List of Texas railroads
The following railroads operate in the U.S. state of Texas.
Common freight carriers
Class I
- BNSF Railway (BNSF)
- Canadian Pacific Kansas City (CPKC)
- Union Pacific Railroad (UP)
Class II
There are no Class II Railroads in Texas.
Class III
- Alamo Gulf Coast Railroad (AGCR) - (Martin Marietta Inc.)
- Angelina and Neches River Railroad (ANR)
- Austin Western Railroad (AWRR) - (Watco)
- Big Spring Rail (BSR)
- Blacklands Railroad (BLR)
- Border Pacific Railroad (BOP)
- Brownsville and Rio Grande International Railroad (BRG)
- CMC Railroad (CMC)
- Corpus Christi Terminal Railroad (CCPN) - (Genesee & Wyoming)
- Dallas, Garland and Northeastern Railroad (DGNO) - (Genesee & Wyoming)
- Fort Worth and Western Railroad (FWWR)
- Operates the Fort Worth & Dallas Belt Railroad (FWDB) and the Fort Worth and Dallas Railroad (FWDR)
- Galveston Railroad (GVSR) - (Genesee & Wyoming)
- Gardendale Railroad (GDR)
- Georgetown Railroad (GRR)
- Grainbelt Corporation (GNBC)
- GT Logistics
- Gulf Coast Switching (GCS)
- Hondo Railway (HRR)
- Kiamichi Railroad (KRR) - (Genesee & Wyoming)
- La Salle Railway (LSRY)
- Live Oak Railroad (LOR)
- Lubbock and Western Railway (LBWR) - (Watco)
- Moscow, Camden and San Augustine Railroad (MCSA) - (Georgia-Pacific)
- Oak Grove Railroad
- Orange Port Terminal Railway (OPT)
- Panhandle Northern Railroad (PNR)
- Pecos Valley Southern Railway (PVS) - (Watco)
- Plainsman Switching Company (PSC)
- Operates South Plains Switching, Ltd
- Plainview Terminal Company (PTC)
- Point Comfort and Northern Railway (PCN) - (Genesee & Wyoming)
- Port Terminal Railroad Association (PTRA)
- Rail Logix (Frontier Logistics LP)
- Rio Valley Switching Company (RVSC) operates the Rio Valley Railroad (RVRR)
- RJ Corman Texas Line (RJCD)
- Sabine River and Northern Railroad (SRN)
- San Antonio Central Railway (SAC) - (Watco)
- San Jacinto Transportation (SJCT)
- South Plains Lamesa Railroad (SLAL)
- Southern Switching Company (SSC) operates the Lone Star Railroad (LSRR)
- Southwest Gulf Railroad (SWG) - (Vulcan Materials Company)
- Temple and Central Texas Railway (TC)
- Texas Central Business Lines (TCB)
- Texas City Terminal Railway (TCT) - (BNSF and UP)
- Texas, Gonzales and Northern Railway (TXGN)
- Texas & Eastern Railroad
- Texas & New Mexico Railway (TXN) - (Watco)
- Texas Northeastern Railroad (TNER) - (Genesee & Wyoming)
- Texas and Northern Railway (TN)
- Texas North Western Railway (TXNW)
- Texas and Oklahoma Railroad (TXOR)
- Texas Pacifico Transportation (TXPF) - (Grupo México)
- Operator for the Texas state-owned South Orient Rail Line[1]
- Texas Rock Crusher Railway (TXR)
- Texas South-Eastern Railroad (TSE)
- Timber Rock Railroad (TIBR) - (Watco)
- Western Rail Road (WRRC)
- Wichita, Tillman and Jackson Railway (WTJR)
Passenger carriers
Intercity passenger rail
Commuter rail
- A-train - (DCTA)
- CapMetro Rail - (CapMetro)
- Trinity Railway Express (TRE) - (DART and Trinity Metro)
- TEXRail - (Trinity Metro)
High speed rail
- Texas Central Railway (Proposed; in ROW-acquisition phase)[2]
Light rail
- DART light rail - (DART)
- METRORail - (Houston METRO)
Trolley and streetcar
- Dallas Streetcar - (DART)
- El Paso Streetcar - (Sun Metro)
- Galveston Island Trolley - (Island Transit)
- M-Line Trolley - (MATA)
Tourist and heritage
- Austin and Texas Central Railroad (ATCR) - (Austin Steam Train Association)
- Grapevine Vintage Railroad (GVRX)
- Hermann Park Railroad - (Hermann Park Conservancy)
- Historic Jefferson Railway (JCB)
- Six Flags & Texas Railroad - (Six Flags Over Texas)
- Texas State Railroad (TSR)
- Longhorn and Western Railroad - (Texas Transportation Museum)
Defunct railroads
This transport-related list is incomplete; you can help by adding missing items. (August 2008) |
Name | Mark | System[nb 1] | From | To | Successor | Notes |
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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 | MP | 1866 | 1873 | Houston and Great Northern Railroad | ||
Waco, Beaumont, Trinity and Sabine Railway | 1923 | 1959 | N/A | |||
Waco and Northwestern Railroad | SP | 1870 | 1873 | Houston and Texas Central Railway | ||
Waco Tap Railroad | SP | 1866 | 1870 | Waco and Northwestern Railroad | ||
Warren Central Railroad | SP | 1930 | 1934 | Texas and New Orleans Railroad | ||
