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In 1891, a typical rate was 1.403 cents per ton mile. By 1907, the rate was 1.039 cents—a decline of 25%. However, the railroads did not have rates high enough for them to upgrade their equipment and lower costs in the face of competition from pipelines, cars, and trucks, and the Texas railway system began a slow decline. [9]
The Houston East and West Texas Railway Company managed an interstate railway line that ran through Dallas and Marshall, Texas (on the eastern border of Texas), and Shreveport, Louisiana. The freight shipping rates "on wagons" from Marshall to Dallas, a distance of 148 miles, was 36.8 cents, and the rate from Marshall to Shreveport, a distance ...
TM - Texas Midland Railroad, Texas Mexican Railway; Kansas City Southern Railway; TMAX - Tennessee River Pulp and Paper Company; TMBL - Tacoma Municipal Belt Line Railway; TMER&L - The Milwaukee Electric Railway & Light Company; TMLX - Thunder Mountain Line; TMO - Vitebsk Seaway and Continental Railway; Lincoln Pacific Railway; TMPX - Texas ...
The Central Texas & Colorado River Railway (reporting mark CTXR) is a short-line railroad headquartered in Brady, Texas. Formerly known as the Heart of Texas Railroad , the railroad operates a portion of the former Santa Fe branch line to Eden , between Brady and an interchange with the BNSF Railway at Lometa .
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]
The Katy was incorporated November 24, 1899, under the general laws of Kansas. It was formed by consolidation and merger of the Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railway Company (1865 corporation) and the Kansas City & Pacific Railroad Company, for the purpose of forming a single corporation, under the name of the Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railway Company, whose board of directors, management, officers ...
The Dallas, Garland & Northeastern Railroad (reporting mark DGNO) is a short-line railroad headquartered in Garland, Texas. The railroad operates over 161 miles (259 km) of track in the North Texas region. [1] It is a subsidiary of short-line operator Genesee & Wyoming.
The Oklahoma, Kansas and Texas Railroad was originally created on May 29, 1980, after the demise of the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad on March 31, 1980. [1] A subsidiary of the Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railroad (MKT), it operated 767 miles (1,234 km) of the former Rock Island's Herington, Kansas, to Fort Worth, Texas, North-South line, as a cooperative venture with local shippers ...