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

Common freight carriers

Class I

Class II

There are no Class II Railroads in Texas.

Class III

  • Operates the Fort Worth & Dallas Belt Railroad (FWDB) and the Fort Worth and Dallas Railroad (FWDR)

Passenger carriers

Intercity passenger rail

Commuter rail

High speed rail

Light rail

Trolley and streetcar

Tourist and heritage

Defunct railroads

This transport-related list is incomplete; you can help by adding missing items. (August 2008)
Name Mark System[nb 1] From To Successor Notes
Abilene and Northern Railway CB&Q 1906 1952 Fort Worth and Denver Railway
Abilene and Southern Railway A&S, AS MP 1909 1978 Missouri Pacific Railroad
Acme, Red River and Northern Railway SLSF 1902 1909 Quanah, Acme and Pacific Railway
Acme Tap Railroad CB&Q 1899 1938 N/A
Air Line Railroad SP 1860 Washington County Railroad
Aransas Harbor Terminal Railway 1892 1947 N/A
Artesian Belt Railroad MP 1908 1920 San Antonio Southern Railway
Asherton and Gulf Railway MP 1909 1956 Missouri Pacific Railroad
Asphalt Belt Railway MP 1923 1956 Missouri Pacific Railroad
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway ATSF ATSF 1965 1996 Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Railway
Austin Area Terminal Railroad AUAR 2000 2007 Austin Western Railroad
Austin Dam and Suburban Railway MP 1895 1956 Missouri Pacific Railroad
Austin and Northwestern Railroad AUNW 1986 1996 Longhorn Railway
Austin and Northwestern Railroad SP 1881 1901 Houston and Texas Central Railroad
Austin and Oatmanville Railway 1883 1888 N/A
Bartlett–Florence Railway 1909 1911 Bartlett Western Railroad
Bartlett Western Railroad 1911 1935 N/A
Bastrop and Taylor Railway MKT 1886 1886 Taylor, Bastrop and Houston Railway
Beaumont and Great Northern Railroad MKT 1905 1923 Waco, Beaumont, Trinity and Sabine Railway
Beaumont, Sour Lake and Port Arthur Traction Company MP 1903 1904 Beaumont, Sour Lake and Western Railway
Beaumont, Sour Lake and Western Railway MP 1904 1956 Missouri Pacific Railroad
Beaumont and Saratoga Transportation Company 1905 1935 N/A
Beaumont Wharf and Terminal Company ATSF 1897 1957 Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe Railway
Belton Railroad BRR 1960 1991 Georgetown Railroad
Big Creek and Trinity Valley Railway 1908 1912 N/A Three-mile lumber line, years are when reports were made
Black Bayou Railroad 1904 N/A
Blackwell, Enid and Texas Railway SLSF 1901 1904 St. Louis, San Francisco and Texas Railway
Board of Trustees of the Galveston Wharves GWF 1940 Still exists as a lessor of the Galveston Railroad
Bois d'Arc and Southern Railway BDS 1934 1946 N/A
Bowers and Piney Creek Railway 1889 1891 N/A
Brazos, Santiago and Rio Grande Railroad 1865 1867 N/A
Brownsville and Gulf Railway MP/ NDM 1883 1906 Brownsville and Matamoros Bridge Company
Brownsville and Matamoros Bridge Company MP/ NDM 1909 Still exists as a joint subsidiary of the Mexican government and Union Pacific Railroad
Brownwood North and South Railway SLSF 1910 1926 N/A
Bryan, Brazos and Burleson Railway 1913 1941 N/A Bryan to Laura, 27 miles, chartered to Wilcox
Buffalo Bayou, Brazos and Colorado Railway SP 1850 1870 Galveston, Harrisburg and San Antonio Railway
Burlington Northern Inc. BN 1980 1981 Burlington Northern Railroad
Burlington Northern Railroad BN 1981 1996 Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Railway
Burlington – Rock Island Railroad BRI CB&Q/ RI 1930 1964 Fort Worth and Denver Railway, Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad
Burr's Ferry, Browndel and Chester Railway SP 1906 1914 Texas and New Orleans Railroad
Calvert, Waco and Brazos Valley Railroad MP 1899 1900 International and Great Northern Railroad
Cane Belt Railroad ATSF 1898 1948 Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe Railway
Caro Northern Railway 1906 1928 N/A
Cen-Tex Rail Link CTE 1994 1996 South Orient Railroad
Central and Montgomery Railway ATSF 1877 1882 Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe Railway
Central Texas and Northwestern Railway SP 1881 1901 Houston and Texas Central Railroad
