List of Texas railroads

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

Common freight carriers[]

Class I[]

BNSF Railway (BNSF)
Kansas City Southern Railway (KCS)
Union Pacific Railroad (UP)

Class II[]

There are no Class II Railroads in Texas.

Class III[]

Alamo Gulf Coast Railroad (AGCR) - (Martin Marietta Inc.)
Angelina and Neches River Railroad (ANR)
Austin Western Railroad (AWRR) - (Watco)
Big Spring Rail (BSR)
Blacklands Railroad (BLR)
Border Pacific Railroad (BOP)
Brownsville and Rio Grande International Railroad (BRG)
(CMC)
Corpus Christi Terminal Railroad (CCPN) - (Genesee & Wyoming)
Dallas, Garland and Northeastern Railroad (DGNO) - (Genesee & Wyoming)
Fort Worth and Western Railroad (FWWR)

Operates the (FWDB) and the (FWDR)

Galveston Railroad (GVSR) - (Genesee & Wyoming)
(GDR)
Georgetown Railroad (GRR)
Grainbelt Corporation (GNBC)
(GCS)
Hondo Railway (HRR)
Kiamichi Railroad (KRR) - (Genesee & Wyoming)
(LSRY)
(LOR)
Lubbock and Western Railway (LBWR) - (Watco)
Moscow, Camden and San Augustine Railroad (MCSA) - (Georgia-Pacific)
(OPT)
Panhandle Northern Railroad (PNR)
Pecos Valley Southern Railway (PVS) - (Watco)
(PSC)
- Operates
Plainview Terminal Company (PTC)
Point Comfort and Northern Railway (PCN) - (Genesee & Wyoming)
Port Terminal Railroad Association (PTRA)
()
Rio Valley Switching Company (RVSC) operates the (RVRR)
(RJCD)
(RPP)
Sabine River and Northern Railroad (SRN)
(SAC) - (Watco)
(SJCT)
(SLAL)
(SSC) operates the (LSRR)
(SWG) - (Vulcan Materials Company)
(TC)
(TCB)
Texas City Terminal Railway (TCT) - (BNSF and UP)
Texas, Gonzales and Northern Railway (TXGN)
Texas & New Mexico Railway (TXN) - (Watco)
Texas Northeastern Railroad (TNER) - (Genesee & Wyoming)
Texas and Northern Railway (TN)
(TXNW)
(TXOR)
Texas Pacifico Transportation (TXPF) - (Grupo México)
- Operator for the Texas state-owned South Orient Rail Line^[1]
(TXR)
(TSE)
Timber Rock Railroad (TIBR) - (Watco)
Western Rail Road (WRRC)
Wichita, Tillman and Jackson Railway (WTJR)

Passenger carriers[]

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Texas passenger rail stations

Intercity Passenger Rail[]

Amtrak (AMTK)
- Heartland Flyer
- Texas Eagle
- Sunset Limited

Commuter Rail[]

A-train (Denton County Transportation Authority) (DCTA)
Capital MetroRail
- operates the Austin and Northwestern Railroad
Trinity Railway Express (TREX) (DART and Trinity Metro)
TEXRail (Trinity Metro)

High Speed Rail[]

Texas Central Railway (Proposed; in ROW-acquisition phase)^[2]

Light Rail[]

DART Rail
Houston METRORail

Trolley and Streetcar[]

Dallas Streetcar (DART)
(Sun Metro)
Galveston Island Trolley
McKinney Avenue Trolley

Tourism Rail[]

(ATCR) (Austin Steam Train Association)
Grapevine Vintage Railroad (operated on TEXRail)
Historic Jefferson Railway
Six Flags & Texas Railroad
Texas State Railroad
Longhorn and Western Railroad (Texas Transportation Museum)

Defunct railroads[]

