Sabine Valley and Northwestern Railway
|
Galveston Terminal Railway
|
|
CB&Q/ RI
|
1905
|
1985
|
Burlington Northern Railroad
|
Galveston and Western Railway
|
|
ATSF
|
1887
|
1923
|
Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe Railway
|
Galveston Wharf Company
|
GWF
|
|
1870
|
1940
|
Board of Trustees of the Galveston Wharves
|
Georgetown Railroad
|
|
MP
|
1878
|
1879
|
International and Great Northern Railroad
|
Georgetown and Granger Railroad
|
|
MKT
|
1890
|
1902
|
Granger, Georgetown, Austin and San Antonio Railway
|
Gonzales Branch Railroad
|
|
SP
|
1881
|
1905
|
Galveston, Harrisburg and San Antonio Railway
|
Granger, Georgetown, Austin and San Antonio Railway
|
|
MKT
|
1902
|
1903
|
Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railway of Texas
|
Granite Mountain and Marble Falls Railroad
|
|
SP
|
1888
|
1901
|
Houston and Texas Central Railroad
|
Great Southwest Railroad
|
GSW
|
MP/ RI
|
1957
|
1987
|
Missouri Pacific Railroad
|
Greenville Northwestern Railway
|
|
|
1913
|
1916
|
N/A
|
Greenville and Whitewright Northern Traction Company
|
|
|
1912
|
1913
|
Greenville Northwestern Railway
|
Groveton, Lufkin and Northern Railway
|
GL&N
|
|
1908
|
1932
|
N/A
|
Gulf, Beaumont and Great Northern Railway
|
|
ATSF
|
1898
|
1948
|
Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe Railway
|
Gulf, Beaumont and Kansas City Railway
|
|
ATSF
|
1893
|
1948
|
Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe Railway
|
Gulf and Brazos Valley Railway
|
|
|
1897
|
1903
|
N/A
|
Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe Railway
|
|
ATSF
|
1873
|
1965
|
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway
|
Gulf, Colorado and San Saba Railway
|
GCSR
|
|
1993
|
2013
|
Heart of Texas Railroad
|
|
Gulf and Interstate Railway of Texas
|
|
ATSF
|
1894
|
1994
|
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway
|
Gulf and Northern Railway
|
|
|
1917
|
1943
|
N/A
|
Gulf, Texas and Western Railway
|
GT&W
|
SLSF
|
1908
|
1940
|
Chicago, Rock Island and Gulf Railway
|
Gulf, Western Texas and Pacific Railway
|
|
SP
|
1870
|
1905
|
Galveston, Harrisburg and San Antonio Railway
|
GWI Switching Services
|
GWSW
|
|
1994
|
1997
|
CMC Railroad
|
Hamlin and Northwestern Railway
|
|
|
1929
|
1956
|
N/A
|
Hearne and Brazos Valley Railway
|
|
SP
|
1891
|
1914
|
Houston and Texas Central Railroad
|
Henderson and Burkeville Railroad
|
|
|
1852
|
1856
|
Mexican Gulf and Henderson Railroad
|
Henderson and Overton Branch Railroad
|
|
MP
|
1874
|
1911
|
International and Great Northern Railway
|
Horton Gravel Railroad
|
|
SP
|
1928
|
1929
|
Texas and New Orleans Railroad
|
Houston Railway
|
|
SP
|
1892
|
1902
|
Houston and Texas Central Railroad
|
Houston Belt and Magnolia Park Railway
|
|
MP
|
1889
|
1893
|
Houston, Oaklawn and Magnolia Park Railway
|
Houston Belt and Terminal Railway
|
HBT
|
ATSF/ CB&Q/ MP/ RI
|
1905
|
|
|
Still exists as a joint subsidiary of the BNSF Railway and Union Pacific Railroad[citation needed]
|
Houston and Brazos Valley Railway
|
H&BV
|
MP
|
1907
|
1956
|
Missouri Pacific Railroad
|
Houston and Brazos Valley Terminal Company
|
|
MP
|
1893
|
1989
|
