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Pages in category "Narrow gauge railroads in Texas" The following 3 pages are in this category, out of 3 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.
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 ...
Narrow gauge railroads in Texas (3 P) P. Passenger rail transportation in Texas (9 C, 38 P) R. Railroad Commission of Texas (1 C, 5 P, 1 F) Texas railroads (2 C, 61 P) T.
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This network at one time had over 770 km of railway in operation, but only about 13 km remain in operation as a steam powered tourist railway. Other small narrow-gauge lines include the Rio de Janeiro streetcar (Bonde de Santa Teresa), with approximately 13 km of 1,100 mm (3 ft 7 + 5 ⁄ 16 in) gauge, and a very short industrial railway near ...
It is often referred to as the Tex Mex, or Tex Mex Railway. [4] The railroad traces its roots back to the Corpus Christi, San Diego and Rio Grande Gauge Railroad, a narrow-gauge railroad established in 1875. In 1883, the line was extended over the Rio Grande and the Mexico–United States border. The railroad was purchased by the Mexican ...
Money was tight from the beginning, and the decision was made to build the railroad in 3-ft narrow gauge as a cost-saving measure. [4] Construction began in the summer of 1875, and the first twenty-one miles, from Tyler to Big Sandy, was completed in early October 1877. [3] [5] There, it met the tracks of the Texas and Pacific Railway. [4]
The Oahu Railway and Land Company was the largest narrow-gauge class-one common-carrier railway in the US (at the time of its dissolution in 1947), and the only US narrow-gauge railroad to use signals. The OR&L used Automatic Block Signals, or ABS on their double track mainline between Honolulu and Waipahu, a total of 12.9 miles (20.8 km), and ...