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Texas Texas (, ; Spanish: ''Texas'', ''Tejas'') is a state in the South Central region of the United States. At 268,596 square miles (695,662 km2), and with more than 29.1 million residents in 2020, it is the second-largest U.S. state by ...

Common freight carriers

Class I

BNSF Railway BNSF Railway is one of the largest freight railroads in North America. One of seven North American Class I railroads, BNSF has 35,000 employees, of track in 28 states, and nearly 8,000 locomotives. It has three transcontinental routes that ...

(BNSF) *

Kansas City Southern Railway The Kansas City Southern Railway Company is 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, Loui ...

(KCS) *

Union Pacific Railroad The Union Pacific Railroad , legally Union Pacific Railroad Company and often called simply Union Pacific, is a freight-hauling railroad that operates 8,300 locomotives over routes in 23 U.S. states west of Chicago and New Orleans. Union Paci ...

(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 The Angelina and Neches River Railroad (Angelina & Neches River Railroad) is a short-line railroad headquartered in Lufkin, Texas. ANR operates an line from Dunagan, Texas, to an interchange with Union Pacific Railroad The Union Pacifi ...

(ANR) *

Austin Western Railroad The Austin Western Railroad is a short-line railroad headquartered in Round Rock, Texas. AWRR is a subsidiary of Watco. AWRR operates a 103 mile (166 km) line from Fairland, Texas to an interchange with the Union Pacific at Elgin. Tracks als ...

(AWRR) - (

Watco Watco Companies, L.L.C. (Watco) is a transportation company based in Pittsburg, Kansas, formed in 1983 by Charles R. Webb. Watco was composed of four divisions: transportation, mechanical, terminal and port services, and compliance. Watco is th ...

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Big Spring Rail (BSR)
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Blacklands Railroad The Blacklands Railroad is a class III short-line railroad headquartered in Sulphur Springs, Texas. History The Blacklands Railroad began operations in 1999 on an abandoned Southern Pacific Transportation Company, Southern Pacific rail line tha ...

(BLR) *

Border Pacific Railroad The Border Pacific Railroad is a short-line railroad headquartered in Rio Grande City, Texas, United States. BOP operates a line from Rio Grande City to an interchange with Union Pacific (via Rio Valley Switching Company) at Mission, Texas. BOP ...

(BOP) *

Brownsville and Rio Grande International Railroad The Brownsville and Rio Grande International Railroad (Brownsville & Rio Grande International Railroad) is a terminal switching railroad headquartered in Brownsville, Texas. BRG operates of line at the Port of Brownsville, and interchanges with ...

(BRG) * CMC Railroad (CMC) * Corpus Christi Terminal Railroad (CCPN) - (

Genesee & Wyoming Genesee & Wyoming Inc. (G&W) is an American short line railroad holding company, that owns or maintains an interest in 122 railroads in the United States, Canada, Belgium, Netherlands, Poland, United Kingdom and formerly Australia. It operates ...

) *

Dallas, Garland and Northeastern Railroad The Dallas, Garland and Northeastern Railroad (Dallas, Garland & Northeastern Railroad) is a short-line railroad headquartered in Richardson, Texas. The company is a subsidiary of Genesee & Wyoming, having been acquired when GWRR purchased Rail ...

(DGNO) - (

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Fort Worth and Western Railroad The Fort Worth and Western Railroad is a Class III short-line railroad headquartered in Fort Worth, Texas. Operating only within the state of Texas, its main freight service route is between Carrollton, Fort Worth and Brownwood. History Much ...

(FWWR) :*Operates the Fort Worth & Dallas Belt Railroad (FWDB) and the Fort Worth and Dallas Railroad (FWDR) * Galveston Railroad (GVSR) - (

) *

Gardendale Railroad Gardendale is the name of several places in the United States: *Gardendale, Alabama Gardendale is a city in Jefferson County, Alabama, United States and a northern suburb of Birmingham. The population was 16,044 at the 2020 census. History A l ...

