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The West Texas & Lubbock Railway (reporting mark WTLC) is a shortline railroad in Texas, owned by Watco.It connects the BNSF in Lubbock with agricultural and oil-producing areas to the west and southwest.
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
Fort Worth & Denver Alco 2-8-0 No. 304 at the Wichita Falls Railroad Museum FW&D Engine 501 in Childress, Texas. At the railroad's peak in 1944, during the World War II economic boom, the Texas Railroad Commission reported that the FW&DC earned $12,132,515 in freight revenue, $5,839,399 in passenger revenue, and $1,488,095 in other revenue ...
Santa Fe passenger trains 93 and 96 operated between Amarillo and Lubbock, Texas. The westbound train was called the West Texas Express while its eastbound counterpart was known as the Eastern Express. For much of their careers they were stand-alone trains, operating without connecting cars at either end of the run.
As a result of mergers and consolidations in the railway industry, the company's shareholders changed. As of 2021, BNSF Railway owned 50% of the company's shares. [5] As of 2023, the company is still covered by the Railroad Retirement Act. [6] The company's archives from 1905 to 1936 are held by History Colorado. [7]
Spring break 2024: Here are some last-minute spring break trip ideas for Central Texas. These destinations are all within 200 miles of Lubbock, compiled from the nearest to the farthest. Downtown ...
West Texas and Lubbock Railway; Wisconsin and Southern Railroad; Y. Yellowstone Valley Railroad This page was last edited on 2 February 2021, at 00:50 (UTC). Text ...
This was the Union Pacific's first short-line sale. Watco then looked to the West Region, acquiring the Blue Mountain Railroad in 1998, the Palouse River and Coulee City Railroad in 1992 and the Eastern Idaho Railroad in 1993. In 1998, it began operating the Stillwater Central Railroad in Oklahoma and the Timber Rock Railroad in Texas.