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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.
Texas Central or Texas Central Partners, LLC, is a private company that is proposing to build a high-speed rail line between Dallas/Fort Worth and Houston. [3] It plans to use technology based on that used by the Central Japan Railway Company and trains based on the N700S Series Shinkansen .
The Buffalo Bayou, Brazos, and Colorado Railway (B.B.B.C. or B.B.B. & C.), also called the Harrisburg Road or Harrisburg Railroad, was the first operating railroad in Texas. It completed its first segment of track between Harrisburg, Texas (now a neighborhood of Houston) and Stafford's Point, Texas in 1853.
Timeline of railway history This article lists events related to rail transport that are currently scheduled to occur in 2024 . Please be aware that the actual dates on which these events occur may differ substantially from what is shown here.
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. It acquired the line from the bankrupt Gulf, Colorado and San Saba Railway in 2013. The railroad is currently owned by OmniTrax. They bought the railroad in ...
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 ...
The following is a list of railroad companies that serve(d) Dallas. The first year is the year service began; the last is the year service was halted. 1872–1934 Houston and Texas Central Railroad (absorbed into the TNO) 1873–1976 Texas and Pacific Railway; 1878–1880 Dallas and Wichita Railroad; 1878 Dallas, Cleburne and Rio Grande Railroad
The H&TC Railroad continued to operate independently until 1927, when it was leased to the Texas and New Orleans Railroad, a subsidiary of the Southern Pacific Railroad. [1] The HT&C was merged into the T&NO in 1934. The T&NO was merged into the SP in 1961, and the SP into the Union Pacific in 1996. [5] U.S. Route 75 was built on the H&TC right ...