Chicago, Rock Island and Gulf Railway RI&G, RIG RI 1902 1948 Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad
Chicago, Rock Island and Mexico Railway RI 1900 1903 Chicago, Rock Island and Gulf Railway
Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad RI, ROCK RI 1947 1980 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 RI RI 1939 1948 Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad
Chicago, Rock Island and Texas Railway RI 1892 1903 Chicago, Rock Island and Gulf Railway
Chicago, Texas and Mexican Central Railway ATSF 1880 1882 Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe Railway
Choctaw, Oklahoma and Texas Railroad RI 1901 1903 Chicago, Rock Island and Gulf Railway
Cisco and Northeastern Railway MP 1918 1942 N/A
Clinton-Oklahoma-Western Railroad Company of Texas ATSF 1927 1948 Panhandle and Santa Fe Railway
Colorado River Western Railway CRW SP 1955 1958 Texas and New Orleans Railroad
Colorado Valley Railway ATSF 1897 1899 Panhandle and Gulf Railway
Columbus Tap Railway SP 1860 1866 Buffalo Bayou, Brazos and Colorado Railway
Concho, San Saba and Llano Valley Railroad ATSF 1909 1948 Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe Railway
Corpus Christi, San Diego and Rio Grande Narrow Gauge Railroad NDM 1875 1881 Texas Mexican Railway
Crosbyton Railway CBYN 1990 1990 N/A
Crosbyton–Southplains Railroad ATSF 1910 1916 South Plains and Santa Fe Railway
Crystal City Railroad CYCY 1990 1995 N/A
Crystal City and Uvalde Railroad MP 1909 1912 San Antonio, Uvalde and Gulf Railroad
Dallas and Cleburne Railroad ATSF 1876 1879 Dallas, Cleburne and Rio Grande Railway
Dallas, Cleburne and Rio Grande Railway ATSF 1879 1880 Chicago, Texas and Mexican Central Railway
Dallas, Cleburne and Southwestern Railway MKT 1902 1923 N/A
Dallas, Fort Worth and Gulf Railway SSW 1899 1901 Dallas Terminal Railway and Union Depot Company
Dallas and Greenville Railway MKT 1886 1886 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 1901 1994 St. Louis Southwestern Railway
Dallas Terminal Railway and Union Depot Company SSW 1884 1899 Dallas, Fort Worth and Gulf Railway
Dallas and Waco Railway MKT 1886 1891 Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railway
Dallas and Wichita Railroad MKT 1871 1881 Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railway
Dayton – Goose Creek Railway SP 1917 1934 Texas and New Orleans Railroad
DeKalb and Red River Railroad 1891 1899 N/A
Denison, Bonham and New Orleans Railroad MKT 1901 1928 N/A
Denison, Bonham and New Orleans Railway MKT 1888 1901 Denison, Bonham and New Orleans Railroad
Denison and Pacific Railway MKT 1878 1880 Denison and Southeastern Railway
Denison and Pacific Suburban Railway MP 1895 1966 N/A
Denison and Southeastern Railway MKT 1877 1880 Missouri, Kansas and Texas Extension Railway
Denison and Washita Valley Railway MKT 1886 1903 Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railway of Texas
East Line and Red River Railroad MKT 1871 1881 Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railway
East Texas Railway SP 1880 1881 Sabine and East Texas Railway
East Texas Central Railroad ETC 1996 1998 Blacklands Railroad
East Texas and Gulf Railway 1917 1934 N/A
Eastern Texas Railroad SSW 1900 1921 N/A
Eastern Texas Railroad 1860 1863 N/A
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 1961 Southern Pacific Company
El Paso Terminal Railroad SP 1901 1903 El Paso and Southwestern Railroad of Texas
El Paso Union Passenger Depot Company ATSF/ MP/ NDM/ SP 1903 1974 N/A
Emporia and Gulf Railroad 1900 N/A
Estacado and Gulf Railroad 1908 1911 N/A
Floydada and Plainview Railroad FAPR 1990 1995 Plainview Terminal Company
Fort Worth Belt Railway FWB MP 1903 1978 Missouri Pacific Railroad
Fort Worth and Denver Railway FW&D, FWD CB&Q 1951 1982 Burlington Northern Railroad
Fort Worth and Denver City Railway FW&D CB&Q 1873 1951 Fort Worth and Denver Railway
Fort Worth and Denver Northern Railway CB&Q 1929 1952 Fort Worth and Denver Railway
Fort Worth and Denver South Plains Railway CB&Q 1925 1952 Fort Worth and Denver Railway
Fort Worth and Denver Terminal Railway CB&Q 1890 1952 Fort Worth and Denver Railway
Fort Worth and New Orleans Railway SP 1885 1901 Houston and Texas Central Railroad
