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St. Louis, Arkansas and Texas Railway: SSW: 1886 1891 St. Louis Southwestern Railway of Texas, Tyler Southeastern Railway: St. Louis, Brownsville and Mexico Railway: SB&M, SBM MP: 1903 1956 Missouri Pacific Railroad: St. Louis – San Francisco Railway: SLSF SLSF: 1964 1980 Burlington Northern Inc. St. Louis, San Francisco and Texas Railway ...
1881–1961 Texas and New Orleans Railroad (acquired the TT) 1901–1904 Red River, Texas and Southern Railroad; 1902–1964 Saint Louis, San Francisco and Texas Railroad (nickname Frisco, absorbed the RRT&S) 1903–1932 St. Louis Southwestern Railway; 1903–1980 Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad; 1925–1982 Fort Worth and Denver Railway
In 1992, short-line operator Rail-Tex announced the creation of DGNO, a 62-mile (100 km) railroad connecting Garland, Greenville, and Trenton. The railroad would be based in Garland and would operate out of a depot built by the Missouri–Kansas–Texas Railroad (MKT). The proposed right-of-way was owned by Union Pacific; UP sold the Greenville ...
The Texas Northeastern Railroad (reporting mark TNER) is a Class III railroad operating in the United States state of Texas that began operations in 1990. [1] It consists of 104 miles (167 km) [2] of track on two lines. One line runs from Bonham, Texas to Sherman, Texas, with a branch from Bells, Texas to Trenton, Texas.
Texas and Oklahoma Railroad (1991) Texas and St. Louis Railway; Texas City Terminal Railway; Texas Mexican Railway; Texas & New Mexico Railway; Texas North Western Railway; Texas and Northern Railway; Texas Pacifico Transportation; Texas Transportation Company (1866–1896) Texas, Gonzales and Northern Railway; Timber Rock Railroad; Trinity ...
Against that background, the TXNW was formed on January 28, 1982, to purchase the Rock Island line running north-northwest from Stinnett, Texas to Hardesty, Oklahoma, about 97 miles. [1] [3] The railway additionally picked up a branch off this line which ran west from Morse Junction (just south of Morse) though Sunray to Etter, Texas.
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]
Divisional points are significant in railway maintenance of way operations. Especially historically, they could be the location of facilities and infrastructure such as a siding or junction , roundhouse and turntable , water tower, bunkhouse or hotel, coaling tower , passenger station, telegraph office, or freight shed .