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The West Texas & Lubbock Railway (reporting mark WTLC) is a shortline railroad in Texas, owned by Watco.It connects the BNSF in Lubbock with agricultural and oil-producing areas to the west and southwest.
Texas City Terminal Railway: Texas Export Railroad: TXRC 1972 1976 N/A Texas and Gulf Railway: ATSF: 1904 1948 Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe Railway: Texas and Louisiana Railroad: SSW: 1900 1903 St. Louis Southwestern Railway of Texas: Texas, Louisiana and Eastern Railroad: ATSF: 1891 1897 Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe Railway: Texas Mexican ...
Map of the Colorado and Southern Railway lines, including the Fort Worth and Denver City lines in Texas. The FW&DC was the first rail line to penetrate the northwest part of Texas, which contributed greatly to the growth of Texas cities such as Wichita Falls, Childress, Amarillo, and Dalhart. In addition, the railroad actively promoted ...
The Texas & New Mexico Railway (reporting mark TXN) is a class III short-line railroad operating in west Texas and southeast New Mexico.The railroad line operates on 111 miles of track from a connection with the Union Pacific at Monahans, Texas, and terminates at Lovington, New Mexico.
Additionally, it interchanges with the shortline WFEC Railroad Company at Valliant, and is the Primary Operating Railroad on that line. [2] [3] [4] A 40-mile branch line runs from Antlers, Oklahoma to Paris, Texas. [1] The line was a former main line of the Frisco railway; KRR started operations in 1987. [1] [5]
Central Texas Express: Sweetwater, Texas – Lubbock, Texas; Chicagoan: Kansas City, Missouri – Chicago, Illinois (this was the eastbound version of the Kansas Cityan passenger train). Chicago Express: Newton, Kansas – Chicago, Illinois; Chicago Fast Mail: San Francisco, California – Los Angeles, California – Chicago, Illinois
As a result of mergers and consolidations in the railway industry, the company's shareholders changed. As of 2021, BNSF Railway owned 50% of the company's shares. [5] As of 2023, the company is still covered by the Railroad Retirement Act. [6] The company's archives from 1905 to 1936 are held by History Colorado. [7]
The Roscoe, Snyder and Pacific Railway Company was incorporated August 31, 1906, to construct a 230 mi (370 km) railroad from Roscoe, Texas, to the New Mexico state line near Portales. [1] The full line was never completed but a 31 mi (50 km) line was opened to Snyder in 1908 and extended another 18.5 miles (29.8 km) to Fluvanna in September 1909.