Missouri Pacific Railroad
|
Terminal company at Houston for the MKT
|
Houston East and West Texas Railway
|
HEWT
|
SP
|
1875
|
1934
|
Texas and New Orleans Railroad
|
Houston, Fostoria and Northern Railroad
|
|
|
1909
|
1909
|
N/A
|
Ran from Fostoria in Montgomery County to Cold Spring in San Jacinto County
|
Houston and Great Northern Railroad
|
|
MP
|
1866
|
1873
|
International and Great Northern Railroad
|
Houston Municipal Railway
|
|
|
1905
|
1924
|
Port Terminal Railroad Association
|
Houston North Shore Railway
|
|
MP
|
1925
|
1956
|
Missouri Pacific Railroad
|
Houston, Oaklawn and Magnolia Park Railway
|
|
MP
|
1899
|
1903
|
International and Great Northern Railroad
|
Houston Tap Railroad
|
|
MP
|
1850
|
1858
|
Houston Tap and Brazoria Railway
|
Houston Tap and Brazoria Railway
|
|
MP
|
1856
|
1873
|
Houston and Great Northern Railroad
|
Houston and Texas Central Railroad
|
H&TC
|
SP
|
1889
|
1934
|
Texas and New Orleans Railroad
|
Houston and Texas Central Railway
|
|
SP
|
1856
|
1889
|
Houston and Texas Central Railroad
|
Huntsville Branch Railway
|
|
MP
|
1871
|
1873
|
Houston and Great Northern Railroad
|
Imperial Valley Railway
|
|
MP
|
1907
|
1912
|
Sugar Land Railway
|
Indianola Railroad
|
|
SP
|
1858
|
1871
|
Gulf, Western Texas and Pacific Railway
|
International Railroad
|
|
MP
|
1870
|
1873
|
International and Great Northern Railroad
|
International – Great Northern Railroad
|
IGN
|
MP
|
1922
|
1956
|
Missouri Pacific Railroad
|
International and Great Northern Railroad
|
|
MP
|
1873
|
1911
|
International and Great Northern Railway
|
International and Great Northern Railway
|
I&GN
|
MP
|
1911
|
1922
|
International – Great Northern Railroad
|
Jasper and Eastern Railway
|
|
ATSF
|
1904
|
1948
|
Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe Railway
|
Jefferson and Northwestern Railroad
|
|
|
1934
|
1941
|
N/A
|
Jefferson and Northwestern Railway
|
|
|
1899
|
1934
|
Jefferson and Northwestern Railroad
|
Kansas City, El Paso and Mexican Railway of Texas
|
|
SP
|
1888
|
1892
|
El Paso Northern Railway
|
Kansas City, Mexico and Orient Railway of Texas
|
KCM&O
|
ATSF
|
1905
|
1965
|
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway
|
Kansas and Gulf Short Line Railroad
|
|
SSW
|
1880
|
1887
|
St. Louis, Arkansas and Texas Railway in Texas
|
Kansas, Oklahoma and Gulf Railway
|
KOG
|
MP
|
1948
|
1964
|
Texas and Pacific Railway
|
Kansas, Oklahoma and Gulf Railway Company of Texas
|
|
MP
|
1921
|
1964
|
Texas and Pacific Railway
|
Kildare and Linden Railway
|
|
|
1889
|
1900
|
N/A
|
Lake Creek Railroad
|
|
|
1884
|
1896
|
N/A
|
Lancaster Tap Railroad
|
|
SP
|
1890
|
1905
|
Houston and Texas Central Railroad
|
LaPorte, Houston and Northern Railroad
|
|
SP
|
1892
|
1895
|
Galveston, LaPorte and Houston Railway
|
Livingston and Southeastern Railway
|
|
|
1903
|
1913
|
N/A
|
Llano Estacado, Mexico and Gulf Railroad
|
|
|
1907
|
1909
|
N/A
|
Llano Estacado Railway
|
|
ATSF
|
1909
|
1910
|
Pecos and Northern Texas Railway
|
Longhorn Railway
|
LHRR
|
|
1996
|
2000
|
Austin Area Terminal Railroad
|
Longview and Sabine Valley Railway
|
|
ATSF
|
1877
|
1886
|
Galveston, Sabine and St. Louis Railway
