List of Texas railroads

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The following railroads operate in the U.S. state of Texas.

Contents

Common freight carriers

Class I

Class II

There are no Class II Railroads in Texas.

Class III

Passenger carriers

Intercity passenger rail

Commuter rail

High speed rail

Light rail

Trolley and streetcar

Tourist and heritage

Defunct railroads

Name Mark System [nb 1] FromToSuccessorNotes
Abilene and Northern Railway CB&Q 19061952 Fort Worth and Denver Railway
Abilene and Southern Railway A&S, AS MP 19091978 Missouri Pacific Railroad
Acme, Red River and Northern Railway SLSF 19021909 Quanah, Acme and Pacific Railway
Acme Tap Railroad CB&Q 18991938N/A
Air Line Railroad SP 1860 Washington County Railroad
Aransas Harbor Terminal Railway 18921947N/A
Artesian Belt Railroad MP 19081920 San Antonio Southern Railway
Asherton and Gulf Railway MP 19091956 Missouri Pacific Railroad
Asphalt Belt Railway MP 19231956 Missouri Pacific Railroad
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway ATSFATSF19651996 Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Railway
Austin Area Terminal Railroad AUAR20002007 Austin Western Railroad
Austin Dam and Suburban Railway MP 18951956 Missouri Pacific Railroad
Austin and Northwestern Railroad AUNW19861996 Longhorn Railway
Austin and Northwestern Railroad SP 18811901 Houston and Texas Central Railroad
Austin and Oatmanville Railway 18831888N/A
Bartlett–Florence Railway 19091911 Bartlett Western Railroad
Bartlett Western Railroad 19111935N/A
Bastrop and Taylor Railway MKT 18861886 Taylor, Bastrop and Houston Railway
Beaumont and Great Northern Railroad MKT 19051923 Waco, Beaumont, Trinity and Sabine Railway
Beaumont, Sour Lake and Port Arthur Traction Company MP 19031904 Beaumont, Sour Lake and Western Railway
Beaumont, Sour Lake and Western Railway MP 19041956 Missouri Pacific Railroad
Beaumont and Saratoga Transportation Company 19051935N/A
Beaumont Wharf and Terminal Company ATSF 18971957 Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe Railway
Belton Railroad BRR19601991 Georgetown Railroad
Big Creek and Trinity Valley Railway 19081912N/AThree-mile lumber line, years are when reports were made
Black Bayou Railroad 1904N/A
Blackwell, Enid and Texas Railway SLSF 19011904 St. Louis, San Francisco and Texas Railway
Board of Trustees of the Galveston Wharves GWF1940Still exists as a lessor of the Galveston Railroad
Bois d'Arc and Southern Railway BDS19341946N/A
Bowers and Piney Creek Railway 18891891N/A
Brazos, Santiago and Rio Grande Railroad 18651867N/A
Brownsville and Gulf Railway MP/ NDM 18831906 Brownsville and Matamoros Bridge Company
Brownsville and Matamoros Bridge Company MP/ NDM 1909Still exists as a joint subsidiary of the Mexican government and Union Pacific Railroad
Brownwood North and South Railway SLSF 19101926N/A
Bryan, Brazos and Burleson Railway 19131941N/A Bryan to Laura, 27 miles, chartered to Wilcox
Buffalo Bayou, Brazos and Colorado Railway SP 18501870 Galveston, Harrisburg and San Antonio Railway
Burlington Northern Inc. BN19801981 Burlington Northern Railroad
Burlington Northern Railroad BN19811996 Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Railway
Burlington – Rock Island Railroad BRI CB&Q/ RI 19301964 Fort Worth and Denver Railway, Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad
Burr's Ferry, Browndel and Chester Railway SP 19061914 Texas and New Orleans Railroad
Calvert, Waco and Brazos Valley Railroad MP 18991900 International and Great Northern Railroad
Cane Belt Railroad ATSF 18981948 Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe Railway
Caro Northern Railway 19061928N/A
Cen-Tex Rail Link CTE19941996 South Orient Railroad
Central and Montgomery Railway ATSF 18771882 Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe Railway
Central Texas and Northwestern Railway SP 18811901 Houston and Texas Central Railroad
Chicago, Rock Island and Gulf Railway RI&G, RIG RI 19021948 Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad
Chicago, Rock Island and Mexico Railway RI 19001903 Chicago, Rock Island and Gulf Railway
Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad RI, ROCKRI19471980 Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway, Fort Worth and Denver Railway, North Central Texas Railway, Oklahoma, Kansas and Texas Railroad, St. Louis Southwestern Railway, Texas North Western Railway
Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railway RIRI19391948 Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad
Chicago, Rock Island and Texas Railway RI 18921903 Chicago, Rock Island and Gulf Railway
Chicago, Texas and Mexican Central Railway ATSF 18801882 Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe Railway
Choctaw, Oklahoma and Texas Railroad RI 19011903 Chicago, Rock Island and Gulf Railway
Cisco and Northeastern Railway MP 19181942N/A
Clinton-Oklahoma-Western Railroad Company of Texas ATSF 19271948 Panhandle and Santa Fe Railway
Colorado River Western Railway CRW SP 19551958 Texas and New Orleans Railroad
Colorado Valley Railway ATSF 18971899 Panhandle and Gulf Railway
Columbus Tap Railway SP 18601866 Buffalo Bayou, Brazos and Colorado Railway
Concho, San Saba and Llano Valley Railroad ATSF 19091948 Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe Railway
Corpus Christi, San Diego and Rio Grande Narrow Gauge Railroad NDM 18751881 Texas Mexican Railway
Crosbyton Railway CBYN19901990N/A
Crosbyton–Southplains Railroad ATSF 19101916 South Plains and Santa Fe Railway
Crystal City Railroad CYCY19901995N/A
Crystal City and Uvalde Railroad MP 19091912 San Antonio, Uvalde and Gulf Railroad
Dallas and Cleburne Railroad ATSF 18761879 Dallas, Cleburne and Rio Grande Railway
Dallas, Cleburne and Rio Grande Railway ATSF 18791880 Chicago, Texas and Mexican Central Railway
Dallas, Cleburne and Southwestern Railway MKT 19021923N/A
Dallas, Fort Worth and Gulf Railway SSW 18991901 Dallas Terminal Railway and Union Depot Company
Dallas and Greenville Railway MKT 18861886 Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railway
Dallas and New Mexico Railway SLSF 1908 Gulf, Texas and Western Railway
Dallas, Pacific and Southeastern Railway SLSF 1889 Dallas and New Mexico Railway
Dallas Terminal Railway and Union Depot Company SSW 19011994 St. Louis Southwestern Railway
Dallas Terminal Railway and Union Depot Company SSW 18841899 Dallas, Fort Worth and Gulf Railway
Dallas and Waco Railway MKT 18861891 Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railway
Dallas and Wichita Railroad MKT 18711881 Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railway
Dayton – Goose Creek Railway SP 19171934 Texas and New Orleans Railroad
DeKalb and Red River Railroad 18911899N/A
Denison, Bonham and New Orleans Railroad MKT 19011928N/A
Denison, Bonham and New Orleans Railway MKT 18881901 Denison, Bonham and New Orleans Railroad
Denison and Pacific Railway MKT 18781880 Denison and Southeastern Railway
Denison and Pacific Suburban Railway MP 18951966N/A
Denison and Southeastern Railway MKT 18771880 Missouri, Kansas and Texas Extension Railway
Denison and Washita Valley Railway MKT 18861903 Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railway of Texas
East Line and Red River Railroad MKT 18711881 Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railway
East Texas Railway SP 18801881 Sabine and East Texas Railway
East Texas Central Railroad ETC19961998 Blacklands Railroad
East Texas and Gulf Railway 19171934N/A
Eastern Texas Railroad SSW 19001921N/A
Eastern Texas Railroad 18601863N/A
Eastland, Wichita Falls and Gulf Railroad 19181944N/A
El Paso and Northeastern Railroad SP 18961937 El Paso and Southwestern Railroad of Texas
El Paso Northern Railway SP 18941897 El Paso and Northeastern Railroad
El Paso Southern Railway SP 18971961 Southern Pacific Company
El Paso and Southwestern Railroad of Texas SP 19021961 Southern Pacific Company
El Paso Terminal Railroad SP 19011903 El Paso and Southwestern Railroad of Texas
El Paso Union Passenger Depot Company ATSF/ MP/ NDM/ SP 19031974N/A
Emporia and Gulf Railroad 1900N/A
Estacado and Gulf Railroad 19081911N/A
Floydada and Plainview Railroad FAPR19901995 Plainview Terminal Company
Fort Worth Belt Railway FWB MP 19031978 Missouri Pacific Railroad
Fort Worth and Denver Railway FW&D, FWD CB&Q 19511982 Burlington Northern Railroad
Fort Worth and Denver City Railway FW&D CB&Q 18731951 Fort Worth and Denver Railway
Fort Worth and Denver Northern Railway CB&Q 19291952 Fort Worth and Denver Railway
Fort Worth and Denver South Plains Railway CB&Q 19251952 Fort Worth and Denver Railway