(GDR) *

Georgetown Railroad The Georgetown Railroad is a class III short-line railroad headquartered in Georgetown, Texas. History The original Georgetown Railroad Company was chartered on May 31, 1878, with a commitment to build a railroad the approximately 10 mile dista ...

(GRR) *

Grainbelt Corporation Farmrail System, Inc. is an employee-owned holding company for two Class III common-carrier railroads comprising "Western Oklahoma’s Regional Railroad" based in Clinton, Oklahoma. Farmrail Corporation has acted since 1981 as a lessee-operator ...

(GNBC) *

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Gulf Coast Switching A gulf is a large inlet from the ocean into the landmass, typically with a narrower opening than a bay, but that is not observable in all geographic areas so named. The term gulf was traditionally used for large highly-indented navigable bodies ...

(GCS) * Hondo Railway (HRR) *

Kiamichi Railroad The Kiamichi Railroad Company is a Class III short-line railroad headquartered in Hugo, Oklahoma. KRR operates two lines totaling which intersect in Hugo, as well as maintaining trackage rights on an additional of track. The main line (1 ...

(KRR) - (

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La Salle Railway LA most frequently refers to Los Angeles, the second largest city in the United States. La, LA, or L.A. may also refer to: Arts and entertainment Music * La (musical note), or A, the sixth note * "L.A.", a song by Elliott Smith on ''Figure ...

(LSRY) *

Live Oak Railroad Live may refer to: Arts, entertainment, and media Films * ''Live!'' (2007 film), 2007 American film * ''Live'' (2014 film), a 2014 Japanese film *'' ''Live'' (Apocalyptica DVD) Music *Live (band), American alternative rock band * List of albums ...

(LOR) * Lubbock and Western Railway (LBWR) - (

) *

Moscow, Camden and San Augustine Railroad The Moscow, Camden & San Augustine Railroad Company is a Class III short line railroad headquartered in Camden, Texas. It is a subsidiary of Georgia-Pacific. The MCSA operates a 6.9 mi (11.1 km) line from Camden to an interchange w ...

(MCSA) - (

Georgia-Pacific Georgia-Pacific LLC is an American pulp and paper company based in Atlanta, Georgia, and is one of the world's largest manufacturers and distributors of tissue, pulp, paper, toilet and paper towel dispensers, packaging, building products and ...

) * Oak Grove Railroad * Orange Port Terminal Railway (OPT) *

Panhandle Northern Railroad The Panhandle Northern Railroad is a class III short-line railroad that operates 31 miles of track between Borger, Texas and Panhandle, Texas. The line operates on former Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway trackage that was sold off in 1993. ...

(PNR) * Pecos Valley Southern Railway (PVS) - (

) *

Plainsman Switching Company Plainsman or The Plainsman may refer to: Films: * '' The Plainsman'', a 1936 Western film starring Gary Cooper and Jean Arthur * ''The Plainsman'' (1966 film), a Technicolor remake of the 1936 film Newspapers: * ''Plainsman'' (South Africa), a l ...

(PSC) **Operates South Plains Switching, Ltd * Plainview Terminal Company (PTC) * Point Comfort and Northern Railway (PCN) - (

) * Port Terminal Railroad Association (PTRA) * Rail Logix ( Frontier Logistics LP) *

Rio Valley Switching Company The Rio Valley Switching Company is a short-line railroad headquartered in McAllen, Texas. RVSC operates four lines, all leased from Union Pacific: *A 41-mile line from an interchange with Union Pacific at Harlingen, Texas to an interchange with ...

(RVSC) operates the Rio Valley Railroad (RVRR) * RJ Corman Texas Line (RJCD) * Sabine River and Northern Railroad (SRN) * San Antonio Central Railway (SAC) - (

) * San Jacinto Transportation (SJCT) *

South Plains Lamesa Railroad South is one of the cardinal directions or compass points. The direction is the opposite of north and is perpendicular to both east and west. Etymology The word ''south'' comes from Old English ''sūþ'', from earlier Proto-Germanic ''*sun� ...