|
Louisiana Railway and Navigation Company of Texas
|
|
KCS
|
1923
|
1930
|
Louisiana, Arkansas and Texas Railway
|
Louisiana and Arkansas Railway
|
L&A, LA
|
KCS
|
1939
|
1992
|
Kansas City Southern Railway
|
Louisiana, Arkansas and Texas Railway
|
|
KCS
|
1930
|
1939
|
Louisiana and Arkansas Railway
|
Louisiana Western Extension Railroad
|
|
SP
|
1879
|
1900
|
Texas and New Orleans Railroad
|
Lufkin, Hemphill and Gulf Railway
|
LH&G
|
|
1912
|
1937
|
N/A
|
Marshall and East Texas Railway
|
|
|
1908
|
1918
|
Marshall, Elysian Fields and Southeastern Railway, Texas and Pacific Railway, Winnsboro and Gilmer Railroad
|
Marshall, Elysian Fields and Southeastern Railway
|
|
|
1922
|
1945
|
N/A
|
Marshall, Jefferson and North Western Railway
|
|
|
1883
|
1883
|
Marshall and Northwestern Railway
|
Marshall and Northwestern Railway
|
|
|
1883
|
1885
|
Marshall, Paris and Northwestern Railway
|
Marshall and Northwestern Railway
|
|
|
1882
|
1883
|
Marshall, Jefferson and North Western Railway
|
Marshall, Paris and Northwestern Railway
|
|
|
1885
|
1888
|
Paris, Marshall and Sabine Pass Railway
|
Marshall, Timpson and Sabine Pass Railway
|
|
ATSF
|
1896
|
1904
|
Texas and Gulf Railway
|
Memphis, El Paso and Pacific Railroad
|
|
MP
|
1853
|
1873
|
Texas and Pacific Railway
|
Mexican Gulf and Henderson Railroad
|
|
SSW
|
1856
|
1860
|
Eastern Texas Railroad
|
Midland and Northwestern Railway
|
|
|
1916
|
1920
|
N/A
|
Mineral Wells and Eastern Railway
|
MWRY
|
|
1989
|
1992
|
N/A
|
Missouri–Kansas–Texas Railroad
|
MKT
|
MKT
|
1960
|
1989
|
Missouri Pacific Railroad
|
Missouri–Kansas–Texas Railroad of Texas
|
MKTT
|
MKT
|
1923
|
1960
|
Missouri–Kansas–Texas Railroad
|
Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railway
|
|
MKT
|
1870
|
1893
|
Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railway of Texas, Sherman, Shreveport and Southern Railway
|
Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railway of Texas
|
MKTT
|
MKT
|
1891
|
1923
|
Louisiana Railway and Navigation Company of Texas, Missouri–Kansas–Texas Railroad of Texas
|
Missouri, Kansas and Texas Extension Railway
|
|
MKT
|
1880
|
1881
|
Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railway
|
Missouri, Oklahoma and Gulf Railway Company of Texas
|
|
MP
|
1910
|
1921
|
Kansas, Oklahoma and Gulf Railway Company of Texas
|
Missouri Pacific Railroad
|
MP
|
MP
|
1956
|
1997
|
Union Pacific Railroad
|
Missouri Pacific Railway
|
|
MP
|
1880
|
1888
|
N/A
|
Motley County Railway
|
MCY
|
SLSF
|
1913
|
1926
|
Quanah, Acme and Pacific Railway
|
Nacogdoches and Southeastern Railroad
|
|
|
1905
|
1954
|
N/A
|
New York, Texas and Mexican Railway
|
|
SP
|
1880
|
1905
|
Galveston, Harrisburg and San Antonio Railway
|
North Central Texas Railway
|
NCTR
|
|
1982
|
1982
|
Oklahoma, Kansas and Texas Railroad
|
North Galveston, Houston and Kansas City Railroad
|
|
SP
|
1892
|
1895
|
Galveston, LaPorte and Houston Railway
|
North Plains and Santa Fe Railway
|
|
ATSF
|
1930
|
1948
|
Panhandle and Santa Fe Railway
|
North Texas and Santa Fe Railway
|
|
ATSF
|
1916
|
1948
|
Panhandle and Santa Fe Railway
|
Northeast Texas Railway
|
|
|
1902
|
?
