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Also in 2007, the WT&L bought the BNSF line between Plainview and Dimmitt, [7] which Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad subsidiary Fort Worth & Denver South Plains Railway had completed in 1928. [8] In May 2015, Watco purchased the WT&L from Iowa Pacific, with the railroad planned to be renamed the Lubbock and Western Railway. [9]
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 .
Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railway of Texas: East Line and Red River Railroad: MKT: 1871 1881 Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railway: East Texas Railway: SP: 1880 1881 Sabine and East Texas Railway: East Texas Central Railroad: ETC 1996 1998 Blacklands Railroad: East Texas and Gulf Railway: 1917 1934 N/A Eastern Texas Railroad: SSW: 1900 1921 N/A ...
The Santa Fe sold the line to an affiliate of the South Orient Railroad in 1994. The FWWR began operations in 1988, with 6.25 miles (10.06 km) of track that it had bought from the Burlington Northern. [2] By the mid-1990s, the railroad operated 10.75 miles (17.30 km) of track, the result of numerous minor acquisitions. [2]
Fort Worth & Denver Alco 2-8-0 No. 304 at the Wichita Falls Railroad Museum FW&D Engine 501 in Childress, Texas. At the railroad's peak in 1944, during the World War II economic boom, the Texas Railroad Commission reported that the FW&DC earned $12,132,515 in freight revenue, $5,839,399 in passenger revenue, and $1,488,095 in other revenue ...
The Red Line is CapMetro's first and currently only rail line, and connects Downtown Austin with Austin's northwestern suburbs. The line operates on 32 miles (51 km) of existing freight tracks, and serves 10 stations. [1] After a series of delays, CapMetro Rail was inaugurated in March 2010. [5]
The remainder of the former FW&RG from Belt Junction in Fort Worth to Ricker, six miles (9.7 km) east of Brownwood, [5] was bought by Cen-Tex Rail Link, an affiliate of the South Orient Railroad on May 20, 1994. [1] South Orient sold the Cen-Tex line to the Fort Worth and Western Railroad in 1999. [6]
TEXRail is a hybrid rail line (i.e., a non-commuter rail service that operates on the national rail network) in Tarrant County, Texas that provides service between downtown Fort Worth and Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport, with intermediate stations in North Richland Hills and Grapevine.