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The Austin Western Railroad (reporting mark AWRR) is a Class III short-line railroad headquartered in Round Rock, Texas. [1] AWRR is a subsidiary of Watco . It is the contracted operator of 126 miles (203 km) of ex-Southern Pacific trackage, now owned by Capital Metropolitan Transportation Authority .
The FWWR operates 276 miles (444 km) of track [2] between Carro and Ricker, Texas, with branch lines from Dublin to Gorman and from Cresson to Cleburne, as well as trackage rights in the Fort Worth area and between Ricker and San Angelo Junction, Texas. [3] Since 2007, the railroad has been in the process of resurfacing its trackage, as well as ...
Also in 2007, the WT&L bought the BNSF line between Plainview and Dimmitt, [7] which Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad subsidiary Fort Worth & Denver South Plains Railway had completed in 1928. [8] In May 2015, Watco purchased the WT&L from Iowa Pacific, with the railroad planned to be renamed the Lubbock and Western Railway. [9]
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
Railroad district (12 total, county boundaries) County; In Texas, the highest level of land subdivision is the boundary of the state itself. Below this are the Texas railroad districts, of which there are 12. These are Spanish grants, surveyed on the "metes and bounds" system of measurement, and are of irregular shape and size.
Map of the Colorado and Southern Railway lines, including the Fort Worth and Denver City lines in Texas. The FW&DC was the first rail line to penetrate the northwest part of Texas, which contributed greatly to the growth of Texas cities such as Wichita Falls, Childress, Amarillo, and Dalhart. In addition, the railroad actively promoted ...
Corpus Christi, San Diego and Rio Grande Narrow Gauge Railroad; T. Texas Mexican Railway This page was last edited on 24 December 2023, at 09:26 (UTC). ...
Founded in 1909, the aptly-named Bartlett Florence Railway was created to run from a rail connection with the Missouri–Kansas–Texas Railroad at Bartlett to the town of Florence, which was a significant cotton processing center having multiple cotton gins. [3] [4] However, the company only got as far as Jarrell, Texas, being 11 or 12 miles.