|
N/A
|
Ran from Redwater to Munz in Cass County
|
Northside Belt Railway
|
|
|
1925
|
1964
|
Port Terminal Railroad Association
|
Nueces Valley, Rio Grande and Mexico Railway
|
|
MP
|
1905
|
1909
|
Asherton and Gulf Railway
|
Oklahoma City and Texas Railroad
|
|
SLSF
|
1903
|
1907
|
St. Louis, San Francisco and Texas Railway
|
Oklahoma, Kansas and Texas Railroad
|
OKKT
|
MKT
|
1980
|
1989
|
Missouri–Kansas–Texas Railroad
|
Oklahoma, Red River and Texas Railway
|
|
|
1910
|
1912
|
N/A
|
Operated Blossom to Deport, 11 miles
|
Orange and Northwestern Railroad
|
|
MP
|
1901
|
1956
|
Missouri Pacific Railroad
|
Panhandle Railway
|
|
ATSF
|
1887
|
1898
|
Southern Kansas Railway of Texas
|
Panhandle and Gulf Railway
|
|
ATSF
|
1899
|
1905
|
Kansas City, Mexico and Orient Railway of Texas
|
Panhandle and Santa Fe Railway
|
|
ATSF
|
1914
|
1965
|
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway
|
Paris, Choctaw and Little Rock Railway
|
|
|
1888
|
|
N/A
|
Paris and Great Northern Railroad
|
|
SLSF
|
1888
|
1928
|
St. Louis, San Francisco and Texas Railway
|
Paris, Marshall and Sabine Pass Railway
|
|
|
1888
|
1892
|
Texas Southern Railway
|
Paris and Mount Pleasant Railroad
|
P&MP, PMP
|
|
1909
|
1956
|
N/A
|
PB Railroad
|
|
|
1974
|
1975
|
Western Rail Road
|
Peach River and Gulf Railway
|
|
|
1904
|
1908
|
N/A
|
Pecos and Northern Texas Railway
|
|
ATSF
|
1898
|
1948
|
Panhandle and Santa Fe Railway
|
Pecos River Railroad
|
|
ATSF
|
1890
|
1948
|
Panhandle and Santa Fe Railway
|
Port Arthur Canal and Dock Company
|
|
KCS
|
1902
|
|
|
Port Arthur Channel and Dock Company
|
|
KCS
|
1897
|
1902
|
Port Arthur Canal and Dock Company
|
Port Bolivar Iron Ore Railway
|
|
ATSF
|
1910
|
1927
|
N/A
|
Port Isabel and Rio Grande Valley Railway
|
|
MP
|
1928
|
1940
|
St. Louis, Brownsville and Mexico Railroad, San Benito and Rio Grande Valley Railroad
|
Quanah, Acme and Pacific Railway
|
QA&P, QAP
|
SLSF
|
1909
|
1981
|
Burlington Northern Railroad
|
Red River and Southwestern Railway
|
|
|
1890
|
|
Southwestern Railway
|
Red River, Texas and Southern Railway
|
|
SLSF
|
1901
|
1904
|
St. Louis, San Francisco and Texas Railway
|
Rio Grande Railroad
|
|
MP
|
1870
|
1911
|
Rio Grande Railway
|
Rio Grande Railway
|
|
MP
|
1911
|
1926
|
Port Isabel and Rio Grande Valley Railway
|
Rio Grande City Railway
|
|
MP
|
1924
|
1956
|
Missouri Pacific Railroad
|
Rio Grande and Eagle Pass Railway
|
|
|
1885
|
1947
|
N/A
|
Rio Grande and El Paso Railroad
|
|
ATSF
|
1880
|
1914
|
Rio Grande, El Paso and Santa Fe Railroad
|
Rio Grande, El Paso and Santa Fe Railroad
|
|
ATSF
|
1914
|
1994
|