Name	Mark	System^{[nb 1]}	From	To	Successor	Notes
		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
		CB&Q	1899	1938	N/A
		SP	1860		Washington County Railroad
			1892	1947	N/A
		MP	1908	1920
		MP	1909	1956	Missouri Pacific Railroad
		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
		MP	1895	1956	Missouri Pacific Railroad
Austin and Northwestern Railroad	AUNW		1986	1996
Austin and Northwestern Railroad		SP	1881	1901	Houston and Texas Central Railroad
			1883	1888	N/A
			1909	1911
			1911	1935	N/A
		MKT	1886	1886
		MKT	1905	1923
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
			1905	1935	N/A
		ATSF	1897	1957	Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe Railway
	BRR		1960	1991	Georgetown Railroad
			1904		N/A
		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
			1889	1891	N/A
			1865	1867	N/A
		MP/ NDM	1883	1906
		MP/ NDM	1909			Still exists as a joint subsidiary of the Mexican government and Union Pacific Railroad
		SLSF	1910	1926	N/A
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
		SP	1906	1914	Texas and New Orleans Railroad
		MP	1899	1900	International and Great Northern Railroad
Cane Belt Railroad		ATSF	1898	1948	Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe Railway
			1906	1928	N/A
	CTE		1994	1996	South Orient Railroad
		ATSF	1877	1882	Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe 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
		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,
Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railway	RI	RI	1939	1948	Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad
		RI	1892	1903	Chicago, Rock Island and Gulf Railway
		ATSF	1880	1882	Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe Railway
Choctaw, Oklahoma and Texas Railroad		RI	1901	1903	Chicago, Rock Island and Gulf Railway
		MP	1918	1942	N/A
		ATSF	1927	1948	Panhandle and Santa Fe Railway
	CRW	SP	1955	1958	Texas and New Orleans Railroad
		ATSF	1897	1899	Panhandle and Gulf Railway
		SP	1860	1866	Buffalo Bayou, Brazos and Colorado Railway
		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
	CBYN		1990	1990	N/A
		ATSF	1910	1916
	CYCY		1990	1995	N/A
		MP	1909	1912
		ATSF	1876	1879
		ATSF	1879	1880
		MKT	1902	1923	N/A
		SSW	1899	1901
		MKT	1886	1886	Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railway
		SLSF		1908
		SLSF	1889
		SSW	1901	1994	St. Louis Southwestern Railway
		SSW	1884	1899
		MKT	1886	1891	Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railway
		MKT	1871	1881	Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railway
		SP	1917	1934	Texas and New Orleans 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
		MKT	1878	1880
		MP	1895	1966	N/A
		MKT	1877	1880
		MKT	1886	1903
		MKT	1871	1881	Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railway
		SP	1880	1881
East Texas Central Railroad	ETC		1996	1998	Blacklands Railroad
			1917	1934	N/A
		SSW	1900	1921	N/A
			1860	1863	N/A
			1918	1944	N/A
El Paso and Northeastern Railroad		SP	1896	1937	El Paso and Southwestern Railroad of Texas
		SP	1894	1897	El Paso and Northeastern Railroad
		SP	1897	1961	Southern Pacific Company
El Paso and Southwestern Railroad of Texas		SP	1902	1961	Southern Pacific Company
		SP	1901	1903	El Paso and Southwestern Railroad of Texas
		ATSF/ MP/ NDM/ SP	1903	1974	N/A
			1900		N/A
			1908	1911	N/A
	FAPR		1990	1995
	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
		CB&Q	1929	1952	Fort Worth and Denver Railway
		CB&Q	1925	1952	Fort Worth and Denver Railway
		CB&Q	1890	1952	Fort Worth and Denver Railway
