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THE TEXAS ALMANAC. 267
List of Texas Railroads and Total Mileage.-(Con.)
Total
Correct Corporate Name of Company track
and Location of General Office- (miles).
Texas City Terminal Railway Company,
Texas City .................... .... 38.67
The Texas Mexican Railvay Company,
Laredo ............................... 193.93
Texas Midland Railroad, Terrell.......... 159.74
Texas Short Line Railway Company, Grand
Saline .................................. 14.41
Texas Southeastern Railroad Company,
Diboll .............. ..... ...... 25.72
The Trinity & Bravos Valley Railway
Company, Houston ..... ..... .. 374.29
Trinity Valley & Northern Railway Com-
pany. Dayton............ ....... 19.58
Trinity Valley Southern Railroad Com-
pany, Oaklihurst ................... 695
The UniUmon Terminal Company. Dallas..... 16 64
Uvalde & Northern Railway Company. San
Antonio .... .................... 39.71
Waco, Beaumont, Trinity & Sabine Rail-
way Company, Tinitiy..... ......... 131.89
The Weatherford, Mineral Wells and
Northwestern Railway Company. Weath-
erford ..................... 50.64
The Wichita Falls Railway Company. Dal-
las. ....................... ............ 27.89
The Wichita Falls & Northwestern Rail-
way Company of Texas. Dallas......... 43.10
Wichita Falls & Oklahoma Railway Com-
pany. Fort Worth .......... ........29.76
Wichita Falls & Southern Railroad Com-
pany, Wichita Falls ................. 110.62
Wichita Falls & Wellington Railway Com-
pany of Texas, Dallas................. 17.68
Wichita Falls, Ranger & Fort Worth Rail-
road Company, Ranger ................ 95 52
Wichita 3 alley Railroad Company, Fort
Worth .. . . ..... .. 6816
Wichlta Valley Railway Company, Fort
Worth ............ ........ 64.95
Texas State Railroad, Houston............ 38.32
TEXAS RAILROADS OPERATED UNDER LEASE.
A number of Texas railroad properties are not
operated by the companies owning them, but are
operated by other companies under lease and are
included in the operations of such companies leas-
ing them, according to the 1926 report of the Rail-
road Commission of Texas. They are as follows.
Cane Belt; Concho, San Saba & Llano Valley;
Gulf, Beaumont & Great Northern; Gulf. Beau-
mont & Kansas City; Gulf & Interstate of Texas;
Jasper & Eastern; Pecos & Northern Texas. Cole-
man, Texas, to Sweetwater, Texas: Texas & Gulf-
by the Gulf, Colorado & Santa Fe Railway Com-
pany.
El Paso & Northeastern Railroad Company and
El Paso & Southwestern Railroad Company of Texas
--by Southern Pacific Company.
San Antonio Belt & Terminal Company; Texas
Central; Wichita Falls & Northwestern; Wichita
Falls & Wellington of Texas and Wichita Falls
Railway-by Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railroad of
Texas.
North Texas & Santa Fe: Pecos River Railroad;
Pecos & Northern Texas. and South Plains & Santa
Fe north of Sweetwater, Texas-by the Pan-
handle & Santa Fe Railway Company.
Rio Grande. El Paso & Santa Fe-by the Atchi-
son. Topeka & Santa Fe Railwav Company.
Fort Worth & Denver Terminal-by the Fort
Worth & Denver City Railway
Steplihenville, North & South Texas-by the St.
Louis Southwestern Railway Company of Texas.
Texas State Railroad-by Texas & New Orleans
Railroad Company.
San Antcnio & Aransas Pass-by Galveston. Har-
risburg & San Antonio Railway.
Wichita Falls & Southern Railway-by Wichita
Falls & Southern Railroad
Abilene & Northern. Stamford & Northwestern;
Wichita Falls & Oklahoma and Wichita Valley
Railroad-by Wichita Valley Railway.
Trackage Rights.
In addition to the track owned by the following
companies they have trackage rights over the
whole or part of other operated roads as stated be-
low-
Abilene & Southern, track of: Miles.
Abilene & Northern, Abilene to Anson....... 24.62Texas Railroads Operated Under Lease.-(Con.)
Miles.