Fort Worth and Denver Terminal Railway CB&Q 18901952 Fort Worth and Denver Railway
Fort Worth and New Orleans Railway SP 18851901 Houston and Texas Central Railroad
Fort Worth and Rio Grande Railway ATSF 18851948 Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe Railway
Fort Worth Stock Yards Belt Railway MP 18951903 Fort Worth Belt Railway
Fort Worth Union Passenger Station Company ATSF 18991960 Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe Railway
Fredericksburg and Northern Railway 19171942N/A
Gainesville, Henrietta and Western Railway MKT 18861887 Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railway
Galveston Railway GVSR19871991 Galveston Railroad
Galveston, Beaumont and Northeastern Railway 1906N/A
Galveston, Brazos and Colorado Narrow Gauge Railway ATSF 18751887 Galveston and Western Railway
Galveston, Harrisburg and San Antonio Railway GHSA SP 18701934 Texas and New Orleans Railroad
Galveston, Houston and Henderson Railroad GH&H, GHH MKT/ MP 18531989 Missouri Pacific Railroad
Galveston and Houston Junction Railroad MKT/ MP 18611871 Galveston, Houston and Henderson Railroad
Galveston, Houston and Northern Railway SP 18991905 Galveston, Harrisburg and San Antonio Railway
Galveston, LaPorte and Houston Railway SP 18951898 Galveston, Houston and Northern Railway
Galveston and Red River Railway SP 18481856 Houston and Texas Central Railway
Galveston, Sabine and St. Louis Railway ATSF 18821888 Texas, Sabine Valley and Northwestern Railway
Galveston Terminal Railway CB&Q/ RI 19051985 Burlington Northern Railroad
Galveston and Western Railway ATSF 18871923 Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe Railway
Galveston Wharf Company GWF18701940 Board of Trustees of the Galveston Wharves
Georgetown Railroad MP 18781879 International and Great Northern Railroad
Georgetown and Granger Railroad MKT 18901902 Granger, Georgetown, Austin and San Antonio Railway
Gonzales Branch Railroad SP 18811905 Galveston, Harrisburg and San Antonio Railway
Granger, Georgetown, Austin and San Antonio Railway MKT 19021903 Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railway of Texas
Granite Mountain and Marble Falls Railroad SP 18881901 Houston and Texas Central Railroad
Great Southwest Railroad GSW MP/ RI 19571987 Missouri Pacific Railroad
Greenville Northwestern Railway 19131916N/A
Greenville and Whitewright Northern Traction Company 19121913 Greenville Northwestern Railway
Groveton, Lufkin and Northern Railway GL&N19081932N/A
Gulf, Beaumont and Great Northern Railway ATSF 18981948 Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe Railway
Gulf, Beaumont and Kansas City Railway ATSF 18931948 Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe Railway
Gulf and Brazos Valley Railway 18971903N/A
Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe Railway ATSF 18731965 Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway
Gulf, Colorado and San Saba Railway GCSR19932013 Heart of Texas Railroad
Gulf and Interstate Railway of Texas ATSF 18941994 Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway
Gulf and Northern Railway 19171943N/A
Gulf, Texas and Western Railway GT&W SLSF 19081940 Chicago, Rock Island and Gulf Railway
Gulf, Western Texas and Pacific Railway SP 18701905 Galveston, Harrisburg and San Antonio Railway
GWI Switching Services GWSW19941997 CMC Railroad
Hamlin and Northwestern Railway 19291956N/A
Hearne and Brazos Valley Railway SP 18911914 Houston and Texas Central Railroad
Henderson and Burkeville Railroad 18521856 Mexican Gulf and Henderson Railroad
Henderson and Overton Branch Railroad MP 18741911 International and Great Northern Railway
Horton Gravel Railroad SP 19281929 Texas and New Orleans Railroad
Houston Railway SP 18921902 Houston and Texas Central Railroad
Houston Belt and Magnolia Park Railway MP 18891893 Houston, Oaklawn and Magnolia Park Railway
Houston Belt and Terminal Railway HBT ATSF/ CB&Q/ MP/ RI 1905Still exists as a joint subsidiary of the BNSF Railway and Union Pacific Railroad [ citation needed ]
Houston and Brazos Valley Railway H&BV MP 19071956 Missouri Pacific Railroad
Houston and Brazos Valley Terminal Company MP 18931989 Missouri Pacific Railroad Terminal company at Houston for the MKT
Houston East and West Texas Railway HEWT SP 18751934 Texas and New Orleans Railroad
