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!Name
!Mark
!System{{efn|This is one or more of the Class I railroads that the railroad became part of, if any.}}
!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{{efn|name=EL&RR}}
|1871
|1893
|Sherman, Shreveport and Southern Railway
|Sold in 1881 to MK&T, became independent again in 1892, resold in 1893{{efn|name=EL&RR|The 1881 sale to the MK&T was challenged by Texas Attorney General Jim Hogg on the grounds that the MK&T did not have the right to own property in Texas, and a state government decree forfeiting the East Line and Red River's charter was ultimately upheld by the Supreme Court of Texas in 1890, forcing the line into receivership. It would be purchased by a representative of the bondholders in 1892 and resold to the SS&S in 1893.[{{cite web|title=East Line and Red River Railroad |last=Werner |first=George C. |url=https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/entries/east-line-and-red-river-railroad |publisher=Texas State Historical Association |website=tshaonline.com |date=June 28, 2021 |access-date=April 24, 2025}}]}} |
| 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|date=July 2010}} |
| 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 |
| N/A|Llano Estacado, Mexico and Gulf Railroad
|
|
|1907
|1909
|N/A |
| Llano Estacado Railway
|
|ATSF
|1909
|1910
|Pecos and Northern Texas Railway |
| N/A|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
|[https://tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/fed05] 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
|2007
|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 |