List of Texas Railroads

Railroad Name Start Date End Date
Air Line Railroad 1860 Unknown
Acme, Red River and Northern Railway 1902 1909
Acme Tap Railroad 1899 1938
Abilene and Southern Railway 1909 1978
Abilene and Northern Railway 1906 1952
Aransas Harbor Terminal Railway 1892 1947
Artesian Belt Railroad 1908 1920
Asherton and Gulf Railway 1909 1956
Austin Dam and Suburban Railway 1895 1956
Austin and Northwestern Railroad 1881 1901
Austin and Oatmanville Railway 1883 1888
Bartlett Western Railway 1911 1935
Bartlett 1909 1911
Bastrop and Taylor Railway 1886 1886
Beaumont Wharf and Terminal Company 1897 1957
Beaumont and Great Northern Railroad 1905 1923
Beaumont and Saratoga Transportation Company 1905 1935
Beaumont, Sour Lake and Port Arthur Traction Company 1903 1904
Beaumont, Sour Lake and Western Railway 1904 1956
Black Bayou Railroad 1904 Unknown
Blackwell, Enid and Texas Railway 1901 1904
Bowers and Piney Creek Railway 1889 1891
Brazos, Santiago and Rio Grande Railroad 1865 1867
Brownsville and Gulf Railway 1883 1906
Brownsville and Matamoros Bridge Company 1909 Unknown
Brownwood North and South Railway 1910 1926
Buffalo Bayou, Brazos and Colorado Railway 1850 1870
Burr's Ferry, Browndel and Chester Railway 1906 1914
Calvert, Waco and Brazos Valley Railroad 1899 1900
Cane Belt Railroad 1898 1948
Caro Northern Railway 1906 1928
Central Texas and Northwestern Railway 1881 1901
Central and Montgomery Railway 1877 1882
Chicago, Rock Island and Gulf Railway 1902 1948
Chicago, Rock Island and Mexico Railway 1900 1903
Chicago, Rock Island and Texas Railway 1892 1903
Chicago, Texas and Mexican Central Railway 1880 1882
Choctaw, Oklahoma and Texas Railroad 1901 1903
Cisco and Northeastern Railway 1918 1942
Colorado Valley Railway 1897 1899
Columbus Tap Railway 1860 1866
Concho, San Saba and Llano Valley Railroad 1909 1948
Corpus Christi, San Diego and Rio Grande Narrow Gauge Railroad 1875 1881
Crosbyton 1910 1916
Crystal City and Uvalde Railroad 1909 1912
Dallas Terminal Railway and Union Depot Company 1884 1994
Dallas and Cleburne Railroad 1876 1879
Dallas and Greenville Railway 1886 1886
Dallas and New Mexico Railway Unknown 1908
Dallas and Waco Railway 1886 1891
Dallas and Wichita Railroad 1871 1881
Dallas, Cleburne and Rio Grande Railway 1879 1880
Dallas, Cleburne and Southwestern Railway 1902 1923
Dallas, Fort Worth and Gulf Railway 1899 1901
Dallas, Pacific and Southeastern Railway 1889 Unknown
Dayton 1917 1934
DeKalb and Red River Railroad 1891 1899
Denison and Pacific Railway 1878 1880
Denison and Pacific Suburban Railway 1895 1966
Denison and Southeastern Railway 1877 1880
Denison and Washita Valley Railway 1886 1903
Denison, Bonham and New Orleans Railroad 1901 1928
Denison, Bonham and New Orleans Railway 1888 1901
East Line and Red River Railroad 1871 1881
East Texas Railway 1880 1881
East Texas and Gulf Railway 1917 1934
Eastern Texas Railroad 1860 1921
Eastland, Wichita Falls and Gulf Railroad 1918 1944
El Paso Northern Railway 1894 1897
El Paso Southern Railway 1897 1961
El Paso Terminal Railroad 1901 1903
El Paso Union Passenger Depot Company 1903 1974
El Paso and Northeastern Railroad 1896 1937
El Paso and Southwestern Railroad of Texas 1902 1961
