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It is located near Kingsland, Texas and runs roughly along railroad tracks from Fairland to Llano. It also was known as Southern Pacific Railroad—Fairland to Llano branch. The historic district is generally a linear 30-mile (48 km) strip along the railroad with a 100 ft (30 m) width of the right-of-way for the tracks.
Austin & Northwestern Railroad locomotive in Austin, Texas, early 1880s. The Austin and Northwestern Railroad began construction on a rail line west of Austin, Texas, USA, toward Llano on April 20, 1881. The railroad was originally built as a 3 ft (914 mm) narrow gauge line with plans to connect to the Texas and Pacific Railway at Abilene.
Freight rail services are offered on the agency's approximately 162 miles of railroad right of way between Giddings and Llano, only a portion of which is used for the CapMetro Rail passenger service. Since 2015, CapMetro Freight Rail operations have been sub-contracted to Austin Western Railroad, a subsidiary of short-line rail operator Watco. [75]
The Austin Western Railroad (reporting mark AWRR) is a Class III short-line railroad headquartered in Round Rock, Texas. [1] AWRR is a subsidiary of Watco . It is the contracted operator of 126 miles (203 km) of ex-Southern Pacific trackage, now owned by Capital Metropolitan Transportation Authority .
Llano: Recorded Texas Historic Landmark 7: State Highway 29 Bridge at the Colorado River: State Highway 29 Bridge at the Colorado River: October 10, 1996 : TX 29 at the Llano County line: Buchanan Dam
St. Louis, Brownsville and Mexico Railroad, San Benito and Rio Grande Valley Railroad: Quanah, Acme and Pacific Railway: QA&P, QAP SLSF: 1909 1981 Burlington Northern Railroad: Red River and Southwestern Railway: 1890 Southwestern Railway: Red River, Texas and Southern Railway: SLSF: 1901 1904 St. Louis, San Francisco and Texas Railway: Rio ...
The State Highway 9 Bridge at the Llano River in Texas connects Mason County to the Gillespie County seat of Fredericksburg. [2] On June 14, 1935, a disastrous flood crested the Llano River at 41.5 feet (10 m), washing out the two truss spans, as well as the center pier, of the 1930 bridge of State Highway 9 across the Llano River in Mason County, Texas. [3]
The Llano River (/ ˈ l æ n oʊ / LAN-oh) is a tributary of the Colorado River, about 105 miles (169 km) long, in Texas in the United States. [1] It drains part of the Edwards Plateau in Texas Hill Country northwest of Austin .