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The Texas and Pacific Railway Company (known as the T&P) was created by federal charter in 1871 with the purpose of building a southern transcontinental railroad between Marshall, Texas, and San Diego, California.
Texas Pacific Railroad: MP: 1871 1872 Texas and Pacific Railway: Texas and Pacific Railway: T&P, TP MP: 1872 1976 Missouri Pacific Railroad: Texas and Sabine Valley Railway: ATSF: 1892 1904 Texas and Gulf Railway: Texas, Sabine Valley and Northwestern Railway: ATSF: 1887 1904 Texas and Gulf Railway: Texas and St. Louis Railway: SSW: 1879 1886
The Texas and Pacific Railway Company. May 2, 1872 Act of Congress 2 Texas Pacific Railroad Company. Mar. 3, 1871 do Name changed to 1 May 2, 1872. 3 Southern Pacific Railroad Company. Aug. 16, 1856 Texas Sold to 2 Mar. 21, 1872. 4 Texas Western Railroad Company. Feb. 16, 1852 do Name changed to 3 Aug. 16, 1856. 5
As chief engineer for the Union Pacific Railroad, Dodge had played a large part in the construction of the first transcontinental railroad. Dodge organized the Texas and Colorado Railway Improvement Company in 1881 to build and equip the FW&DC in return for $20,000 in stock and $20,000 in bonds for each mile of track laid. In the same year, the ...
Southern Pacific Company: Texas Pacific Railroad: MP: 1872 1872 Texas and Pacific Railway: Texas and Pacific Railway: T&P, TP MP: 1872 1976 Missouri Pacific Railroad: Texas Pacific – Missouri Pacific Terminal Railroad of New Orleans: TPMP MP: 1924 1978 Missouri Pacific Railroad: Tioga and Southeastern Railway: 1905 N/A Trans-Mississippi ...
The Southern Pacific Railroad was replaced by the Southern Pacific Company and assumed the railroad operations of the Southern Pacific Railroad. In 1929, Southern Pacific/Texas and New Orleans operated 13,848 route-miles not including Cotton Belt, whose purchase of the Golden State Route circa 1980 nearly doubled its size to 3,085 miles (4,965 ...
Sergio Rodriguez, 15, died after being hit by a train while on his way to school on Monday, Dec. 9, in Houston. A complaint filed by his family accused railroad company Union Pacific of operating ...
Preferred share of the Cincinnati, New Orleans and Texas Pacific Railway Company, issued 2 November 1912. The line opened completely in 1880, and was financed by the city of Cincinnati. Construction was spurred by a shift of Ohio River shipping, important to the local economy. Fearing the loss of shipping traffic and the local salaries and tax ...