Emporia and Gulf Railroad 1900 Unknown
Estacado and Gulf Railroad 1908 1911
Fort Worth Belt Railway 1903 1978
Fort Worth Stock Yards Belt Railway 1895 1903
Fort Worth Union Passenger Station Company 1899 1960
Fort Worth and Denver City Railway 1873 1951
Fort Worth and Denver Terminal Railway 1890 1952
Fort Worth and New Orleans Railway 1885 1901
Fort Worth and Rio Grande Railway 1885 1948
Fredericksburg and Northern Railway 1917 1942
Gainesville, Henrietta and Western Railway 1886 1887
Galveston Terminal Railway 1905 1985
Galveston Wharf Company 1870 1940
Galveston and Houston Junction Railroad 1861 1871
Galveston and Red River Railway 1848 1856
Galveston and Western Railway 1887 1923
Galveston, Beaumont and Northeastern Railway 1906 Unknown
Galveston, Brazos and Colorado Narrow Gauge Railway 1875 1887
Galveston, Harrisburg and San Antonio Railway 1870 1934
Galveston, Houston and Henderson Railroad 1853 1989
Galveston, Houston and Northern Railway 1899 1905
Galveston, LaPorte and Houston Railway 1895 1898
Galveston, Sabine and St. Louis Railway 1882 1888
Georgetown Railroad 1878 1879
Georgetown and Granger Railroad 1890 1902
Gonzales Branch Railroad 1881 1905
Granger, Georgetown, Austin and San Antonio Railway 1902 1903
Granite Mountain and Marble Falls Railroad 1888 1901
Greenville Northwestern Railway 1913 1916
Greenville and Whitewright Northern Traction Company 1912 1913
Groveton, Lufkin and Northern Railway 1908 1932
Gulf and Brazos Valley Railway 1897 1903
Gulf and Interstate Railway of Texas 1894 1994
Gulf and Northern Railway 1917 1943
Gulf, Beaumont and Great Northern Railway 1898 1948
Gulf, Beaumont and Kansas City Railway 1893 1948
Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe Railway 1873 1965
Gulf, Texas and Western Railway 1908 1940
Gulf, Western Texas and Pacific Railway 1870 1905
Hearne and Brazos Valley Railway 1891 1914
Henderson and Burkeville Railroad 1852 1856
Henderson and Overton Branch Railroad 1874 1911
Houston Belt and Magnolia Park Railway 1889 1893
Houston Belt and Terminal Railway 1905 Unknown
Houston East and West Texas Railway 1875 1934
Houston Municipal Railway 1905 1924
Houston Railway 1892 1902
Houston Tap Railroad 1850 1858
Houston Tap and Brazoria Railway 1856 1873
Houston and Brazos Valley Railway 1907 1956
Houston and Great Northern Railroad 1866 1873
Houston and Texas Central Railroad 1889 1934
Houston and Texas Central Railway 1856 1889
Houston, Oaklawn and Magnolia Park Railway 1899 1903
Huntsville Branch Railway 1871 1873
Imperial Valley Railway 1907 1912
Indianola Railroad 1858 1871
International Railroad 1870 1873
International and Great Northern Railroad 1873 1911
International and Great Northern Railway 1911 1922
Jasper and Eastern Railway 1904 1948
Jefferson and Northwestern Railway 1899 1934
Kansas City, El Paso and Mexican Railway of Texas 1888 1892
Kansas City, Mexico and Orient Railway of Texas 1905 1965
Kansas and Gulf Short Line Railroad 1880 1887
Kildare and Linden Railway 1889 1900
LaPorte, Houston and Northern Railroad 1892 1895
Lake Creek Railroad 1884 1896
Lancaster Tap Railroad 1890 1905
Livingston and Southeastern Railway 1903 1913
Llano Estacado Railway 1909 1910