(SLAL) * Southern Switching Company (SSC) operates the Lone Star Railroad (LSRR) *

Southwest Gulf Railroad The points of the compass are a set of horizontal, radially arrayed compass directions (or azimuths) used in navigation and cartography. A compass rose is primarily composed of four cardinal directions—north, east, south, and west—each ...

(SWG) - (

Vulcan Materials Company Vulcan Materials Company () is an American company based in Birmingham, Alabama. It is principally engaged in the production, distribution and sale of construction materials. Vulcan is the largest producer of construction materials, primarily gra ...

) * Temple and Central Texas Railway (TC) * Texas Central Business Lines (TCB) *

Texas City Terminal Railway The Texas City Terminal Railway is an American terminal railroad that operates of track at the Port of Texas City in Texas City, Texas. Established in 1921, the TCTR is jointly owned by the Union Pacific Railroad and BNSF Railway BNSF Rail ...

(TCT) - (

BNSF BNSF Railway is one of the largest freight railroads in North America. One of seven North American Class I railroads, BNSF has 35,000 employees, of track in 28 states, and nearly 8,000 locomotives. It has three transcontinental routes that ...

and UP) * Texas, Gonzales and Northern Railway (TXGN) * Texas & Eastern Railroad * Texas & New Mexico Railway (TXN) - (

) *

Texas Northeastern Railroad The Texas Northeastern Railroad is a Class III railroad operating in the United States state of Texas that began operations in 1990. It consists of of track on two lines. *One line runs from Bonham, Texas to Sherman, Texas, with a branch fro ...

(TNER) - (

) *

Texas and Northern Railway The Texas and Northern Railway is an eight-mile (13 km) railroad connecting Lone Star, Texas, to the former Louisiana and Arkansas Railway at Veals Switch between Daingerfield and Hughes Springs Hughes Springs is a city in Cass and Morris ...

(TN) * Texas North Western Railway (TXNW) * Texas and Oklahoma Railroad (TXOR) *

Texas Pacifico Transportation Texas Pacifico Transportation Ltd. is a Class III railroad operating company in West Texas owned by Grupo México. The company operates over the South Orient Rail Line under a lease and operating agreement with the Texas Department of Transp ...

(TXPF) - (

Grupo México Grupo México is a Mexican conglomerate that operates through the following divisions: Mining (Minera Mexico), Transportation ( GMxT), Infrastructure and Fundacion Grupo Mexico. Its mining Division is the leading Copper producer in Mexico and t ...

) **Operator for the Texas state-owned South Orient Rail Line * Texas Rock Crusher Railway (TXR) *

Texas South-Eastern Railroad Texas (, ; Spanish language, Spanish: ''Texas'', ''Tejas'') is a state in the South Central United States, South Central region of the United States. At 268,596 square miles (695,662 km2), and with more than 29.1 million residents in 2 ...

(TSE) * Timber Rock Railroad (TIBR) - (

) *

Western Rail Road The Western Rail Road is a shortline railroad owned by Cemex that connects a Cemex quarry and cement plant at Dittlinger, Texas (just south of New Braunfels), to the Austin Subdivision of the Union Pacific Railroad (UP). The company was incorp ...

(WRRC) *

Wichita, Tillman and Jackson Railway The Wichita, Tillman and Jackson Railway is a shortline railroad subsidiary of the Rio Grande Pacific Corporation that operates in Oklahoma and Texas. The line for which it is named extends from Wichita Falls, Texas to just north of Altus, Oklah ...

(WTJR)

Passenger carriers

Intercity Passenger Rail

Amtrak The National Railroad Passenger Corporation, doing business as Amtrak () , is the national passenger railroad company of the United States. It operates inter-city rail service in 46 of the 48 contiguous U.S. States and nine cities in Canada. ...

