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Website. kcsouthern.com. The Kansas City Southern Railway Company (reporting mark KCS) was an American Class I railroad. Founded in 1887, it operates in 10 Midwestern and Southeastern U.S. states: Illinois, Missouri, Kansas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Tennessee, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana and Texas. KCS owns the shortest north-south rail route ...
Area code (s) 214, 469, 945, 972. FIPS code. 48-80356 [5] GNIS feature ID. 1350621 [4] Website. City of Wylie Official Website. Wylie is a city and northeastern suburb of Dallas, that was once solely located in Collin County, but now extends into neighboring Dallas and Rockwall counties in the U.S. state of Texas.
The Silver Line, also known as the Cotton Belt Rail Line, is an under construction 26-mile (42 km) hybrid rail (light rail with some features similar to commuter rail) line traversing Collin, Dallas, and Tarrant Counties in the U.S. state of Texas operated by Dallas Area Rapid Transit (DART). The line will provide service from Dallas's ...
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 ...
Length. 725 miles (1,167 km) Originally incorporated as the Tyler Tap Railroad in 1871, the Texas and St. Louis Railway (“T&SL”) constructed a three-foot gauge railroad from Gatesville, Texas through Arkansas to Bird's Point, Missouri starting in 1875 and completing by 1883. One of the two longest narrow-gauge lines in the country, the ...
Track gauge. 4 ft 8 + 1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) Length. 67.5 miles (108.6 km) The Central Texas & Colorado River Railway (reporting mark CTXR) is a short-line railroad headquartered in Brady, Texas. Formerly known as the Heart of Texas Railroad, the railroad operates a portion of the former Santa Fe branch line to Eden, between Brady and an ...
The Trinity and Brazos Valley Railway ( reporting mark TBV) of Texas came into existence on October 7, 1902, originally chartered to build a railroad from Johnson County to the Beaumont area near the Gulf coast. It took its name from the Trinity and Brazos rivers. It was commonly known as the “Boll Weevil," though it referred to itself as the ...
texasstaterailroad.net. The Texas State Railroad, also referred to as the Lone Star and Eastern Railroad, is a historic 25 mi (40 km) heritage railroad between Rusk and Palestine, Texas. Built by inmates, it was founded in 1883 by the state of Texas to haul raw materials for a smelter at the prison at Rusk. Regular service on the line was ended ...