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Website. bnsf.com. BNSF Railway (reporting mark BNSF) is the largest freight railroad in the United States. One of six North American Class I railroads, BNSF has 36,000 employees, [1] 33,400 miles (53,800 km) of track in 28 states, and over 8,000 locomotives. [2] It has three transcontinental routes that provide rail connections between the ...
The Southern Transcon is a main line of the BNSF Railway comprising 11 subdivisions between Southern California and Chicago, Illinois.Completed in its current alignment in 1908 by the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway, when it opened the Belen Cutoff in New Mexico (going through eastern New Mexico, northwestern Texas, briefly part of western Oklahoma and to Kansas) and bypassed the steep ...
Track gauge. 4 ft 8 + 1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge. The Fort Worth and Denver Railway (reporting mark FWD), nicknamed "the Denver Road," was a class I American railroad company that operated in the northern part of Texas from 1881 to 1982, and had a profound influence on the early settlement and economic development of the region.
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El Paso Subdivision. The El Paso Subdivision is a railroad line of the BNSF Railway extending 230 miles (370 km) from Belen, New Mexico, to El Paso, Texas. The entire line is dark territory and movements are controlled by Track Warrant Control. It was originally built by the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway .
1998–Present. Technical. Track gauge. 4 ft 8 + 1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) Length. 41.5 mi (66.8 km) The Timber Rock Railroad (TIBR) is a shortline rail carrier [1] operating in the states of Texas and Louisiana. [2] Its single line runs from Kirbyville, Texas to DeRidder, Louisiana, about 41.5 miles. [2] It is owned by the Watco Companies.
1–2. Track gauge. 4 ft 8 + 1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge. The Sunset Route is a main line of the Union Pacific Railroad running between Southern California and New Orleans, Louisiana. [1] The name traces its origins to the Galveston, Harrisburg and San Antonio Railway, a Southern Pacific Railroad subsidiary which was known as the Sunset ...
151 miles (243 km) Other. Website. www.tnwcorporation.com. The Texas North Western Railway (“TXNW”), [1] sometimes called the Texas Northwestern Railway, is a shortline railroad which had operations in Texas, Oklahoma, and Kansas, but is now limited to an area around Sunray, Texas. It was formed in 1982 to take over some of the trackage of ...