Fort Worth and Rio Grande Railway ATSF 1885 1948 Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe Railway
Fort Worth Stock Yards Belt Railway MP 1895 1903 Fort Worth Belt Railway
Fort Worth Union Passenger Station Company ATSF 1899 1960 Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe Railway
Fredericksburg and Northern Railway 1917 1942 N/A
Gainesville, Henrietta and Western Railway MKT 1886 1887 Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railway
Galveston Railway GVSR 1987 1991 Galveston Railroad
Galveston, Beaumont and Northeastern Railway 1906 N/A
Galveston, Brazos and Colorado Narrow Gauge Railway ATSF 1875 1887 Galveston and Western Railway
Galveston, Harrisburg and San Antonio Railway GHSA SP 1870 1934 Texas and New Orleans Railroad
Galveston, Houston and Henderson Railroad GH&H, GHH MKT/ MP 1853 1989 Missouri Pacific Railroad
Galveston and Houston Junction Railroad MKT/ MP 1861 1871 Galveston, Houston and Henderson Railroad
Galveston, Houston and Northern Railway SP 1899 1905 Galveston, Harrisburg and San Antonio Railway
Galveston, LaPorte and Houston Railway SP 1895 1898 Galveston, Houston and Northern Railway
Galveston and Red River Railway SP 1848 1856 Houston and Texas Central Railway
Galveston, Sabine and St. Louis Railway ATSF 1882 1888 Texas, Sabine Valley and Northwestern Railway
Galveston Terminal Railway CB&Q/ RI 1905 1985 Burlington Northern Railroad
Galveston and Western Railway ATSF 1887 1923 Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe Railway
Galveston Wharf Company GWF 1870 1940 Board of Trustees of the Galveston Wharves
Georgetown Railroad MP 1878 1879 International and Great Northern Railroad
Georgetown and Granger Railroad MKT 1890 1902 Granger, Georgetown, Austin and San Antonio Railway
Gonzales Branch Railroad SP 1881 1905 Galveston, Harrisburg and San Antonio Railway
Granger, Georgetown, Austin and San Antonio Railway MKT 1902 1903 Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railway of Texas
Granite Mountain and Marble Falls Railroad SP 1888 1901 Houston and Texas Central Railroad
Great Southwest Railroad GSW MP/ RI 1957 1987 Missouri Pacific Railroad
Greenville Northwestern Railway 1913 1916 N/A
Greenville and Whitewright Northern Traction Company 1912 1913 Greenville Northwestern Railway
Groveton, Lufkin and Northern Railway GL&N 1908 1932 N/A
Gulf, Beaumont and Great Northern Railway ATSF 1898 1948 Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe Railway
Gulf, Beaumont and Kansas City Railway ATSF 1893 1948 Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe Railway
Gulf and Brazos Valley Railway 1897 1903 N/A
Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe Railway ATSF 1873 1965 Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway
Gulf, Colorado and San Saba Railway GCSR 1993 2013 Heart of Texas Railroad
Gulf and Interstate Railway of Texas ATSF 1894 1994 Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway
Gulf and Northern Railway 1917 1943 N/A
Gulf, Texas and Western Railway GT&W SLSF 1908 1940 Chicago, Rock Island and Gulf Railway
Gulf, Western Texas and Pacific Railway SP 1870 1905 Galveston, Harrisburg and San Antonio Railway
GWI Switching Services GWSW 1994 1997 CMC Railroad
Hamlin and Northwestern Railway 1929 1956 N/A
Hearne and Brazos Valley Railway SP 1891 1914 Houston and Texas Central Railroad
Henderson and Burkeville Railroad 1852 1856 Mexican Gulf and Henderson Railroad
Henderson and Overton Branch Railroad MP 1874 1911 International and Great Northern Railway
Horton Gravel Railroad SP 1928 1929 Texas and New Orleans Railroad
Houston Railway SP 1892 1902 Houston and Texas Central Railroad
Houston Belt and Magnolia Park Railway MP 1889 1893 Houston, Oaklawn and Magnolia Park Railway
Houston Belt and Terminal Railway HBT ATSF/ CB&Q/ MP/ RI 1905 Still exists as a joint subsidiary of the BNSF Railway and Union Pacific Railroad[citation needed]
Houston and Brazos Valley Railway H&BV MP 1907 1956 Missouri Pacific Railroad
Houston and Brazos Valley Terminal Company MP 1893 1989 Missouri Pacific Railroad Terminal company at Houston for the MKT