Houston, Fostoria and Northern Railroad 19091909N/ARan from Fostoria in Montgomery County to Cold Spring in San Jacinto County
Houston and Great Northern Railroad MP 18661873 International and Great Northern Railroad
Houston Municipal Railway 19051924 Port Terminal Railroad Association
Houston North Shore Railway MP 19251956 Missouri Pacific Railroad
Houston, Oaklawn and Magnolia Park Railway MP 18991903 International and Great Northern Railroad
Houston Tap Railroad MP 18501858 Houston Tap and Brazoria Railway
Houston Tap and Brazoria Railway MP 18561873 Houston and Great Northern Railroad
Houston and Texas Central Railroad H&TC SP 18891934 Texas and New Orleans Railroad
Houston and Texas Central Railway SP 18561889 Houston and Texas Central Railroad
Huntsville Branch Railway MP 18711873 Houston and Great Northern Railroad
Imperial Valley Railway MP 19071912 Sugar Land Railway
Indianola Railroad SP 18581871 Gulf, Western Texas and Pacific Railway
International Railroad MP 18701873 International and Great Northern Railroad
International – Great Northern Railroad IGN MP 19221956 Missouri Pacific Railroad
International and Great Northern Railroad MP 18731911 International and Great Northern Railway
International and Great Northern Railway I&GN MP 19111922 International – Great Northern Railroad
Jasper and Eastern Railway ATSF 19041948 Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe Railway
Jefferson and Northwestern Railroad 19341941N/A
Jefferson and Northwestern Railway 18991934 Jefferson and Northwestern Railroad
Kansas City, El Paso and Mexican Railway of Texas SP 18881892 El Paso Northern Railway
Kansas City, Mexico and Orient Railway of Texas KCM&O ATSF 19051965 Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway
Kansas and Gulf Short Line Railroad SSW 18801887 St. Louis, Arkansas and Texas Railway in Texas
Kansas, Oklahoma and Gulf Railway KOG MP 19481964 Texas and Pacific Railway
Kansas, Oklahoma and Gulf Railway Company of Texas MP 19211964 Texas and Pacific Railway
Kildare and Linden Railway 18891900N/A
Lake Creek Railroad 18841896N/A
Lancaster Tap Railroad SP 18901905 Houston and Texas Central Railroad
LaPorte, Houston and Northern Railroad SP 18921895 Galveston, LaPorte and Houston Railway
Livingston and Southeastern Railway 19031913N/A
Llano Estacado Railway ATSF 19091910 Pecos and Northern Texas Railway
Longhorn Railway LHRR19962000 Austin Area Terminal Railroad
Longview and Sabine Valley Railway ATSF 18771886 Galveston, Sabine and St. Louis Railway
Louisiana Railway and Navigation Company of Texas KCS 19231930 Louisiana, Arkansas and Texas Railway
Louisiana and Arkansas Railway L&A, LA KCS 19391992 Kansas City Southern Railway
Louisiana, Arkansas and Texas Railway KCS 19301939 Louisiana and Arkansas Railway
Louisiana Western Extension Railroad SP 18791900 Texas and New Orleans Railroad
Lufkin, Hemphill and Gulf Railway LH&G19121937N/A
Marshall and East Texas Railway 19081918 Marshall, Elysian Fields and Southeastern Railway, Texas and Pacific Railway, Winnsboro and Gilmer Railroad
Marshall, Elysian Fields and Southeastern Railway 19221945N/A
Marshall, Jefferson and North Western Railway 18831883 Marshall and Northwestern Railway
Marshall and Northwestern Railway 18831885 Marshall, Paris and Northwestern Railway
Marshall and Northwestern Railway 18821883 Marshall, Jefferson and North Western Railway
Marshall, Paris and Northwestern Railway 18851888 Paris, Marshall and Sabine Pass Railway
Marshall, Timpson and Sabine Pass Railway ATSF 18961904 Texas and Gulf Railway
Memphis, El Paso and Pacific Railroad MP 18531873 Texas and Pacific Railway
Mexican Gulf and Henderson Railroad SSW 18561860 Eastern Texas Railroad
Midland and Northwestern Railway 19161920N/A
Mineral Wells and Eastern Railway MWRY19891992N/A
Missouri–Kansas–Texas Railroad MKTMKT19601989 Missouri Pacific Railroad
Missouri–Kansas–Texas Railroad of Texas MKTT MKT 19231960 Missouri–Kansas–Texas Railroad
Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railway MKT 18701893 Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railway of Texas, Sherman, Shreveport and Southern Railway
Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railway of Texas MKTT MKT 18911923 Louisiana Railway and Navigation Company of Texas, Missouri–Kansas–Texas Railroad of Texas