		SP	1885	1901	Houston and Texas Central Railroad
Fort Worth and Rio Grande Railway		ATSF	1885	1948	Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe Railway
		MP	1895	1903
		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
	GVSR		1987	1991	Galveston Railroad
			1906		N/A
		ATSF	1875	1887
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
		MKT/ MP	1861	1871	Galveston, Houston and Henderson Railroad
		SP	1899	1905	Galveston, Harrisburg and San Antonio Railway
		SP	1895	1898
Galveston and Red River Railway		SP	1848	1856	Houston and Texas Central Railway
		ATSF	1882	1888
		CB&Q/ RI	1905	1985	Burlington Northern Railroad
		ATSF	1887	1923	Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe Railway
	GWF		1870	1940	Board of Trustees of the Galveston Wharves
Georgetown Railroad		MP	1878	1879	International and Great Northern Railroad
		MKT	1890	1902
		SP	1881	1905	Galveston, Harrisburg and San Antonio Railway
		MKT	1902	1903
		SP	1888	1901	Houston and Texas Central Railroad
	GSW	MP/ RI	1957	1987	Missouri Pacific Railroad
			1913	1916	N/A
			1912	1913
	GL&N		1908	1932	N/A
		ATSF	1898	1948	Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe Railway
		ATSF	1893	1948	Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe 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
		ATSF	1894	1994	Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway
			1917	1943	N/A
	GT&W	SLSF	1908	1940	Chicago, Rock Island and Gulf Railway
		SP	1870	1905	Galveston, Harrisburg and San Antonio Railway
	GWSW		1994	1997
			1929	1956	N/A
		SP	1891	1914	Houston and Texas Central Railroad
			1852	1856
		MP	1874	1911	International and Great Northern Railway
		SP	1928	1929	Texas and New Orleans Railroad
		SP	1892	1902	Houston and Texas Central Railroad
		MP	1889	1893
	HBT	ATSF/ CB&Q/ MP/ RI	1905			Still exists as a joint subsidiary of the BNSF Railway and Union Pacific Railroad^{[citation needed]}
	H&BV	MP	1907	1956	Missouri Pacific Railroad
Houston East and West Texas Railway	HEWT	SP	1875	1934	Texas and New Orleans Railroad
Houston and Great Northern Railroad		MP	1866	1873	International and Great Northern Railroad
			1905	1924	Port Terminal Railroad Association
		MP	1925	1956	Missouri Pacific Railroad
		MP	1899	1903	International and Great Northern 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
		MP	1871	1873	Houston and Great Northern Railroad
		MP	1907	1912
		SP	1858	1871
		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
		ATSF	1904	1948	Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe Railway
			1934	1941	N/A
			1899	1934
		SP	1888	1892
Kansas City, Mexico and Orient Railway of Texas	KCM&O	ATSF	1905	1965	Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway
		SSW	1880	1887
Kansas, Oklahoma and Gulf Railway	KOG	MP	1948	1964	N/A
		MP	1921	1964	N/A
			1889	1900	N/A
			1884	1896	N/A
		SP	1890	1905	Houston and Texas Central Railroad
		SP	1892	1895
			1903	1913	N/A
		ATSF	1909	1910
	LHRR		1996	2000	Austin Area Terminal Railroad
		ATSF	1877	1886
		KCS	1923	1930
Louisiana and Arkansas Railway	L&A, LA	KCS	1939	1992	Kansas City Southern Railway
		KCS	1930	1939	Louisiana and Arkansas Railway
		SP	1879	1900	Texas and New Orleans Railroad
	LH&G		1912	1937	N/A
Marshall and East Texas Railway			1908	1918	, Texas and Pacific Railway,
			1922	1945	N/A
			1883	1883
			1883	1885
			1882	1883
			1885	1888
		ATSF	1896	1904
		MP	1853	1873	Texas and Pacific Railway
		SSW	1856	1860
			1916	1920	N/A
	MWRY		1989	1992	N/A
Missouri–Kansas–Texas Railroad	MKT	MKT	1960	1989	Missouri Pacific Railroad
	MKTT	MKT	1923	1960	Missouri–Kansas–Texas Railroad
Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railway		MKT	1870	1893	,
	MKTT	MKT	1891	1923	,
		MKT	1880	1881	Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railway
		MP	1910	1921
Missouri Pacific Railroad	MP	MP	1956	1997	Union Pacific Railroad
Missouri Pacific Railway		MP	1880	1888	N/A
	MCY	SLSF	1913	1926	Quanah, Acme and Pacific Railway
			1905	1954	N/A
		SP	1880	1905	Galveston, Harrisburg and San Antonio Railway
North Central Texas Railway	NCTR		1982	1982	Oklahoma, Kansas and Texas Railroad
		SP	1892	1895
		ATSF	1930	1948	Panhandle and Santa Fe Railway
		ATSF	1916	1948	Panhandle and Santa Fe Railway
			1925	1964	Port Terminal Railroad Association
		MP	1905	1909
		SLSF	1901	1904	St. Louis, San Francisco and Texas Railway
Oklahoma, Kansas and Texas Railroad	OKKT	MKT	1980	1989	Missouri–Kansas–Texas Railroad
		MP	1901	1956	Missouri Pacific Railroad
		ATSF	1887	1898
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
			1888		N/A
		SLSF	1881	1928	St. Louis, San Francisco and Texas Railway
			1888	1892
	P&MP, PMP		1909	1956	N/A
PB Railroad			1974	1975	Western Rail Road
			1904	1908	N/A
		ATSF	1898	1948	Panhandle and Santa Fe Railway
		ATSF	1890	1948	Panhandle and Santa Fe Railway
		KCS	1902
		KCS	1897	1902
		ATSF	1910	1927	N/A
		MP	1928	1940	,
Quanah, Acme and Pacific Railway	QA&P, QAP	SLSF	1909	1981	Burlington Northern Railroad
			1890
		SLSF	1901	1904	St. Louis, San Francisco and Texas Railway
		MP	1870	1911
		MP	1911	1926
		MP	1924	1956	Missouri Pacific Railroad
			1885	1947	N/A
		ATSF	1880	1914
		ATSF	1914	1994	Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway
			1926	1929	N/A
			1893	1897	N/A
			1882	1884
	RVRR		1993			Still exists as a lessor of the Rio Valley Switching Company
			1907	1913	Union Lumber Company
			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
		SSW	1874	1879
		SP	1881	1882	Texas and New Orleans Railroad
			1858	1861	[1] Removed tracks in 1860s.
Sabine and Galveston Bay Railroad and Lumber Company		SP	1856	1859	Texas and New Orleans Railroad
			1921	1944	N/A
			1892	1901	N/A
		SSW	1886	1891	St. Louis Southwestern Railway of Texas,
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
		MKT	1912	1989	Missouri–Kansas–Texas Railroad
San Antonio, Fredericksburg and Northern Railway			1913	1917	Fredericksburg and Northern Railway
		SP	1897	1905	Galveston, Harrisburg and San Antonio Railway
		SP	1893	1896
San Antonio and Mexican Gulf Railroad		SP	1850	1871
		MP	1920	1956	Missouri Pacific Railroad
		MP	1912	1956	Missouri Pacific Railroad
	SB&R	MP	1912	1956	Missouri Pacific Railroad
		MP	1912	1912
		NDM	1929	1935	N/A
			1931		N/A
Seagraves, Whiteface and Lubbock Railroad	SWGR		1990	1995	West Texas and Lubbock Railroad
		MKT	1890	1891	Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railway
		MKT	1893	1901
			1906	1936	N/A
			1891	1895	N/A
South Orient Railroad	SO		1992	2001	Texas Pacifico Transportation
		ATSF	1916	1948	Panhandle and Santa Fe Railway
		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
		MP	1856	1872	Texas and Pacific Railway
		SP	1901	1962	Southern Pacific Company
Southern Pacific Transportation Company	SP	SP	1969	1998	Union Pacific Railroad
		MP	1870	1872	Texas Pacific Railroad
Southwestern Railroad	SW		1990	2006	N/A
			1907	1920	N/A
		CB&Q	1909	1952	Fort Worth and Denver Railway
Stephenville North and South Texas Railway		SSW	1907	1941	N/A
	SL	MP	1893	1956	Missouri Pacific Railroad
		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
	TUST	KCS/ MP/ SSW	1927
			1897	1920	N/A
	TEXC	MKT	1892			Still exists as a lessor of the Fort Worth and Western Railroad
