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The El Paso and Southwestern Railroad began in 1888 as the Arizona and South Eastern Railroad, a short line serving copper mines in southern Arizona. Over the next few decades, it grew into a 1200-mile system that stretched from Tucumcari, New Mexico, southward to El Paso, Texas, and westward to Tucson, Arizona, with several branch lines, including one to Nacozari, Mexico.
The El Paso and Northeastern Railway (EP&NE) was a short line railroad that was built around the beginning of the twentieth century to help connect the industrial and commercial center at El Paso, Texas, with physical resources and the United States' national transportation hub in Chicago.
1872 - Thomas A. Scott, president of the Pennsylvania Railroad, becomes president of the Texas & Pacific. May 2, 1872 - an Act of Congress changes the name to Texas and Pacific Railway Company; June 12, 1873 - Memphis, El Paso and Pacific Railroad Company purchased. July 1, 1873 - First rail line opened between Longview, Texas, and Dallas, Texas
Eastland, Wichita Falls and Gulf Railroad: 1918 1944 N/A El Paso and Northeastern Railroad: SP: 1896 1937 El Paso and Southwestern Railroad of Texas: El Paso Northern Railway: SP: 1894 1897 El Paso and Northeastern Railroad: El Paso Southern Railway: SP: 1897 1961 Southern Pacific Company: El Paso and Southwestern Railroad of Texas: SP: 1902 ...
The railroad of the Burro Mountain Railroad Company, hereinafter called the Burro Mountain Railroad, which is leased to and operated by the El Paso & Southwestern Railroad, is a single-track line located in New Mexico and extending from Burro Mountain Junction to Tyrone, a distance of 13.088 miles.
Summer excursions from El Paso were discontinued in 1930 and passenger and mail service ended in 1938. Freight service ended in 1947 [2] and the line was dismantled through the summer of 1948, one half century after it had been built. The railroad owned one combine car, four open-sided excursion cars, and five cabooses in addition to the five ...
The Sunset Limited is a long-distance passenger train run by Amtrak, operating on a 1,995-mile (3,211 km) route between New Orleans and Los Angeles.Major stops include Houston, San Antonio and El Paso in Texas, as well as Tucson, Arizona.
Between Interstate 10 and US Route 85 (the CanAm Highway), the route is elevated above railroad tracks. [3] The segment serves as an alternate route to I-10 to relieve traffic congestion in and around downtown El Paso. [4] The project, originally known simply as the Loop 375 Extension, was approved in September 2007. [5]