Missouri, Kansas and Texas Extension Railway MKT 18801881 Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railway
Missouri, Oklahoma and Gulf Railway Company of Texas MP 19101921 Kansas, Oklahoma and Gulf Railway Company of Texas
Missouri Pacific Railroad MPMP19561997 Union Pacific Railroad
Missouri Pacific Railway MP 18801888N/A
Motley County Railway MCY SLSF 19131926 Quanah, Acme and Pacific Railway
Nacogdoches and Southeastern Railroad 19051954N/A
New York, Texas and Mexican Railway SP 18801905 Galveston, Harrisburg and San Antonio Railway
North Central Texas Railway NCTR19821982 Oklahoma, Kansas and Texas Railroad
North Galveston, Houston and Kansas City Railroad SP 18921895 Galveston, LaPorte and Houston Railway
North Plains and Santa Fe Railway ATSF 19301948 Panhandle and Santa Fe Railway
North Texas and Santa Fe Railway ATSF 19161948 Panhandle and Santa Fe Railway
Northeast Texas Railway 1902?N/ARan from Redwater to Munz in Cass County
Northside Belt Railway 19251964 Port Terminal Railroad Association
Nueces Valley, Rio Grande and Mexico Railway MP 19051909 Asherton and Gulf Railway
Oklahoma City and Texas Railroad SLSF 19031907 St. Louis, San Francisco and Texas Railway
Oklahoma, Kansas and Texas Railroad OKKT MKT 19801989 Missouri–Kansas–Texas Railroad
Oklahoma, Red River and Texas Railway 19101912N/AOperated Blossom to Deport, 11 miles
Orange and Northwestern Railroad MP 19011956 Missouri Pacific Railroad
Panhandle Railway ATSF 18871898 Southern Kansas Railway of Texas
Panhandle and Gulf Railway ATSF 18991905 Kansas City, Mexico and Orient Railway of Texas
Panhandle and Santa Fe Railway ATSF 19141965 Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway
Paris, Choctaw and Little Rock Railway 1888N/A
Paris and Great Northern Railroad SLSF 18881928 St. Louis, San Francisco and Texas Railway
Paris, Marshall and Sabine Pass Railway 18881892 Texas Southern Railway
Paris and Mount Pleasant Railroad P&MP, PMP19091956N/A
PB Railroad 19741975 Western Rail Road
Peach River and Gulf Railway 19041908N/A
Pecos and Northern Texas Railway ATSF 18981948 Panhandle and Santa Fe Railway
Pecos River Railroad ATSF 18901948 Panhandle and Santa Fe Railway
Port Arthur Canal and Dock Company KCS 1902
Port Arthur Channel and Dock Company KCS 18971902 Port Arthur Canal and Dock Company
Port Bolivar Iron Ore Railway ATSF 19101927N/A
Port Isabel and Rio Grande Valley Railway MP 19281940 St. Louis, Brownsville and Mexico Railroad, San Benito and Rio Grande Valley Railroad
Quanah, Acme and Pacific Railway QA&P, QAP SLSF 19091981 Burlington Northern Railroad
Red River and Southwestern Railway 1890 Southwestern Railway
Red River, Texas and Southern Railway SLSF 19011904 St. Louis, San Francisco and Texas Railway
Rio Grande Railroad MP 18701911 Rio Grande Railway
Rio Grande Railway MP 19111926 Port Isabel and Rio Grande Valley Railway
Rio Grande City Railway MP 19241956 Missouri Pacific Railroad
Rio Grande and Eagle Pass Railway 18851947N/A
Rio Grande and El Paso Railroad ATSF 18801914 Rio Grande, El Paso and Santa Fe Railroad
Rio Grande, El Paso and Santa Fe Railroad ATSF 19141994 Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway
Rio Grande, Micolithic and Northern Railway 19261929N/A
Rio Grande Northern Railroad 18931897N/A
Rio Grande and Pecos Railway 18821884 Rio Grande and Eagle Pass Railway
Rio Valley Railroad RVRR1993Still exists as a lessor of the Rio Valley Switching Company
Riverside and Gulf Railway 19071913 Union Lumber Company
Riviera Beach and Western Railway 19121917N/A
Roby and Northern Railroad 19151941N/A
Rockdale, Sandow and Southern Railroad RSS19232019N/A
Roscoe, Snyder and Pacific Railway RS&P, RSP19061984N/A
Rusk, Palestine and Pacific Railway 20122018 Texas & Eastern Railroad
Rusk Transportation Company SSW 18741879 Kansas and Gulf Short Line Railroad
Sabine and East Texas Railway SP 18811882 Texas and New Orleans Railroad
Sabine and Northern Railroad 18991943Lumber tap line, Ruliff to Deweyville
Sabine Pass and East Texas Railway 18581861 Removed tracks in 1860s.
Sabine and Galveston Bay Railroad and Lumber Company SP 18561859 Texas and New Orleans Railroad
Sabine and Neches Valley Railway 19211944N/A
Sabine Pass, Alexandria and Northwestern Railway 18921901N/A
St. Louis, Arkansas and Texas Railway SSW 18861891 St. Louis Southwestern Railway of Texas, Tyler Southeastern Railway