Texas Central Railway		MKT, SP	1879	1891	, Texas Midland Railroad	Not to be confused with the Texas Central Railway high speed rail project.
			1898	1921	Texas City Terminal Railway
Texas City Terminal Railway			1893	1897
			1904	1920	Texas City Terminal Railway
	TXRC		1972	1976	N/A
		ATSF	1904	1948	Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe Railway
		SSW	1900	1903	St. Louis Southwestern Railway of Texas
		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
		NDM	1882	1906	Texas Mexican Railway
Texas Midland Railroad		SP	1892	1934	Texas and New Orleans Railroad
	TNM	MP	1927	1978	Missouri Pacific Railroad
Texas and New Orleans Railroad	T&NO, TNO	SP	1859	1961	Southern Pacific Company
			1900	1901	N/A
			1908	1908
Texas Pacific Railroad		MP	1871	1872	Texas and Pacific Railway
Texas and Pacific Railway	T&P, TP	MP	1872	1976	Missouri Pacific Railroad
		ATSF	1892	1904
		ATSF	1887	1904
		SSW	1879	1886
		MP	1901	1962	N/A
			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
		SP	1879	1895	Texas and New Orleans Railroad
		MP	1852	1856
			1881	1896	N/A
			1875	1881
			1909	1923	N/A
			1901	1909
Trinity and Brazos Valley Railway		CB&Q/ RI	1902	1930	Burlington – Rock Island Railroad
		MKT	1892	1902
		MKT	1881	1882	Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railway
			1899	1901
			1906	1932	N/A
			1901	1936	N/A
		SSW	1891	1899	St. Louis Southwestern Railway of Texas
		SSW	1871	1879
		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)
			1914	1941	N/A
		MP	1901	1906
		MP	1891	1901
		MP	1866	1873	Houston and Great Northern Railroad
			1923	1959	N/A
		SP	1870	1873	Houston and Texas Central Railway
		SP	1866	1870
		SP	1930	1934	Texas and New Orleans Railroad
			1899	1908	N/A
Washington County Railroad		SP	1856	1868	Houston and Texas Central Railway
		SP	1875	1881
	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
			1870	1875
		MKT	1894	1969	Missouri–Kansas–Texas Railroad
		MKT	1906	1923	Missouri–Kansas–Texas Railroad
		CB&Q	1903	1942	N/A
		MKT	1919	1940
		MKT	1920	1955	Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad
		MKT	1907	1940
		MKT	1910	1958	N/A
		CB&Q	1905	1952	Fort Worth and Denver Railway
	WV	CB&Q	1890	1952	Fort Worth and Denver Railway

Electric

Galveston–Houston Electric Railway
Northern Texas Traction Company
Roby and Northern Railroad
Southwestern Traction Company
Tarrant County Traction Company
Texas Electric Railway (TER)
Texas Interurban Railway

Not completed

Columbus, San Antonio and Rio Grande Railroad

Notes[]

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

References[]

Association of American Railroads (2003), Railroad Service in Texas (PDF). Retrieved May 19, 2005.
Handbook of Texas Online

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

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

[1] "South Orient Rail Line". TxDOT. Retrieved 2021-01-16.

[2] "Texas Rail Plan" (PDF). TxDOT. Retrieved 2021-01-16.

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show v t List of United States railroads by political division
Alabama Alaska Arizona Arkansas California Colorado Connecticut Delaware Florida Georgia Hawaii Idaho Illinois Indiana Iowa Kansas Kentucky Louisiana Maine Maryland Massachusetts Michigan Minnesota Mississippi Missouri Montana Nebraska Nevada New Hampshire New Jersey New Mexico New York North Carolina North Dakota Ohio Oklahoma Oregon Pennsylvania Rhode Island South Carolina South Dakota Tennessee Texas Utah Vermont Virginia Washington West Virginia Wisconsin Wyoming
Washington, D.C. Puerto Rico