Longview and Sabine Valley Railway 1877 1886
Louisiana Western Extension Railroad 1879 1900
Lufkin, Hemphill and Gulf Railway 1912 1937
Marshall and East Texas Railway 1908 1918
Marshall and Northwestern Railway 1882 1885
Marshall, Jefferson and North Western Railway 1883 1883
Marshall, Paris and Northwestern Railway 1885 1888
Marshall, Timpson and Sabine Pass Railway 1896 1904
Memphis, El Paso and Pacific Railroad 1853 1873
Mexican Gulf and Henderson Railroad 1856 1860
Midland and Northwestern Railway 1916 1920
Missouri Pacific Railway 1876 1917
Missouri, Kansas and Texas Extension Railway 1880 1881
Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railway 1870 1923
Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railway of Texas 1891 1923
Missouri, Oklahoma and Gulf Railway of Texas 1910 1921
Motley County Railway 1913 1926
Nacogdoches and Southeastern Railroad 1905 1954
New York, Texas and Mexican Railway 1880 1905
North Galveston, Houston and Kansas City Railroad 1892 1895
North Texas and Santa Fe Railway 1916 1948
Nueces Valley, Rio Grande and Mexico Railway 1905 1909
Oklahoma City and Texas Railroad 1901 1904
Orange and Northwestern Railroad 1901 1956
Panhandle Railway 1887 1898
Panhandle and Gulf Railway 1899 1905
Panhandle and Santa Fe Railway 1914 1965
Paris and Great Northern Railroad 1881 1928
Paris and Mount Pleasant Railroad 1909 1956
Paris, Choctaw and Little Rock Railway 1888 Unknown
Paris, Marshall and Sabine Pass Railway 1888 1892
Peach River and Gulf Railway 1904 1908
Pecos River Railroad 1890 1948
Pecos and Northern Texas Railway 1898 1948
Port Arthur Canal and Dock Company 1902 Unknown
Port Arthur Channel and Dock Company 1897 1902
Port Bolivar Iron Ore Railway 1910 1927
Quanah, Acme and Pacific Railway 1909 1981
Red River and Southwestern Railway 1890 Unknown
Red River, Texas and Southern Railway 1901 1904
Rio Grande Northern Railroad 1893 1897
Rio Grande Railroad 1870 1911
Rio Grande Railway 1911 1926
Rio Grande and Eagle Pass Railway 1885 1947
Rio Grande and El Paso Railroad 1880 1914
Rio Grande and Pecos Railway 1882 1884
Rio Grande, El Paso and Santa Fe Railroad 1914 1994
Riverside and Gulf Railway 1907 1913
Riviera Beach and Western Railway 1912 1917
Roby and Northern Railroad 1915 1941
Roscoe, Snyder and Pacific Railway 1906 1984
Rusk Transportation Company 1874 1879
Sabine Pass and East Texas Railway 1858 1861
Sabine Pass, Alexandria and Northwestern Railway 1892 1901
Sabine and East Texas Railway 1881 1882
Sabine and Galveston Bay Railroad and Lumber Company 1856 1859
San Antonio Belt and Terminal Railway 1912 1989
San Antonio Southern Railway 1920 1956
San Antonio and Aransas Pass Railway 1884 1934
San Antonio and Gulf Railroad 1897 1905
San Antonio and Gulf Shore Railway 1893 1896
San Antonio and Mexican Gulf Railroad 1850 1871
San Antonio, Fredericksburg and Northern Railway 1913 1917
San Antonio, Uvalde and Gulf Railroad 1912 1956
San Benito and Rio Grande Valley Interurban Railway 1912 1912
San Benito and Rio Grande Valley Railway 1912 1956
Sherman, Denison and Dallas Railway 1890 1891
Sherman, Shreveport and Southern Railway 1893 1901
Shreveport, Houston and Gulf Railroad 1906 1936