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway
|
Rio Grande, Micolithic and Northern Railway
|
|
|
1926
|
1929
|
N/A
|
Rio Grande Northern Railroad
|
|
|
1893
|
1897
|
N/A
|
Rio Grande and Pecos Railway
|
|
|
1882
|
1884
|
Rio Grande and Eagle Pass Railway
|
Rio Valley Railroad
|
RVRR
|
|
1993
|
|
|
Still exists as a lessor of the Rio Valley Switching Company
|
Riverside and Gulf Railway
|
|
|
1907
|
1913
|
Union Lumber Company
|
Riviera Beach and Western Railway
|
|
|
1912
|
1917
|
N/A
|
Roby and Northern Railroad
|
|
|
1915
|
1941
|
N/A
|
Rockdale, Sandow and Southern Railroad
|
RSS
|
|
1923
|
2019
|
N/A
|
Roscoe, Snyder and Pacific Railway
|
RS&P, RSP
|
|
1906
|
1984
|
N/A
|
Rusk, Palestine and Pacific Railway
|
|
|
2012
|
2018
|
Texas & Eastern Railroad
|
Rusk Transportation Company
|
|
SSW
|
1874
|
1879
|
Kansas and Gulf Short Line Railroad
|
Sabine and East Texas Railway
|
|
SP
|
1881
|
1882
|
Texas and New Orleans Railroad
|
Sabine and Northern Railroad
|
|
|
1899
|
1943
|
Lumber tap line, Ruliff to Deweyville
|
Sabine Pass and East Texas Railway
|
|
|
1858
|
1861
|
[1] Removed tracks in 1860s.
|
Sabine and Galveston Bay Railroad and Lumber Company
|
|
SP
|
1856
|
1859
|
Texas and New Orleans Railroad
|
Sabine and Neches Valley Railway
|
|
|
1921
|
1944
|
N/A
|
Sabine Pass, Alexandria and Northwestern Railway
|
|
|
1892
|
1901
|
N/A
|
St. Louis, Arkansas and Texas Railway
|
|
SSW
|
1886
|
1891
|
St. Louis Southwestern Railway of Texas, Tyler Southeastern Railway
|
St. Louis, Brownsville and Mexico Railway
|
SB&M, SBM
|
MP
|
1903
|
1956
|
Missouri Pacific Railroad
|
St. Louis – San Francisco Railway
|
SLSF
|
SLSF
|
1964
|
1980
|
Burlington Northern Inc.
|
St. Louis, San Francisco and Texas Railway
|
|
SLSF
|
1900
|
1964
|
St. Louis – San Francisco Railway
|
St. Louis Southwestern Railway
|
SSW
|
SSW
|
1954
|
1997
|
Union Pacific Railroad
|
St. Louis Southwestern Railway of Texas
|
SSW
|
SSW
|
1891
|
1984
|
St. Louis Southwestern Railway
|
San Antonio and Aransas Pass Railway
|
SAAP
|
SP
|
1884
|
1934
|
Texas and New Orleans Railroad
|
San Antonio Belt and Terminal Railway
|
|
MKT
|
1912
|
1989
|
Missouri–Kansas–Texas Railroad
|
San Antonio, Fredericksburg and Northern Railway
|
|
|
1913
|
1917
|
Fredericksburg and Northern Railway
|
San Antonio and Gulf Railroad
|
|
SP
|
1897
|
1905
|
Galveston, Harrisburg and San Antonio Railway
|
San Antonio and Gulf Shore Railway
|
|
SP
|
1893
|
1896
|
San Antonio and Gulf Railroad
|
San Antonio and Mexican Gulf Railroad
|
|
SP
|
1850
|
1871
|
Gulf, Western Texas and Pacific Railway
|
San Antonio and Rio Grande Valley Railway
|
MP
|
|
?