Warren and Corsicana Pacific Railway | 1899 | 1908 | N/A | |||
Washington County Railroad | SP | 1856 | 1868 | Houston and Texas Central Railway | ||
Waxahachie Tap Railroad | SP | 1875 | 1881 | Central Texas and Northwestern Railway | ||
Weatherford, Mineral Wells and Northwestern Railway | WM&N, WMWN | MP | 1889 | 1988 | Missouri Pacific Railroad | |
West Texas and Lubbock Railroad | WTLR | 1995 | Still exists as a lessor of the West Texas and Lubbock Railway | |||
Western Narrow Gauge Railway | 1870 | 1875 | Texas Western Narrow Gauge Railway | |||
Wichita Falls Railway | MKT | 1894 | 1969 | Missouri–Kansas–Texas Railroad | ||
Wichita Falls and Northwestern Railway of Texas | MKT | 1906 | 1923 | Missouri–Kansas–Texas Railroad | ||
Wichita Falls and Oklahoma Railway | CB&Q | 1903 | 1942 | N/A | ||
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 | ||
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 |
Electric
- Austin Dam and Suburban Railway
- Belton–Temple Traction Company
- Bryan and Central Texas Interurban Railway
- Bryan and College Interurban Railway
- Bryan–College Traction Company
- Dallas Southern Traction Company
- Denison and Sherman Railway
- Eastern Texas Electric Company
- Fort Worth Southern Traction Company
- Galveston–Houston Electric Railway
- Houston North Shore Railway
- Jefferson County Traction Company
- Northern Texas Traction Company
- Rio Grande Valley Traction Company
- Roby and Northern Railroad
- Southern Traction Company
- Southwestern Traction Company
- Tarrant County Traction Company
- Texas Electric Railway (TER)
- Texas Interurban Railway
- Texas Traction Company
Railroads not completed
Name | Begun | Proposal | Construction |
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Arkansas, Red River and Paris Railroad | 1908 | De Queen, Arkansas to Paris | Grading |
Beaumont and Great Northern Railroad, original scheme | 1905 | Trunk line, Beaumont to Waco | Opened Livingston to Weldon, abandoned rest |
Brazos and Galveston Railroad | 1839 | San Luis Island to Velasco | Bridge to mainland |
Bridgeport and Decatur Railroad | 1891 | Decatur to Bridgeport | Grading |
Columbus, San Antonio and Rio Grande Railroad | 1858 | Columbus through Gonzales and San Antonio to the Rio Grande | Grading |
Corpus Christi Street and Interurban Railway | 1916 | Electric interurban, Corpus Christi to Ward Island | Grading; the company only operated streetcars |
Dallas, Pacific and Southeastern Railway, original scheme | 1889 | Dallas to Albuquerque, New Mexico | Graded from Dallas to near Paradise, grade never used by the Gulf, Texas and Western Railway |
Dallas Southwestern Traction | 1917 | Dallas to Glen Rose via Irving and Cleburne | Grading, and some infrastructure |
Denison, Bonham and New Orleans Railroad, Wolfe City Extension | 1901 | Bonham to Wolfe City | Grading |
East Texas Traction | 1912 | Dallas and Greenville | Grading |
Eastland, Wichita Falls and Gulf Railway, original scheme | 1918 | May to Newcastle via Mangum | Opened Mangum to Breckwalker, abandoned rest |
Enid, Ochiltree and Western Railroad | 1909 | Dalhart to Ochiltree via Dumas | Graded between Dalhart and Dumas with 14 miles of track |
Estacado and Gulf Railroad, Norman to Roby | 1910 | McCaulley to Roby, 10 miles | Completed 6 miles to Norman, scavenged for the Roby and Northern Railroad |
Fort Worth and Albuquerque Railroad | 1889 | Fort Worth to Jacksboro | Grading |
Fort Worth and Rio Grande Railway, original scheme | 1885 | Fort Worth to Eagle Pass, branch to San Antonio. | Opened to Menard, abandoned rest. |
Gainesville, Whiteboro and Sherman Railway | 1906 | Gainesville to Sherman, electric interurban | Graded 12 miles east of Gainesville |
Galveston, Brazos and Colorado Narrow Gauge Railway, original scheme | 1875 | Galveston to a bridge over the San Luis Pass, then to Austin. | Opened 15 miles Galveston to Seaforth, abandoned rest |
Galveston, Brazos and Southwestern Railway | 1898 | Galveston to San Antonio | Grading, bridge across the Chocolate Bayou |
Glen Rose and Walnut Springs Railroad | 1914 | Glen Rose to Walnut Springs | Electric, grading completed 1916 |
Greenville Northwestern Railway, original scheme | 1913 | Electric line, Anna to Greenville via Blue Ridge | Opened Anna to Blue Ridge, abandoned rest, did not electrify |