Houston East and West Texas Railway HEWT SP 1875 1934 Texas and New Orleans Railroad
Houston, Fostoria and Northern Railroad 1909 1909 N/A Ran from Fostoria in Montgomery County to Cold Spring in San Jacinto County
Houston and Great Northern Railroad MP 1866 1873 International and Great Northern Railroad
Houston Municipal Railway 1905 1924 Port Terminal Railroad Association
Houston North Shore Railway MP 1925 1956 Missouri Pacific Railroad
Houston, Oaklawn and Magnolia Park Railway MP 1899 1903 International and Great Northern Railroad
Houston Tap Railroad MP 1850 1858 Houston Tap and Brazoria Railway
Houston Tap and Brazoria Railway MP 1856 1873 Houston and Great Northern Railroad
Houston and Texas Central Railroad H&TC SP 1889 1934 Texas and New Orleans Railroad
Houston and Texas Central Railway SP 1856 1889 Houston and Texas Central Railroad
Huntsville Branch Railway MP 1871 1873 Houston and Great Northern Railroad
Imperial Valley Railway MP 1907 1912 Sugar Land Railway
Indianola Railroad SP 1858 1871 Gulf, Western Texas and Pacific Railway
International Railroad MP 1870 1873 International and Great Northern Railroad
International – Great Northern Railroad IGN MP 1922 1956 Missouri Pacific Railroad
International and Great Northern Railroad MP 1873 1911 International and Great Northern Railway
International and Great Northern Railway I&GN MP 1911 1922 International – Great Northern Railroad
Jasper and Eastern Railway ATSF 1904 1948 Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe Railway
Jefferson and Northwestern Railroad 1934 1941 N/A
Jefferson and Northwestern Railway 1899 1934 Jefferson and Northwestern Railroad
Kansas City, El Paso and Mexican Railway of Texas SP 1888 1892 El Paso Northern Railway
Kansas City, Mexico and Orient Railway of Texas KCM&O ATSF 1905 1965 Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway
Kansas and Gulf Short Line Railroad SSW 1880 1887 St. Louis, Arkansas and Texas Railway in Texas
Kansas, Oklahoma and Gulf Railway KOG MP 1948 1964 Texas and Pacific Railway
Kansas, Oklahoma and Gulf Railway Company of Texas MP 1921 1964 Texas and Pacific Railway
Kildare and Linden Railway 1889 1900 N/A
Lake Creek Railroad 1884 1896 N/A
Lancaster Tap Railroad SP 1890 1905 Houston and Texas Central Railroad
LaPorte, Houston and Northern Railroad SP 1892 1895 Galveston, LaPorte and Houston Railway
Livingston and Southeastern Railway 1903 1913 N/A
Llano Estacado Railway ATSF 1909 1910 Pecos and Northern Texas Railway
Longhorn Railway LHRR 1996 2000 Austin Area Terminal Railroad
Longview and Sabine Valley Railway ATSF 1877 1886 Galveston, Sabine and St. Louis Railway
Louisiana Railway and Navigation Company of Texas KCS 1923 1930 Louisiana, Arkansas and Texas Railway
Louisiana and Arkansas Railway L&A, LA KCS 1939 1992 Kansas City Southern Railway
Louisiana, Arkansas and Texas Railway KCS 1930 1939 Louisiana and Arkansas Railway
Louisiana Western Extension Railroad SP 1879 1900 Texas and New Orleans Railroad
Lufkin, Hemphill and Gulf Railway LH&G 1912 1937 N/A
Marshall and East Texas Railway 1908 1918 Marshall, Elysian Fields and Southeastern Railway, Texas and Pacific Railway, Winnsboro and Gilmer Railroad
Marshall, Elysian Fields and Southeastern Railway 1922 1945 N/A
Marshall, Jefferson and North Western Railway 1883 1883 Marshall and Northwestern Railway
Marshall and Northwestern Railway 1883 1885 Marshall, Paris and Northwestern Railway
Marshall and Northwestern Railway 1882 1883 Marshall, Jefferson and North Western Railway
Marshall, Paris and Northwestern Railway 1885 1888 Paris, Marshall and Sabine Pass Railway
Marshall, Timpson and Sabine Pass Railway ATSF 1896 1904 Texas and Gulf Railway
Memphis, El Paso and Pacific Railroad MP 1853 1873 Texas and Pacific Railway
Mexican Gulf and Henderson Railroad SSW 1856 1860 Eastern Texas Railroad
Midland and Northwestern Railway 1916 1920 N/A
Mineral Wells and Eastern Railway MWRY 1989 1992 N/A
Missouri–Kansas–Texas Railroad MKT MKT 1960 1989 Missouri Pacific Railroad
Missouri–Kansas–Texas Railroad of Texas MKTT MKT 1923 1960 Missouri–Kansas–Texas Railroad
Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railway MKT 1870 1893 Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railway of Texas, Sherman, Shreveport and Southern Railway
Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railway of Texas MKTT MKT 1891 1923 Louisiana Railway and Navigation Company of Texas, Missouri–Kansas–Texas Railroad of Texas
Missouri, Kansas and Texas Extension Railway MKT 1880 1881 Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railway
Missouri, Oklahoma and Gulf Railway Company of Texas MP 1910 1921 Kansas, Oklahoma and Gulf Railway Company of Texas
Missouri Pacific Railroad MP MP 1956 1997 Union Pacific Railroad
Missouri Pacific Railway MP 1880 1888 N/A
Motley County Railway MCY SLSF 1913 1926 Quanah, Acme and Pacific Railway
Nacogdoches and Southeastern Railroad 1905 1954 N/A
New York, Texas and Mexican Railway SP 1880 1905 Galveston, Harrisburg and San Antonio Railway
North Central Texas Railway NCTR 1982 1982 Oklahoma, Kansas and Texas Railroad
North Galveston, Houston and Kansas City Railroad SP 1892 1895 Galveston, LaPorte and Houston Railway
North Plains and Santa Fe Railway ATSF 1930 1948 Panhandle and Santa Fe Railway
North Texas and Santa Fe Railway ATSF 1916 1948 Panhandle and Santa Fe Railway
Northeast Texas Railway 1902 ? N/A Ran from Redwater to Munz in Cass County
Northside Belt Railway 1925 1964 Port Terminal Railroad Association
Nueces Valley, Rio Grande and Mexico Railway MP 1905 1909 Asherton and Gulf Railway
Oklahoma City and Texas Railroad SLSF 1903 1907 St. Louis, San Francisco and Texas Railway
Oklahoma, Kansas and Texas Railroad OKKT MKT 1980 1989 Missouri–Kansas–Texas Railroad
Oklahoma, Red River and Texas Railway 1910 1912 N/A Operated Blossom to Deport, 11 miles
Orange and Northwestern Railroad MP 1901 1956 Missouri Pacific Railroad
Panhandle Railway ATSF 1887 1898 Southern Kansas Railway of Texas
Panhandle and Gulf Railway ATSF 1899 1905 Kansas City, Mexico and Orient Railway of Texas
Panhandle and Santa Fe Railway ATSF 1914 1965 Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway
Paris, Choctaw and Little Rock Railway 1888 N/A
Paris and Great Northern Railroad SLSF 1888 1928 St. Louis, San Francisco and Texas Railway
Paris, Marshall and Sabine Pass Railway 1888 1892 Texas Southern Railway
Paris and Mount Pleasant Railroad P&MP, PMP 1909 1956 N/A
PB Railroad 1974 1975 Western Rail Road
Peach River and Gulf Railway 1904 1908 N/A
Pecos and Northern Texas Railway ATSF 1898 1948 Panhandle and Santa Fe Railway
Pecos River Railroad ATSF 1890 1948 Panhandle and Santa Fe Railway
Port Arthur Canal and Dock Company KCS 1902
Port Arthur Channel and Dock Company KCS 1897 1902 Port Arthur Canal and Dock Company
Port Bolivar Iron Ore Railway ATSF 1910 1927 N/A
Port Isabel and Rio Grande Valley Railway MP 1928 1940 St. Louis, Brownsville and Mexico Railroad, San Benito and Rio Grande Valley Railroad
Quanah, Acme and Pacific Railway QA&P, QAP SLSF 1909 1981 Burlington Northern Railroad
Red River and Southwestern Railway 1890 Southwestern Railway
Red River, Texas and Southern Railway SLSF 1901 1904 St. Louis, San Francisco and Texas Railway
Rio Grande Railroad MP 1870 1911 Rio Grande Railway
Rio Grande Railway MP 1911 1926 Port Isabel and Rio Grande Valley Railway
Rio Grande City Railway MP 1924 1956 Missouri Pacific Railroad
Rio Grande and Eagle Pass Railway 1885 1947 N/A
Rio Grande and El Paso Railroad ATSF 1880 1914 Rio Grande, El Paso and Santa Fe Railroad
Rio Grande, El Paso and Santa Fe Railroad ATSF 1914 1994 Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway
Rio Grande, Micolithic and Northern Railway 1926 1929 N/A
Rio Grande Northern Railroad 1893 1897 N/A
Rio Grande and Pecos Railway 1882 1884 Rio Grande and Eagle Pass Railway
Rio Valley Railroad RVRR 1993 Still exists as a lessor of the Rio Valley Switching Company
Riverside and Gulf Railway 1907 1913 Union Lumber Company
Riviera Beach and Western Railway 1912 1917 N/A
Roby and Northern Railroad 1915 1941 N/A
Rockdale, Sandow and Southern Railroad RSS 1923 2019 N/A
Roscoe, Snyder and Pacific Railway RS&P, RSP 1906 1984 N/A
Rusk, Palestine and Pacific Railway 2012 2018 Texas & Eastern Railroad
