Current and former railroad companies operating in Dallas, Texas
Encyclopedia
The following is a list of railroad companies that serve(d) Dallas. The first year is the year service began; the last is the year service was halted.
- 1872-1934 Houston and Texas Central Railroad
- 1873-1976 Texas and Pacific RailwayTexas and Pacific RailwayThe Texas and Pacific Railway Company was created by federal charter in 1871 with the purpose of building a southern transcontinental railroad between Marshall, Texas, and San Diego, California....
- 1878-1880 Dallas and Wichita Railroad
- 1878-1878 Dallas, Cleburne and Rio Grande Railroad
- 1878-1879 Chicago, Texas and Mexican Central Railway (purchased right of way from the DC&RG)
- 1879-1965 Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe Railroad (acquired CT&MC)
- 1880-1989 Missouri-Kansas-Texas
- 1880-1881 Texas Trunk Railroad
- 1881-1961 Texas and New Orleans RailroadTexas and New Orleans RailroadThe Texas and New Orleans Railroad is a former railroad in Texas and Louisiana. At one point the company was the largest railroad in Texas, with of trackage in 1934, but by 1961 there were only remaining when it was merged with parent company Southern Pacific....
(acquired the TT) - 1901-1904 Red River, Texas and Southern Railroad
- 1902-1964 Saint Louis, San Francisco and Texas Railroad (nickname Frisco, absorbed the RRT&S)
- 1903-1932 St. Louis Southwestern RailwaySt. Louis Southwestern RailwayThe St. Louis Southwestern Railway , known by its nickname of "The Cotton Belt Route" or simply Cotton Belt, was organized on January 15, 1891, although it had its origins in a series of short lines founded in Tyler, Texas, in 1870 that connected northeastern Texas to Arkansas and southeastern...
- 1903-1980 Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific RailroadChicago, Rock Island and Pacific RailroadThe Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad was a Class I railroad in the United States. It was also known as the Rock Island Line, or, in its final years, The Rock.-Incorporation:...
- 1925-1982 Fort Worth and Denver RailwayFort Worth and Denver RailwayThe Fort Worth and Denver Railway , nicknamed "the Denver Road," was a class I American railroad company that operated in the northern part of Texas from 1881 to 1982, and had a profound influence on the early settlement and economic development of the region....
- 1932-1996 Southern Pacific (acquired the SLSW in 1932 and the T&NO in 1961)
- 1964-1980 St. Louis-San Francisco RailwaySt. Louis-San Francisco RailwayThe St. Louis – San Francisco Railway , also known as the Frisco, was a railroad that operated in the Midwest and South Central U.S. from 1876 to 1980.-History:...
(parent company merged with subsidiary) - 1965-1996 Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe (acquired the GC&SF)
- 1980-1996 Burlington Northern (acquired the SLSF and the bankrupt CRI&P lines in the Dallas area, merged the FW&D in 1982)
- 1989-present Union Pacific (acquired the MKT in 1989, Southern Pacific in 1996)
- 1994-present Kansas City Southern Railroad (purchased right of way from AT&SF)
- 1996-present BNSF RailwayBNSF RailwayThe BNSF Railway is a wholly owned subsidiary of Berkshire Hathaway Inc., and is headquartered in Fort Worth, Texas. It is one of seven North American Class I railroads and the second largest freight railroad network in North America, second only to the Union Pacific Railroad, its primary...
(merger between BN and AT&SF)
- Trinity and Brazos Valley
See also
- Former transit companies in Dallas, TexasFormer Transit Companies in Dallas, TexasThe following is a list of former privately-run transit companies that served Dallas. The first year is the year service began. The last is the year private service was halted.*1872-1884 Dallas City Railroad Company...
- List of defunct Texas railroads