South Galveston and Gulf Shore Railroad 1891 1895
South Plains and Santa Fe Railway 1916 1948
Southern Kansas Railway of Texas 1886 1914
Southern Pacific Company 1885 1969
Southern Pacific Railroad 1856 1955
Southern Pacific Terminal Company 1901 1962
Southern Trans-Continental Railway 1870 1872
Southwestern Railway 1907 1920
St. Louis Southwestern Railway of Texas 1891 1984
St. Louis, Arkansas and Texas Railway in Texas 1886 1891
St. Louis, Brownsville and Mexico Railway 1903 1956
St. Louis, San Francisco and Texas Railway 1900 1964
Stamford and Northwestern Railway 1909 1952
Stephenville North and South Texas Railway 1907 1941
Sugar Land Railway 1893 1956
Taylor, Bastrop and Houston Railway 1886 1886
Texarkana and Fort Smith Railway 1889 1943
Texarkana and Northern Railway 1885 1889
Texas Central Railroad 1892 Unknown
Texas Central Railway 1879 1891
Texas City Terminal Company 1898 1921
Texas City Terminal Railway 1893 1897
Texas City Transportation Company 1904 1920
Texas Mexican Northern Railway 1882 1906
Texas Mexican Railway 1881 Unknown
Texas Midland Railroad 1892 1934
Texas Northern Railway 1908 1908
Texas Pacific Railroad 1871 1872
Texas Short Line Railway 1901 1962
Texas Southern Railway 1897 1908
Texas State Railroad 1907 1969
Texas Transportation Company 1866 2000
Texas Trunk Railroad 1879 1895
Texas Western Narrow Gauge Railway 1875 1881
Texas Western Railroad 1852 1856
Texas Western Railway 1881 1896
Texas and Gulf Railway 1904 1948
Texas and Louisiana Railroad 1900 1903
Texas and New Orleans Railroad 1859 1961
Texas and Northeastern Railway 1900 1901
Texas and Pacific Railway 1872 1976
Texas and Sabine Valley Railway 1892 1904
Texas and St. Louis Railway in Texas 1879 1886
Texas, Arkansas and Louisiana Railway 1897 1920
Texas, Louisiana and Eastern Railroad 1891 1897
Texas, Sabine Valley and Northwestern Railway 1887 1904
Timpson and Henderson Railway 1909 1923
Timpson and Northwestern Railway 1901 1909
Trinity Valley Railroad 1899 1901
Trinity Valley Southern Railroad 1901 1936
Trinity Valley and Northern Railway 1906 1932
Trinity and Brazos Valley Railway 1902 1930
Trinity and Sabine Railway 1881 1882
Trinity, Cameron and Western Railroad 1892 1902
Tyler Southeastern Railway 1891 1899
Tyler Tap Railroad 1871 1879
Union Passenger Depot Company of Galveston 1897 1957
Union Terminal Company 1912 1974
Uvalde and Northern Railway 1914 1941
Velasco Terminal Railway 1891 1901
Velasco, Brazos and Northern Railway 1901 1906
Victoria and Columbia Railroad 1866 1873
Waco Tap Railroad 1866 1870
Waco and Northwestern Railroad 1870 1873
Warren and Corsicana Pacific Railway 1899 1908
Washington County Railroad 1856 1903
Waxahachie Tap Railroad 1875 1881
Weatherford, Mineral Wells and Northwestern Railway 1889 1988
Western Narrow Gauge Railway 1870 1875
Wichita Falls Railway 1894 1969
Wichita Falls and Northwestern Railway of Texas 1906 1923
Wichita Falls and Oklahoma Railway 1903 1942
Wichita Falls and Southern Railroad 1920 1955
Wichita Falls and Southern Railway 1907 1940
Wichita Falls and Wellington Railway of Texas 1910 1958
Wichita Falls, Ranger and Fort Worth Railroad 1919 1940
Wichita Valley Railroad 1905 1952
Wichita Valley Railway 1890 1952