St. Louis, Brownsville and Mexico Railway SB&M, SBM MP 19031956 Missouri Pacific Railroad
St. Louis – San Francisco Railway SLSF SLSF 19641980 Burlington Northern Inc.
St. Louis, San Francisco and Texas Railway SLSF 19001964 St. Louis – San Francisco Railway
St. Louis Southwestern Railway SSWSSW19541997 Union Pacific Railroad
St. Louis Southwestern Railway of Texas SSW SSW 18911984 St. Louis Southwestern Railway
San Antonio and Aransas Pass Railway SAAP SP 18841934 Texas and New Orleans Railroad
San Antonio Belt and Terminal Railway MKT 19121989 Missouri–Kansas–Texas Railroad
San Antonio, Fredericksburg and Northern Railway 19131917 Fredericksburg and Northern Railway
San Antonio and Gulf Railroad SP 18971905 Galveston, Harrisburg and San Antonio Railway
San Antonio and Gulf Shore Railway SP 18931896 San Antonio and Gulf Railroad
San Antonio and Mexican Gulf Railroad SP 18501871 Gulf, Western Texas and Pacific Railway
San Antonio and Rio Grande Valley Railway MP ?1912 St. Louis, Brownsville and Mexico Railway Private partnership, no date of incorporation
San Antonio Southern Railway MP 19201956 Missouri Pacific Railroad
San Antonio, Uvalde and Gulf Railroad MP 19121956 Missouri Pacific Railroad
San Benito and Rio Grande Valley Railway SB&R MP 19121956 Missouri Pacific Railroad
San Benito and Rio Grande Valley Interurban Railway MP 19121912 San Benito and Rio Grande Valley Railway
San Diego and Gulf Railway NDM 19291935N/A
Sanford and Northern Railway 1931N/A
Seagraves, Whiteface and Lubbock Railroad SWGR19901995 West Texas and Lubbock Railroad
Sherman, Denison and Dallas Railway MKT 18901891 Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railway
Sherman, Shreveport and Southern Railway MKT 18931901 Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railway of Texas
Shreveport, Houston and Gulf Railroad 19061936N/A
South Galveston and Gulf Shore Railroad 18911895N/A
South Orient Railroad SO19922001 Texas Pacifico Transportation
South Plains and Santa Fe Railway ATSF 19161948 Panhandle and Santa Fe Railway
Southern Kansas Railway of Texas ATSF 18861914 Panhandle and Santa Fe Railway
Southern Pacific Company SPSP19341969 Southern Pacific Transportation Company
Southern Pacific Company SP 18851889N/A
Southern Pacific Railroad MP 18561872 Texas and Pacific Railway
Southern Pacific Terminal Company SP 19011962 Southern Pacific Company
Southern Pacific Transportation Company SPSP19691998 Union Pacific Railroad
Southern Trans-Continental Railway MP 18701872 Texas Pacific Railroad
Southwestern Railroad SW19902006N/A
Southwestern Railway 19071920N/A
Stamford and Northwestern Railway CB&Q 19091952 Fort Worth and Denver Railway
Stephenville North and South Texas Railway SSW 19071941N/A
Sugar Land Railway SL MP 18931956 Missouri Pacific Railroad
Taylor, Bastrop and Houston Railway MKT 18861886 Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railway
Texarkana and Fort Smith Railway KCS 18891943 Kansas City Southern Railway
Texarkana and Northern Railway KCS 18851889 Texarkana and Fort Smith Railway
Texarkana Union Station Trust TUST KCS/ MP/ SSW 1927
Texas, Arkansas and Louisiana Railway 18971920N/A
Texas Central Railroad TEXC MKT 1892Still exists as a lessor of the Fort Worth and Western Railroad
Texas Central Railway MKT, SP 18791891 Texas Central Railroad, Texas Midland Railroad Not to be confused with the Texas Central Railway high speed rail project.
Texas City Terminal Company 18981921 Texas City Terminal Railway
Texas City Terminal Railway 18931897 Texas City Terminal Company
Texas City Transportation Company 19041920 Texas City Terminal Railway
Texas Export Railroad TXRC19721976N/A
Texas and Gulf Railway ATSF 19041948 Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe Railway
Texas and Louisiana Railroad SSW 19001903 St. Louis Southwestern Railway of Texas
Texas, Louisiana and Eastern Railroad ATSF 18911897 Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe Railway
Texas Mexican Railway TM NDM 1881Still exists as a nonoperating subsidiary of the Kansas City Southern Railway
Texas Mexican Northern Railway NDM 18821906 Texas Mexican Railway
Texas Midland Railroad SP 18921934 Texas and New Orleans Railroad
Texas – New Mexico Railway TNM MP 19271978 Missouri Pacific Railroad