Rusk Transportation Company SSW 1874 1879 Kansas and Gulf Short Line Railroad
Sabine and East Texas Railway SP 1881 1882 Texas and New Orleans Railroad
Sabine and Northern Railroad 1899 1943 Lumber tap line, Ruliff to Deweyville
Sabine Pass and East Texas Railway 1858 1861 [1] Removed tracks in 1860s.
Sabine and Galveston Bay Railroad and Lumber Company SP 1856 1859 Texas and New Orleans Railroad
Sabine and Neches Valley Railway 1921 1944 N/A
Sabine Pass, Alexandria and Northwestern Railway 1892 1901 N/A
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 SLSF 1900 1964 St. Louis – San Francisco Railway
St. Louis Southwestern Railway SSW SSW 1954 1997 Union Pacific Railroad
St. Louis Southwestern Railway of Texas SSW SSW 1891 1984 St. Louis Southwestern Railway
San Antonio and Aransas Pass Railway SAAP SP 1884 1934 Texas and New Orleans Railroad
San Antonio Belt and Terminal Railway MKT 1912 1989 Missouri–Kansas–Texas Railroad
San Antonio, Fredericksburg and Northern Railway 1913 1917 Fredericksburg and Northern Railway
San Antonio and Gulf Railroad SP 1897 1905 Galveston, Harrisburg and San Antonio Railway
San Antonio and Gulf Shore Railway SP 1893 1896 San Antonio and Gulf Railroad
San Antonio and Mexican Gulf Railroad SP 1850 1871 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 1920 1956 Missouri Pacific Railroad
San Antonio, Uvalde and Gulf Railroad MP 1912 1956 Missouri Pacific Railroad
San Benito and Rio Grande Valley Railway SB&R MP 1912 1956 Missouri Pacific Railroad
San Benito and Rio Grande Valley Interurban Railway MP 1912 1912 San Benito and Rio Grande Valley Railway
San Diego and Gulf Railway NDM 1929 1935 N/A
Sanford and Northern Railway 1931 N/A
Seagraves, Whiteface and Lubbock Railroad SWGR 1990 1995 West Texas and Lubbock Railroad
Sherman, Denison and Dallas Railway MKT 1890 1891 Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railway
Sherman, Shreveport and Southern Railway MKT 1893 1901 Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railway of Texas
Shreveport, Houston and Gulf Railroad 1906 1936 N/A
South Galveston and Gulf Shore Railroad 1891 1895 N/A
South Orient Railroad SO 1992 2001 Texas Pacifico Transportation
South Plains and Santa Fe Railway ATSF 1916 1948 Panhandle and Santa Fe Railway
Southern Kansas Railway of Texas ATSF 1886 1914 Panhandle and Santa Fe Railway
Southern Pacific Company SP SP 1934 1969 Southern Pacific Transportation Company
Southern Pacific Company SP 1885 1889 N/A
Southern Pacific Railroad MP 1856 1872 Texas and Pacific Railway
Southern Pacific Terminal Company SP 1901 1962 Southern Pacific Company
Southern Pacific Transportation Company SP SP 1969 1998 Union Pacific Railroad
Southern Trans-Continental Railway MP 1870 1872 Texas Pacific Railroad
Southwestern Railroad SW 1990 2006 N/A
Southwestern Railway 1907 1920 N/A
Stamford and Northwestern Railway CB&Q 1909 1952 Fort Worth and Denver Railway
Stephenville North and South Texas Railway SSW 1907 1941 N/A
Sugar Land Railway SL MP 1893 1956 Missouri Pacific Railroad
Taylor, Bastrop and Houston Railway MKT 1886 1886 Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railway
Texarkana and Fort Smith Railway KCS 1889 1943 Kansas City Southern Railway
Texarkana and Northern Railway KCS 1885 1889 Texarkana and Fort Smith Railway
Texarkana Union Station Trust TUST KCS/ MP/ SSW 1927
Texas, Arkansas and Louisiana Railway 1897 1920 N/A
Texas Central Railroad TEXC MKT 1892 Still exists as a lessor of the Fort Worth and Western Railroad
Texas Central Railway MKT, SP 1879 1891 Texas Central Railroad, Texas Midland Railroad Not to be confused with the Texas Central Railway high speed rail project.
Texas City Terminal Company 1898 1921 Texas City Terminal Railway
Texas City Terminal Railway 1893 1897 Texas City Terminal Company
Texas City Transportation Company 1904 1920 Texas City Terminal Railway
Texas Export Railroad TXRC 1972 1976 N/A
Texas and Gulf Railway ATSF 1904 1948 Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe Railway
Texas and Louisiana Railroad SSW 1900 1903 St. Louis Southwestern Railway of Texas
Texas, Louisiana and Eastern Railroad ATSF 1891 1897 Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe Railway