|
1912
|
St. Louis, Brownsville and Mexico Railway
|
Private partnership, no date of incorporation
|
San Antonio Southern Railway
|
|
MP
|
1920
|
1956
|
Missouri Pacific Railroad
|
San Antonio, Uvalde and Gulf Railroad
|
|
MP
|
1912
|
1956
|
Missouri Pacific Railroad
|
San Benito and Rio Grande Valley Railway
|
SB&R
|
MP
|
1912
|
1956
|
Missouri Pacific Railroad
|
San Benito and Rio Grande Valley Interurban Railway
|
|
MP
|
1912
|
1912
|
San Benito and Rio Grande Valley Railway
|
San Diego and Gulf Railway
|
|
NDM
|
1929
|
1935
|
N/A
|
Sanford and Northern Railway
|
|
|
1931
|
|
N/A
|
Seagraves, Whiteface and Lubbock Railroad
|
SWGR
|
|
1990
|
1995
|
West Texas and Lubbock Railroad
|
Sherman, Denison and Dallas Railway
|
|
MKT
|
1890
|
1891
|
Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railway
|
Sherman, Shreveport and Southern Railway
|
|
MKT
|
1893
|
1901
|
Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railway of Texas
|
Shreveport, Houston and Gulf Railroad
|
|
|
1906
|
1936
|
N/A
|
South Galveston and Gulf Shore Railroad
|
|
|
1891
|
1895
|
N/A
|
South Orient Railroad
|
SO
|
|
1992
|
2001
|
Texas Pacifico Transportation
|
South Plains and Santa Fe Railway
|
|
ATSF
|
1916
|
1948
|
Panhandle and Santa Fe Railway
|
Southern Kansas Railway of Texas
|
|
ATSF
|
1886
|
1914
|
Panhandle and Santa Fe Railway
|
Southern Pacific Company
|
SP
|
SP
|
1934
|
1969
|
Southern Pacific Transportation Company
|
Southern Pacific Company
|
|
SP
|
1885
|
1889
|
N/A
|
Southern Pacific Railroad
|
|
MP
|
1856
|
1872
|
Texas and Pacific Railway
|
Southern Pacific Terminal Company
|
|
SP
|
1901
|
1962
|
Southern Pacific Company
|
Southern Pacific Transportation Company
|
SP
|
SP
|
1969
|
1998
|
Union Pacific Railroad
|
Southern Trans-Continental Railway
|
|
MP
|
1870
|
1872
|
Texas Pacific Railroad
|
Southwestern Railroad
|
SW
|
|
1990
|
2007
|
N/A
|
Southwestern Railway
|
|
|
1907
|
1920
|
N/A
|
Stamford and Northwestern Railway
|
|
CB&Q
|
1909
|
1952
|
Fort Worth and Denver Railway
|
Stephenville North and South Texas Railway
|
|
SSW
|
1907
|
1941
|
N/A
|
Sugar Land Railway
|
SL
|
MP
|
1893
|
1956
|
Missouri Pacific Railroad
|
Taylor, Bastrop and Houston Railway
|
|
MKT
|
1886
|
1886
|
Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railway
|
Texarkana and Fort Smith Railway
|
|
KCS
|
1889
|
1943
|
Kansas City Southern Railway
|
Texarkana and Northern Railway
|
|
KCS
|
1885
|
1889
|
Texarkana and Fort Smith Railway
|
Texarkana Union Station Trust
|
TUST
|
KCS/ MP/ SSW
|
1927
|
|
|
Texas, Arkansas and Louisiana Railway
|
|
|
1897
|
1920
|
N/A
|
Texas Central Railroad
|
TEXC
|
MKT
|
1892
|
|
|
Still exists as a lessor of the Fort Worth and Western Railroad
|
Texas Central Railway
|
|
MKT, SP
|
1879
|
1891
|
Texas Central Railroad, Texas Midland Railroad
|
Not to be confused with the Texas Central Railway high speed rail project.
