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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 .
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
Aberdeen, Carolina and Western Railway: ACWR Alexander Railroad: ARC Atlantic & Western Railway: ATW Caldwell County Railroad: CWCY Carolina Central Railway: Carolina Coastal Railway: CLNA Great Smoky Mountains Railroad: GSMR Winston-Salem Southbound Railway: WSS Yadkin Valley Railroad: YVRR
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.
Plans have been circulating since a failed light rail vote in 2000 on urban rail in Austin. A vote on urban rail, a light rail or a streetcar system, was initially planned to be put to the voters as early as 2012. [86] The light rail expansion plan was presented to voters but failed in 2014.
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A diamond (♦) symbol denotes a system that operates or operated in the same area as another independent system. Names and cities of currently operating systems appear in bold on blue backgrounds. Interurban and light rail systems are denoted in the Type column, which is left blank for the far-more-plentiful streetcar systems. (Some pre-1970s ...
Austin Western Railroad (AWRR) October 2007: 204 [22] [23] aggregates, crushed limestone, calcium bicarbonate, lumber, beer, chemicals, plastic, paper: Shares rail with commuter operations in Austin, Texas: Autauga Northern Railroad (AUT) April 2011: 68.2 [24] [25] paper products and aggregates: Third Watco Alabama short line Baton Rouge ...