Texas and New Orleans Railroad T&NO, TNO SP 18591961 Southern Pacific Company
Texas and Northeastern Railway 19001901N/A
Texas Northern Railway 19081908 Groveton, Lufkin and Northern Railway Name changed to Groveton, Lufkin and Northern Railway prior to commencing operations
Texas Pacific Railroad MP 18711872 Texas and Pacific Railway
Texas and Pacific Railway T&P, TP MP 18721976 Missouri Pacific Railroad
Texas and Sabine Valley Railway ATSF 18921904 Texas and Gulf Railway
Texas, Sabine Valley and Northwestern Railway ATSF 18871904 Texas and Gulf Railway
Texas and St. Louis Railway SSW 18791886 St. Louis, Arkansas and Texas Railway
Texas Short Line Railway MP 19011962N/A
Texas Southern Railway 18971908 Marshall and East Texas Railway
Texas State Railroad SP 19071969N/AContinued as a tourist railroad
Texas Transportation Company TXTC18972000N/A
Texas Transportation Company SP 18661896 Texas and New Orleans Railroad
Texas Trunk Railroad SP 18791895 Texas and New Orleans Railroad
Texas Western Railroad MP 18521856 Southern Pacific Railroad
Texas Western Railway 18791896N/ACeased operations in 1896, but not abandoned until 1899
Texas Western Narrow Gauge Railway 18751879 Texas Western Railway First narrow-gauge railroad chartered in Texas
Timpson and Henderson Railway 19091923N/A
Timpson and Northwestern Railway 19011909 Timpson and Henderson Railway
Trinity and Brazos Valley Railway CB&Q/ RI 19021930 Burlington – Rock Island Railroad
Trinity, Cameron and Western Railroad MKT 18921902 Granger, Georgetown, Austin and San Antonio Railway
Trinity and Sabine Railway MKT 18811882 Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railway Sold in 1923 to Waco, Beaumont, Trinity and Sabine Railway
Trinity Valley Railroad 18991901 Trinity Valley Southern Railroad
Trinity Valley and Northern Railway 19061932N/A
Trinity Valley Southern Railroad 19011936N/A
Tyler Southeastern Railway SSW 18911899 St. Louis Southwestern Railway of Texas
Tyler Tap Railroad SSW 18711879 Texas and St. Louis Railway
Union Passenger Depot Company of Galveston ATSF 18971957 Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe Railway
Union Terminal Company ATSF/ CB&Q/ MKT/ MP/ RI/ SLSF/ SSW/ SP 19121974 Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway, Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad, Fort Worth and Denver Railway, Missouri–Kansas–Texas Railroad, St. Louis – San Francisco Railway, St. Louis Southwestern Railway, Southern Pacific Transportation Company, Texas and Pacific Railway (one-eighth interest each in trackage)
Uvalde and Northern Railway 19141941N/A
Velasco, Brazos and Northern Railway MP 19011906 Houston and Brazos Valley Railway
Velasco, Suburban and Belt Line Railway 19101912N/ARan from Velasco to Surfside
Velasco Terminal Railway MP 18911901 Velasco, Brazos and Northern Railway
Victoria and Columbia Railroad MP 18661873 Houston and Great Northern Railroad
Waco, Beaumont, Trinity and Sabine Railway 19231959N/A
Waco and Northwestern Railroad SP 18701873 Houston and Texas Central Railway
Waco Tap Railroad SP 18661870 Waco and Northwestern Railroad
Warren Central Railroad SP 19301934 Texas and New Orleans Railroad
Warren and Corsicana Pacific Railway 18991908N/A
Washington County Railroad SP 18561868 Houston and Texas Central Railway
Waxahachie Tap Railroad SP 18751881 Central Texas and Northwestern Railway
Weatherford, Mineral Wells and Northwestern Railway WM&N, WMWN MP 18891988 Missouri Pacific Railroad
West Texas and Lubbock Railroad WTLR1995Still exists as a lessor of the West Texas and Lubbock Railway
Western Narrow Gauge Railway 18701875 Texas Western Narrow Gauge Railway
Wichita Falls Railway MKT 18941969 Missouri–Kansas–Texas Railroad
Wichita Falls and Northwestern Railway of Texas MKT 19061923 Missouri–Kansas–Texas Railroad
Wichita Falls and Oklahoma Railway CB&Q 19031942N/A
Wichita Falls, Ranger and Fort Worth Railroad MKT 19191940 Wichita Falls and Southern Railroad
Wichita Falls and Southern Railroad MKT 19201955 Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad
Wichita Falls and Southern Railway MKT 19071940 Wichita Falls and Southern Railroad
Wichita Falls and Wellington Railway of Texas MKT 19101958N/A
Wichita Valley Railroad CB&Q 19051952 Fort Worth and Denver Railway
Wichita Valley Railway WV CB&Q 18901952 Fort Worth and Denver Railway