|
Texas City Terminal Company
|
|
|
1898
|
1921
|
Texas City Terminal Railway
|
Texas City Terminal Railway
|
|
|
1893
|
1897
|
Texas City Terminal Company
|
Texas City Transportation Company
|
|
|
1904
|
1920
|
Texas City Terminal Railway
|
Texas Export Railroad
|
TXRC
|
|
1972
|
1976
|
N/A
|
Texas and Gulf Railway
|
|
ATSF
|
1904
|
1948
|
Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe Railway
|
Texas and Louisiana Railroad
|
|
SSW
|
1900
|
1903
|
St. Louis Southwestern Railway of Texas
|
Texas, Louisiana and Eastern Railroad
|
|
ATSF
|
1891
|
1897
|
Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe Railway
|
Texas Mexican Railway
|
TM
|
NDM
|
1881
|
|
|
Still exists as a nonoperating subsidiary of the Kansas City Southern Railway
|
Texas Mexican Northern Railway
|
|
NDM
|
1882
|
1906
|
Texas Mexican Railway
|
Texas Midland Railroad
|
|
SP
|
1892
|
1934
|
Texas and New Orleans Railroad
|
Texas – New Mexico Railway
|
TNM
|
MP
|
1927
|
1978
|
Missouri Pacific Railroad
|
Texas and New Orleans Railroad
|
T&NO, TNO
|
SP
|
1859
|
1961
|
Southern Pacific Company
|
Texas and Northeastern Railway
|
|
|
1900
|
1901
|
N/A
|
Texas Northern Railway
|
|
|
1908
|
1908
|
Groveton, Lufkin and Northern Railway
|
Name changed to Groveton, Lufkin and Northern Railway prior to commencing operations
|
Texas Pacific Railroad
|
|
MP
|
1871
|
1872
|
Texas and Pacific Railway
|
Texas and Pacific Railway
|
T&P, TP
|
MP
|
1872
|
1976
|
Missouri Pacific Railroad
|
Texas and Sabine Valley Railway
|
|
ATSF
|
1892
|
1904
|
Texas and Gulf Railway
|
Texas, Sabine Valley and Northwestern Railway
|
|
ATSF
|
1887
|
1904
|
Texas and Gulf Railway
|
Texas and St. Louis Railway
|
|
SSW
|
1879
|
1886
|
St. Louis, Arkansas and Texas Railway
|
Texas Short Line Railway
|
|
MP
|
1901
|
1962
|
N/A
|
Texas Southern Railway
|
|
|
1897
|
1908
|
Marshall and East Texas Railway
|
Texas State Railroad
|
|
SP
|
1907
|
1969
|
N/A
|
Continued as a tourist railroad
|
Texas Transportation Company
|
TXTC
|
|
1897
|
2000
|
N/A
|
Texas Transportation Company
|
|
SP
|
1866
|
1896
|
Texas and New Orleans Railroad
|
Texas Trunk Railroad
|
|
SP
|
1879
|
1895
|
Texas and New Orleans Railroad
|
Texas Western Railroad
|
|
MP
|
1852
|
1856
|
Southern Pacific Railroad
|
Texas Western Railway
|
|
|
1879
|
1896
|
N/A
|
Ceased operations in 1896, but not abandoned until 1899
|
Texas Western Narrow Gauge Railway
|
|
|
1875
|
1879
|
Texas Western Railway
|
First narrow-gauge railroad chartered in Texas
|
Timpson and Henderson Railway
|
|
|
1909
|
1923
|
N/A
|
Timpson and Northwestern Railway
|
|
|
1901
|
1909
|
Timpson and Henderson Railway
|
Trinity and Brazos Valley Railway
|
|
CB&Q/ RI
|
1902
|
1930
|
Burlington – Rock Island Railroad
|
Trinity, Cameron and Western Railroad
|
|
MKT
|
1892
|
1902
|
Granger, Georgetown, Austin and San Antonio Railway
|
Trinity and Sabine Railway
|
|
MKT
|
1881
|
1882
|
Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railway
|
Sold in 1923 to Waco, Beaumont, Trinity and Sabine Railway
|
Trinity Valley Railroad
|
|
|
1899
|
1901
|
Trinity Valley Southern Railroad
|
Trinity Valley and Northern Railway
|
|
|
1906
|
1932
|
N/A
|
Trinity Valley Southern Railroad
|
|
|
1901
|
1936
|
N/A
|
Tyler Southeastern Railway
|
|
SSW
|
1891
|
1899
|
St. Louis Southwestern Railway of Texas
|
Tyler Tap Railroad
|
|
SSW
|
1871
|
1879
|
Texas and St. Louis Railway
|
Union Passenger Depot Company of Galveston
|
|
ATSF
|
1897
|
1957
|
Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe Railway
|
Union Terminal Company
|
|
ATSF/ CB&Q/ MKT/ MP/ RI/ SLSF/ SSW/ SP
|
1912
|
1974
|
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway, Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad, Fort Worth and Denver Railway, Missouri–Kansas–Texas Railroad, St. Louis – San Francisco Railway, St. Louis Southwestern Railway, Southern Pacific Transportation Company, Texas and Pacific Railway (one-eighth interest each in trackage)
|
Uvalde and Northern Railway
|
|
|
1914
|
1941
|
N/A
|
Velasco, Brazos and Northern Railway
|
|
MP
|
1901
|
1906
|
Houston and Brazos Valley Railway
|
Velasco, Suburban and Belt Line Railway
|
|
|
1910
|
1912
|
N/A
|
Ran from Velasco to Surfside
|
Velasco Terminal Railway
|
|
MP
|
1891
|
1901
|
Velasco, Brazos and Northern Railway
|
Victoria and Columbia Railroad
|
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MP