Texas Mexican Railway TM NDM 1881 Still exists as a nonoperating subsidiary of the Kansas City Southern Railway
Texas Mexican Northern Railway NDM 1882 1906 Texas Mexican Railway
Texas Midland Railroad SP 1892 1934 Texas and New Orleans Railroad
Texas – New Mexico Railway TNM MP 1927 1978 Missouri Pacific Railroad
Texas and New Orleans Railroad T&NO, TNO SP 1859 1961 Southern Pacific Company
Texas and Northeastern Railway 1900 1901 N/A
Texas Northern Railway 1908 1908 Groveton, Lufkin and Northern Railway Name changed to Groveton, Lufkin and Northern Railway prior to commencing operations
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 St. Louis, Arkansas and Texas Railway
Texas Short Line Railway MP 1901 1962 N/A
Texas Southern Railway 1897 1908 Marshall and East Texas Railway
Texas State Railroad SP 1907 1969 N/A Continued as a tourist railroad
Texas Transportation Company TXTC 1897 2000 N/A
Texas Transportation Company SP 1866 1896 Texas and New Orleans Railroad
Texas Trunk Railroad SP 1879 1895 Texas and New Orleans Railroad
Texas Western Railroad MP 1852 1856 Southern Pacific Railroad
Texas Western Railway 1879 1896 N/A Ceased operations in 1896, but not abandoned until 1899
Texas Western Narrow Gauge Railway 1875 1879 Texas Western Railway First narrow-gauge railroad chartered in Texas
Timpson and Henderson Railway 1909 1923 N/A
Timpson and Northwestern Railway 1901 1909 Timpson and Henderson Railway
Trinity and Brazos Valley Railway CB&Q/ RI 1902 1930 Burlington – Rock Island Railroad
Trinity, Cameron and Western Railroad MKT 1892 1902 Granger, Georgetown, Austin and San Antonio Railway
Trinity and Sabine Railway MKT 1881 1882 Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railway Sold in 1923 to Waco, Beaumont, Trinity and Sabine Railway
Trinity Valley Railroad 1899 1901 Trinity Valley Southern Railroad
Trinity Valley and Northern Railway 1906 1932 N/A
Trinity Valley Southern Railroad 1901 1936 N/A
Tyler Southeastern Railway SSW 1891 1899 St. Louis Southwestern Railway of Texas
Tyler Tap Railroad SSW 1871 1879 Texas and St. Louis Railway
Union Passenger Depot Company of Galveston ATSF 1897 1957 Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe Railway
Union Terminal Company ATSF/ CB&Q/ MKT/ MP/ RI/ SLSF/ SSW/ SP 1912 1974 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 1914 1941 N/A
Velasco, Brazos and Northern Railway MP 1901 1906 Houston and Brazos Valley Railway
Velasco, Suburban and Belt Line Railway 1910 1912 N/A Ran from Velasco to Surfside
Velasco Terminal Railway MP 1891 1901 Velasco, Brazos and Northern Railway
Victoria and Columbia Railroad MP 1866 1873 Houston and Great Northern Railroad
Waco, Beaumont, Trinity and Sabine Railway 1923 1959 N/A
Waco and Northwestern Railroad SP 1870 1873 Houston and Texas Central Railway
Waco Tap Railroad SP 1866 1870 Waco and Northwestern Railroad
Warren Central Railroad SP 1930 1934 Texas and New Orleans Railroad
Warren and Corsicana Pacific Railway 1899 1908 N/A
Washington County Railroad SP 1856 1868 Houston and Texas Central Railway
Waxahachie Tap Railroad SP 1875 1881 Central Texas and Northwestern Railway
Weatherford, Mineral Wells and Northwestern Railway WM&N, WMWN MP 1889 1988 Missouri Pacific Railroad
West Texas and Lubbock Railroad WTLR 1995 Still exists as a lessor of the West Texas and Lubbock Railway
Western Narrow Gauge Railway 1870 1875 Texas Western Narrow Gauge Railway
Wichita Falls Railway MKT 1894 1969 Missouri–Kansas–Texas Railroad
Wichita Falls and Northwestern Railway of Texas MKT 1906 1923 Missouri–Kansas–Texas Railroad
Wichita Falls and Oklahoma Railway CB&Q 1903 1942 N/A
Wichita Falls, Ranger and Fort Worth Railroad MKT 1919 1940 Wichita Falls and Southern Railroad
Wichita Falls and Southern Railroad MKT 1920 1955 Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad
Wichita Falls and Southern Railway MKT 1907 1940 Wichita Falls and Southern Railroad
Wichita Falls and Wellington Railway of Texas MKT 1910 1958 N/A
Wichita Valley Railroad CB&Q 1905 1952 Fort Worth and Denver Railway
Wichita Valley Railway WV CB&Q 1890 1952 Fort Worth and Denver Railway