Electric

Railroads not completed

NameBegunProposalConstruction
Arkansas, Red River and Paris Railroad 1908 De Queen, Arkansas to Paris Grading
Beaumont and Great Northern Railroad, original scheme1905Trunk line, Beaumont to Waco Opened Livingston to Weldon, abandoned rest
Brazos and Galveston Railroad 1839San Luis Island to Velasco Bridge to mainland
Bridgeport and Decatur Railroad 1891 Decatur to Bridgeport Grading
Columbus, San Antonio and Rio Grande Railroad 1858Columbus through Gonzales and San Antonio to the Rio Grande Grading
Corpus Christi Street and Interurban Railway 1916Electric interurban, Corpus Christi to Ward Island Grading; the company only operated streetcars
Dallas, Pacific and Southeastern Railway, original scheme1889 Dallas to Albuquerque, New Mexico Graded from Dallas to near Paradise, grade never used by the Gulf, Texas and Western Railway
Dallas Southwestern Traction 1917Dallas to Glen Rose via Irving and Cleburne Grading, and some infrastructure
Denison, Bonham and New Orleans Railroad, Wolfe City Extension1901 Bonham to Wolfe City Grading
East Texas Traction 1912 Dallas and Greenville Grading
Eastland, Wichita Falls and Gulf Railway, original scheme1918 May to Newcastle via Mangum Opened Mangum to Breckwalker, abandoned rest
Enid, Ochiltree and Western Railroad 1909 Dalhart to Ochiltree via Dumas Graded between Dalhart and Dumas with 14 miles of track
Estacado and Gulf Railroad, Five Mile to Roby1910 McCaulley to Roby, 10 milesCompleted 5 miles, scavenged for the Roby and Northern Railroad
Fort Worth and Albuquerque Railroad 1889 Fort Worth to Jacksboro Grading
Fort Worth and Rio Grande Railway, original scheme1885 Fort Worth to Eagle Pass, branch to San Antonio.Opened to Menard, abandoned rest.
Galveston, Brazos and Colorado Narrow Gauge Railway, original scheme1875Galveston to a bridge over the San Luis Pass, then to Austin.Opened 15 miles Galveston to Seaforth, abandoned rest
Galveston, Brazos and Southwestern Railway 1898 Galveston to San Antonio Grading, bridge across the Chocolate Bayou
Glen Rose and Walnut Springs Railroad 1914 Glen Rose to Walnut Springs Electric, grading completed 1916
Greenville Northwestern Railway, original scheme1913Electric line, Anna to Greenville via Blue Ridge Opened Anna to Blue Ridge, abandoned rest, did not electrify
Gulf and Brazos Valley Railway, original scheme1897Peck City via Mineral Wells to Stoneburg Opened Peck City to Mineral Wells, abandoned rest
Gulf and Pacific Railway 1)1904 Paris to Velasco Some track laid 1904
Gulf and Pacific Railway 2)1914 Sweetwater to Comanche Grading
Gulf, Texas and Western Railway, original scheme1910 Lubbock to Dallas via Benjamin, Seymour, Jacksboro and Boonville with a branch to Fort Worth.Graded Benjamin to Seymour, opened Seymour via Jacksboro, then to Salesville on revised route
Gulf and West Texas Railway 1927 San Antonio to San Angelo Grading
Harrisburg Railroad and Trading Company 1841 Harrisburg to the Brazos River Graded 2 miles
Houston, Trinity and Tyler Railroad 1860Houston to Jefferson via Tyler and GilmerGrading
Kansas City, Oklahoma and Houston Railroad 1907Trunk line from Kansas City to HoustonGraded Honey Grove to the Red River, some track laid
Kansas City, Mexico and Orient Railway - Del Rio Branch1909 San Angelo to Del Rio, a trunk line to Mexico City Opened eventually to Sonora, rest abandoned
Mineola and Pittsburg Railroad 1895 Mineola to Pittsburg Grading
Oklahoma, Red River and Texas Railway, original scheme1910 Blossom to Mineola Opened Blossom to Deport and abandoned rest
Pan American Railway 1891 Victoria to Rio de Janeiro in Brazil via Brownsville Tracks laid 10 miles to the Guadalupe River
Panhandle and Gulf Railway, original scheme1899 Sweetwater to Laredo via San Angelo Tracks laid 15 miles Sweetwater to Sylvester, and 7 miles south-east of former, not used by successor KCM&O
Paris, Marshall and Sabine Pass Railway, original scheme1888Trunk line, Paris to Sabine Pass Opened Winnsboro to Elysian Fields via Marshall, abandoned rest
Port Arthur and Houston Short Line 1905Direct route Houston to Port Arthur Grading
Port O'Connor, Rio Grande and Northern Railroad 1906 Port O'Connor to San Antonio Tracks laid Port O’Connor to Yoakum, graded to Gonzalez
Quanah, Acme and Pacific Railway, Floydada to El Paso 1909Intended transcontinental trunk line for St. Louis–San Francisco Railway Preparatory works, in advertising to 1928
Rio Grande and Eagle Pass Railway, original scheme1885 Laredo to Eagle Pass Opened Laredo to Santo Tomás, abandoned rest
Rio Grande Northern Railroad, original scheme1893 Van Horn via Chispa and San Carlos to the Rio Grande at Sanchez Ranch.Completed Chispa to San Carlos, abandoned rest, never ran its own trains
Rock Island, Texico-Farwell and Southern Railroad 1912 Tucumcari, New Mexico to San Antonio via Farwell Graded 38 miles south of Farwell, 3 miles of track laid
San Antonio and Austin Interurban Railway 1913Electric, San Antonio to Austin Grading
San Antonio, Rockport and Mexican Railway 1912 San Antonio to new docks at Rockport and to Brownsville, junction at Crowther near Tilden Graded to Matlock on south boundary of McMullen County
San Marcos Valley Interurban Railway 1905Electric, San Marcos to Luling Grading
South Galveston and Gulf Shore Railroad, End of Tracks to South Galveston1891 Galveston 13.5 miles to new city of South Galveston (now Galveston Island State Park).Only 4.5 miles completed.
Temple–Northwestern Railway 1910 Temple through Gatesville and Hamilton to Comanche 40 miles of grading and 5 miles of track
Texas, New Mexico and Pacific Railway 1905 McKinney via Denton, Decatur, Bridgeport to Roswell, New Mexico Grading, bought old grade of Bridgeport and Decatur Railroad
Texas Western Narrow Gauge Railway, original scheme1872 Houston to Presidio Opened Houston to Sealy, abandoned rest.
Union Central Railway 1908Trunk line from Houston to Paris and the Red River, with branches to Waco and Palestine Construction began at Palestine
Van Horn Valley Land and Railway Company 1914 Van Horn to Pine Springs Grading
Winnsboro and Gilmer Railroad 1917Bought section of defunct Marshall and East Texas Railway Did not operate

Notes

  1. This is one or more of the Class I railroads that the railroad became part of, if any.

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References

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