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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.
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. The three exceptions to this are the Fairland wye, the Antlers Hotel in Kingsland and the original depot in Llano, Texas. [3]
CapMetro Rail is a hybrid rail (light rail with some features similar to commuter rail) system that serves the Greater Austin area in Texas and is owned by CapMetro, Austin's primary public transportation provider. The Red Line is CapMetro's first and currently only rail line, and connects Downtown Austin with Austin's northwestern
Western Rail Road: Peach River and Gulf Railway: 1904 1908 N/A Pecos and Northern Texas Railway: ATSF: 1898 1948 Panhandle and Santa Fe Railway: Pecos River Railroad: ATSF: 1890 1948 Panhandle and Santa Fe Railway: Port Arthur Canal and Dock Company: KCS: 1902 Port Arthur Channel and Dock Company: KCS: 1897 1902 Port Arthur Canal and Dock Company
Texas has thousands of private dams, but a former oil executive’s application to build one on the South Llano River would be the first in the watershed for recreational use. Opponents fear it ...
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 .
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 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 .