Angelina & Neches River. track of:
Houston East & West Texas, Presser to
Lufkin .................................2.20
Beaumont, Sour Lake & Western. track of:
Houston Belt & Terminal, in Houston...... 6.42
Texarkana & Fort Smith, Beaumont to Sabine 2
River . .. .............28.04
Chicago. Rock Island & Gulf. track of:
Chicago Rock Island & Pacific, Terral, Ok.,
to Red River ... ................... 1.14
Texas & Pacific. in Fort Worth ...............35
Union Terminal Company, in Dallas.......... 2.08
Dallas Terminal Railway & Union Depot
Company. in Dallas.. ................28
Dallas Terminal & Union Depot Company,
track of:
Union Term:nal Company. in Dallas.......... ..64
Gulf, Colorado & Santa Fe. in Dallas......... .11
Dayton-Goose Creek, track of:
Texas & New Orleans at Dayton..............59
Eastland, Wichita Falls & Gulf, track of:
Wichita Falls, Ranger & Fort Worth, Ring-
hIng Junction to Breckwalter.... ........ 1.21
Fort Worth & Denver City, track of:
Chicago. Rock Island & Gulf, Fort Worth to
Dallas ..............................33.79
Union Terminal Company, in Dallas.......... 1.05
Fort Worth & Rio Grande. track of:
Gulf, Colorado & Santa Fe. Brady to White-
land Junction ...................... 11.78
Fredericksburg & Northern, track of:
San Antonio & Aransas Pass, at Fredericks-
burg Junction ..... ...............50
Galveston, Harrisburg & San Antonio,
track of.
Gulf, Coloralo & Santa Fe, in Galveston..... 59
Houston & Texas Central, in Houston....... 2.57
Texas & New Orleans. Semns Junction to
agers ......................... 3.51
St. Louis Southwestern Railway Company of
Texas, in Waco.. .............. ... 19
Galveston Houston & Henderson, track of:
Gulf, Colorado & Santa Fe. in Galveston.... .68
Houston Belt & Terminal Company, in Hous-,
ton .54
Galveston Wharf Company, track of:
Gal esto-. Harrisburg & San Antonio, in Gal-
veston .....................2.02
Groveton, Lufkin & Northern, track of:
St. Lous, Southwestern of Texas. Lufkin to
T & N. 0. crossing near Presrridge........ 12.50
St. Louis Southwestern of Te.xas, in Lufkin.. .93
Texas & New Orleans, near Prestridge to
Melba ................................ 29.50
Texas Southeastern. Vair to Lufkin........ 12.63
Gulf. Colorado & Santa Fe, track of:
Dallas Terminal & Union Depot Company,
terminals at Dallas... . ............. 1.80
Houston Belt & Terminal, terminals at Hous-
ton .. . 4.64
Houston East & West Texas, in Teneha and
Timpson ............ ................ 1.27
Paris & Great Northern, in Paris............. .30
St. Louis Southwestern of Texas, McGregor
to Waco .. ... ........ 21.78
Gulf, Texas & Western, track of:
Weatherford. Mineral Wells & Northwestern,
Weatherford to Salesville.................. 31.50
Houston & Texas Central, track of:
Fort Worth Union Passenger Station, in Fort
Worth ............ ...4.................. .17
San Antonio & Aransas Pass, Giddings to
Flatona .............................. 38.21
Chicago, Rock Island & Gulf. Dallas to Fort
Worth ............... 36.62
St. Louis Southwestern of Texas. in Waco.. .53
Houston East & West Texas, track of:
Houston & Texas Central, in Houston........ 1.01
Houston Belt & Terminal Company,
track of:
Gulf, Colorado & Santa Fe, in Houston...... 5.28
International-Great Northern. track of:
Galveston, Houston & Henderson, Galveston
to Houston .. 49.40
St. Louis Southwvestern of Texas, in Waco... 3.40
Texas & Pacific, in Fort Worth .............70
Louisiana Railway & Navigation of Texas,
track of:
Missouri-Kansas-Texas of Texas, in Green-
ville.. .56
Texas & Pacific. State line to Waskom ... .69
Lufkin, Hemphill & Gulf, track of:
Gulf, Colorado & Santa Fe, in Bronson...'.. .52
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