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The Texas State Railroad, also referred to as the Lone Star and Eastern Railroad, is a historic 25 mi (40 km) heritage railroad between Rusk and Palestine, Texas.Built by inmates, it was founded in 1883 by the state of Texas to haul raw materials for a smelter at the prison at Rusk.
The Railroad Commission of Texas (RRC; also sometimes called the Texas Railroad Commission, TRC) is the state agency that regulates the oil and gas industry, gas utilities, pipeline safety, safety in the liquefied petroleum gas industry, and surface coal and uranium mining.
Oklahoma City and Texas Railroad: SLSF: 1903 1907 St. Louis, San Francisco and Texas Railway: Oklahoma, Kansas and Texas Railroad: OKKT MKT: 1980 1989 Missouri–Kansas–Texas Railroad: Oklahoma, Red River and Texas Railway: 1910 1912 N/A Operated Blossom to Deport, 11 miles Orange and Northwestern Railroad: MP: 1901 1956 Missouri Pacific ...
In 1981, No. 610 returned to Fort Worth under its own power. The following year, it moved to a small museum complex for display. In 1986, it was moved again to the Texas State Railroad in Palestine, Texas. As of 2024, No. 610 remains in storage under Texas State Railroad ownership, and it is towed outdoors for display during occasional events.
In 1976, the Texas State Railroad (TSRR), [5] a former shortline that ran between Rusk and Palestine, Texas, was reopened as a tourist railroad by the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department. Four years later, while they had three operational steam locomotives by that point, management decided to find a slightly larger locomotive for their needs ...
1880–1881 Texas Trunk Railroad; 1881–1961 Texas and New Orleans Railroad (acquired the TT) 1901–1904 Red River, Texas and Southern Railroad; 1902–1964 Saint Louis, San Francisco and Texas Railroad (nickname Frisco, absorbed the RRT&S) 1903–1932 St. Louis Southwestern Railway; 1903–1980 Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad
The Texas Transportation Code used to impose a criminal penalty against railway companies that blocked a street, railroad crossing or public highway for more than 10 minutes.
The railroad filed for summary judgment in the case, Texas Central Railroad and Infrastructure vs Calvin House, arguing that it was entitled to require private landowners to allow land surveys for possible future eminent domain purchases under Texas state law. However, in a December 2016 ruling, a Harris County court denied the railroad's ...