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Name Begun Proposal Construction
Arkansas, Red River and Paris Railroad 1908 De Queen, Arkansas to Paris Grading
Beaumont and Great Northern Railroad, original scheme 1905 Trunk line, Beaumont to Waco Opened Livingston to Weldon, abandoned rest
Brazos and Galveston Railroad 1839 San Luis Island to Velasco Bridge to mainland
Bridgeport and Decatur Railroad 1891 Decatur to Bridgeport Grading
Columbus, San Antonio and Rio Grande Railroad 1858 Columbus through Gonzales and San Antonio to the Rio Grande Grading
Corpus Christi Street and Interurban Railway 1916 Electric interurban, Corpus Christi to Ward Island Grading; the company only operated streetcars
Dallas, Pacific and Southeastern Railway, original scheme 1889 Dallas to Albuquerque, New Mexico Graded from Dallas to near Paradise, grade never used by the Gulf, Texas and Western Railway
Dallas Southwestern Traction 1917 Dallas to Glen Rose via Irving and Cleburne Grading, and some infrastructure
Denison, Bonham and New Orleans Railroad, Wolfe City Extension 1901 Bonham to Wolfe City Grading
East Texas Traction 1912 Dallas and Greenville Grading
Eastland, Wichita Falls and Gulf Railway, original scheme 1918 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 Roby 1910 McCaulley to Roby, 10 miles Completed 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 scheme 1885 Fort Worth to Eagle Pass, branch to San Antonio. Opened to Menard, abandoned rest.
Galveston, Brazos and Colorado Narrow Gauge Railway, original scheme 1875 Galveston 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 scheme 1913 Electric line, Anna to Greenville via Blue Ridge Opened Anna to Blue Ridge, abandoned rest, did not electrify
Gulf and Brazos Valley Railway, original scheme 1897 Peck 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 scheme 1910 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 1860 Houston to Jefferson via Tyler and Gilmer Grading
Kansas City, Oklahoma and Houston Railroad 1907 Trunk line from Kansas City to Houston Graded Honey Grove to the Red River, some track laid
Kansas City, Mexico and Orient Railway - Del Rio Branch 1909 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 scheme 1910 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 scheme 1899 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 scheme 1888 Trunk line, Paris to Sabine Pass Opened Winnsboro to Elysian Fields via Marshall, abandoned rest
Port Arthur and Houston Short Line 1905 Direct 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 1909 Intended transcontinental trunk line for St. Louis–San Francisco Railway Preparatory works, in advertising to 1928
Rio Grande and Eagle Pass Railway, original scheme 1885 Laredo to Eagle Pass Opened Laredo to Santo Tomás, abandoned rest
Rio Grande Northern Railroad, original scheme 1893 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 1913 Electric, 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 1905 Electric, San Marcos to Luling Grading
South Galveston and Gulf Shore Railroad, End of Tracks to South Galveston 1891 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 scheme 1872 Houston to Presidio Opened Houston to Sealy, abandoned rest.
Union Central Railway 1908 Trunk 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 1917 Bought 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.

See also

References

  1. ^ "South Orient Rail Line". TxDOT. Retrieved 2021-01-16.
  2. ^ "Texas Rail Plan" (PDF). TxDOT. Retrieved 2021-01-16.
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