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Much of the company's route originally belonged to the Fort Worth and Rio Grande Railway, which began construction from Fort Worth in 1886 and reached Brownwood in 1891. In 1901, the FW&RG was bought by the Frisco Railway, which sold it to the Santa Fe Railway in 1937. The Santa Fe sold the line to an affiliate of the South Orient Railroad in 1994.
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
The FW&D's former main line through the Texas Panhandle and North Texas is now a heavily used route of BN's successor, the BNSF Railway, primarily for coal and intermodal trains between Fort Worth and the western United States. [8] Additionally, the Union Pacific Railroad has track rights on this line from Fort Worth to Dalhart. [9]
The Texas Pacifico company began service in March 2001. [5] The South Orient Rail Line runs from San Angelo Junction (near Coleman, Texas) to the Mexican border town of Presidio, Texas. [6] Texas Pacifico interchanges with BNSF Railway and Fort Worth and Western Railroad at San Angelo Junction and Union Pacific Railroad at Alpine.
The Fort Worth and Rio Grande Railway, chartered under the laws of Texas on June 1, 1885, was part of a plan conceived by Buckley Burton Paddock and other Fort Worth civic leaders to create a transcontinental route linking New York, Fort Worth, and the Pacific port of Topolobampo, which they believed would stimulate the growth and development of southwest Texas in general, and the economy of ...
Fort Worth and Denver Terminal Railway, entire property, including 13.707 miles of terminal tracks and facilities in and near Fort Worth, Tex.; agreement running 99 years from Dec. 1, 1907; the lessee maintains the property, pays the taxes, and pays an annual rental equal to the interest accruing on the lessor's outstanding first-mortgage 6 per ...
Texas Pacific Railroad Company. Mar. 3, 1871 do Name changed to 1 May 2, 1872. 3 Southern Pacific Railroad Company. Aug. 16, 1856 Texas Sold to 2 Mar. 21, 1872. 4 Texas Western Railroad Company. Feb. 16, 1852 do Name changed to 3 Aug. 16, 1856. 5 The Southern Trans-Continental Railway Company. July 17, 1870 do Sold to 2 Mar. 30, 1872. 6
The main run starts in Grapevine and goes to the Fort Worth Stockyards. From its stop in the stockyards, the train then runs a separate excursion along the Trinity River to the 8th Ave Yard of the Fort Worth and Western Railroad, then returns to the stockyards. Upon return to the stockyards, the engine turns around via a turntable and runs ...