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1866
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1873
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Houston and Great Northern Railroad
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Waco, Beaumont, Trinity and Sabine Railway
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|
|
1923
|
1959
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N/A
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Waco and Northwestern Railroad
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|
SP
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1870
|
1873
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Houston and Texas Central Railway
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Waco Tap Railroad
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|
SP
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1866
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1870
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Waco and Northwestern Railroad
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Warren Central Railroad
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|
SP
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1930
|
1934
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Texas and New Orleans Railroad
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Warren and Corsicana Pacific Railway
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|
|
1899
|
1908
|
N/A
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Washington County Railroad
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|
SP
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1856
|
1868
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Houston and Texas Central Railway
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Waxahachie Tap Railroad
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|
SP
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1875
|
1881
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Central Texas and Northwestern Railway
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Weatherford, Mineral Wells and Northwestern Railway
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WM&N, WMWN
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MP
|
1889
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1988
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Missouri Pacific Railroad
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West Texas and Lubbock Railroad
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WTLR
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|
1995
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|
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Still exists as a lessor of the West Texas and Lubbock Railway
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Western Narrow Gauge Railway
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|
|
1870
|
1875
|
Texas Western Narrow Gauge Railway
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Wichita Falls Railway
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|
MKT
|
1894
|
1969
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Missouri–Kansas–Texas Railroad
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Wichita Falls and Northwestern Railway of Texas
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|
MKT
|
1906
|
1923
|
Missouri–Kansas–Texas Railroad
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Wichita Falls and Oklahoma Railway
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|
CB&Q
|
1903
|
1942
|
N/A
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Wichita Falls, Ranger and Fort Worth Railroad
|
|
MKT
|
1919
|
1940
|
Wichita Falls and Southern Railroad
|
Wichita Falls and Southern Railroad
|
|
MKT
|
1920
|
1955
|
Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad
|
Wichita Falls and Southern Railway
|
|
MKT
|
1907
|
1940
|
Wichita Falls and Southern Railroad
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Wichita Falls and Wellington Railway of Texas
|
|
MKT
|
1910
|
1958
|
N/A
|
Wichita Valley Railroad
|
|
CB&Q
|
1905
|
1952
|
Fort Worth and Denver Railway
|
Wichita Valley Railway
|
WV
|
CB&Q
|
1890
|
1952
|
Fort Worth and Denver Railway
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