Gulf and Brazos Valley Railway, original scheme | 1897 | Peck City via Mineral Wells to Stoneburg | Opened Peck City to Mineral Wells, abandoned rest |
Gulf and Pacific Railway 1) | 1904 | Paris to Velasco | Some track laid 1904 |
Gulf and Pacific Railway 2) | 1914 | Sweetwater to Comanche | Grading |
Gulf, Texas and Western Railway, original scheme | 1910 | Lubbock to Dallas via Benjamin, Seymour, Jacksboro and Boonville with a branch to Fort Worth. | Graded Benjamin to Seymour, opened Seymour via Jacksboro, then to Salesville on revised route |
Gulf and West Texas Railway | 1927 | San Antonio to San Angelo | Grading |
Harrisburg Railroad and Trading Company | 1841 | Harrisburg to the Brazos River | Graded 2 miles |
Houston, Trinity and Tyler Railroad | 1860 | Houston to Jefferson via Tyler and Gilmer | Grading |
Kansas City, Oklahoma and Houston Railroad | 1907 | Trunk line from Kansas City to Houston | Graded Honey Grove to the Red River, some track laid |
Kansas City, Mexico and Orient Railway - Del Rio Branch | 1909 | San Angelo to Del Rio, a trunk line to Mexico City | Opened eventually to Sonora, rest abandoned |
Mineola and Pittsburg Railroad | 1895 | Mineola to Pittsburg | Grading |
Oklahoma, Red River and Texas Railway, original scheme | 1910 | Blossom to Mineola | Opened Blossom to Deport and abandoned rest |
Pan American Railway | 1891 | Victoria to Rio de Janeiro in Brazil via Brownsville | Tracks laid 10 miles to the Guadalupe River |
Panhandle and Gulf Railway, original scheme | 1899 | Sweetwater to Laredo via San Angelo | Tracks laid 15 miles Sweetwater to Sylvester, and 7 miles south-east of former, not used by successor KCM&O |
Paris, Marshall and Sabine Pass Railway, original scheme | 1888 | Trunk line, Paris to Sabine Pass | Opened Winnsboro to Elysian Fields via Marshall, abandoned rest |
Port Arthur and Houston Short Line | 1905 | Direct route Houston to Port Arthur | Grading |
Port O'Connor, Rio Grande and Northern Railroad | 1906 | Port O'Connor to San Antonio | Tracks laid Port O’Connor to Yoakum, graded to Gonzalez |
Quanah, Acme and Pacific Railway, Floydada to El Paso | 1909 | Intended transcontinental trunk line for St. Louis–San Francisco Railway | Preparatory works, in advertising to 1928 |
Rio Grande and Eagle Pass Railway, original scheme | 1885 | Laredo to Eagle Pass | Opened Laredo to Santo Tomás, abandoned rest |
Rio Grande Northern Railroad, original scheme | 1893 | Van Horn via Chispa and San Carlos to the Rio Grande at Sanchez Ranch. | Completed Chispa to San Carlos, abandoned rest, never ran its own trains |
Rock Island, Texico-Farwell and Southern Railroad | 1912 | Tucumcari, New Mexico to San Antonio via Farwell | Graded 38 miles south of Farwell, 3 miles of track laid |
San Antonio and Austin Interurban Railway | 1913 | Electric, San Antonio to Austin | Grading |
San Antonio, Rockport and Mexican Railway | 1912 | San Antonio to new docks at Rockport and to Brownsville, junction at Crowther near Tilden | Graded to Matlock on south boundary of McMullen County |
San Marcos Valley Interurban Railway | 1905 | Electric, San Marcos to Luling | Grading |
South Galveston and Gulf Shore Railroad, End of Tracks to South Galveston | 1891 | Galveston 13.5 miles to new city of South Galveston (now Galveston Island State Park). | Only 4.5 miles completed. |
Temple–Northwestern Railway | 1910 | Temple through Gatesville and Hamilton to Comanche | 40 miles of grading and 5 miles of track |
Texas, New Mexico and Pacific Railway | 1905 | McKinney via Denton, Decatur, Bridgeport to Roswell, New Mexico | Grading, bought old grade of Bridgeport and Decatur Railroad |
Texas Western Narrow Gauge Railway, original scheme | 1872 | Houston to Presidio | Opened Houston to Sealy, abandoned rest. |
Union Central Railway | 1908 | Trunk line from Houston to Paris and the Red River, with branches to Waco and Palestine | Construction began at Palestine |
Van Horn Valley Land and Railway Company | 1914 | Van Horn to Pine Springs | Grading |
Winnsboro and Gilmer Railroad | 1917 | Bought section of defunct Marshall and East Texas Railway | Did not operate |
Notes
- ^ This is one or more of the Class I railroads that the railroad became part of, if any.
See also
References
- Association of American Railroads (2003), Railroad Service in Texas (PDF). Retrieved May 19, 2005.
- Handbook of Texas Online