(AMTK) **

Heartland Flyer The ''Heartland Flyer'' is a daily passenger train that follows a route between Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, and Fort Worth, Texas. It is operated by Amtrak and jointly funded by the states of Oklahoma and Texas. The train's daily round-trip begins ...

Texas Eagle The ''Texas Eagle'' is a daily passenger train route operated by Amtrak between Chicago and San Antonio in the central and western United States. Prior to 1988, the train was known as the ''Eagle''. Trains #21 (southbound) and 22 (northbound) ...

Sunset Limited The ''Sunset Limited'' is an Amtrak passenger train that for most of its history has operated between New Orleans and Los Angeles, over the nation's second transcontinental route. However, up until Hurricane Katrina in 2005, it operated betw ...

Commuter Rail

A-train (Denton County Transportation Authority) The A-train is a hybrid rail (light rail with some features similar to commuter rail) line in Denton County, Texas, United States. It is the fourth-busiest commuter rail line in Texas and thirty-first in the United States. It runs parallel to ...

(DCTA) *

Capital MetroRail Capital MetroRail is a hybrid rail (light rail with some features similar to commuter rail) line that serves the Greater Austin area in Texas, and which is owned by Capital Metro. The Red Line, Capital Metro's first and only rail line, connects ...

**operates the

Austin and Northwestern Railroad The Austin and Northwestern Railroad began construction on a rail line west of Austin, Texas, USA, toward Llano on April 20, 1881. The railroad was originally built as a narrow gauge line with plans to connect to the Texas and Pacific Railway at ...

Trinity Railway Express The Trinity Railway Express (TRE) is a commuter rail line in the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex. It was established by an interlocal agreement between Dallas Area Rapid Transit (DART) and Trinity Metro. Each transit authority owns a 50% stake in ...

(TREX) (DART and Trinity Metro) *

TEXRail TEXRail is a hybrid rail (light rail with some features similar to commuter rail) line in Tarrant County, Texas, United States that provides service between downtown Fort Worth and Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport via Grapevine and othe ...

(Trinity Metro)

High Speed Rail

Texas Central Railway Texas Central or Texas Central Partners, LLC, is a private railroad company that is proposing a high-speed rail line between Dallas/Fort Worth and Houston. It plans to use technology based on that used by the Central Japan Railway Company and ...

(Proposed; in

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-acquisition phase)

Light Rail

* DART Rail * Houston METRORail

Trolley and Streetcar

* Dallas Streetcar (DART) * El Paso Street Car (Sun Metro) *

Galveston Island Trolley The Galveston Island Trolley is a heritage streetcar network in Galveston, Texas, United States. As of late 2006, the total network length was 6.8 miles (10.9 km) with 22 stations. The Galveston Island Trolley is operated by Island Transit. ...

* McKinney Avenue Trolley

Tourism Rail

* Austin and Texas Central Railroad (ATCR) (Austin Steam Train Association) *

Grapevine Vintage Railroad The Grapevine Vintage Railroad (GVRR) is an excursion and special event railroad in Grapevine, Texas, USA, that runs from the Main Street station in Grapevine to the Fort Worth Stockyards. GVRR is owned and operated by the City of Grapevine. His ...

(operated on TEXRail) * Historic Jefferson Railway * Six Flags & Texas Railroad * Texas State Railroad * Longhorn and Western Railroad (Texas Transportation Museum)

Defunct railroads

;Electric * Austin Dam and Suburban Railway * Belton–Temple Traction Company * Bryan and Central Texas Interurban Railway * Bryan and College Interurban Railway * Bryan–College Traction Company * Dallas Southern Traction Company * Denison and Sherman Railway * Eastern Texas Electric Company * Fort Worth Southern Traction Company * Galveston–Houston Electric Railway * Houston North Shore Railway * Jefferson County Traction Company *

Northern Texas Traction Company The Northern Texas Traction Company was a subsidiary of Stone & Webster that operated the streetcar system and interurban lines in Fort Worth, Texas. The Northern Texas Traction Company began with the purchase of the City Railway of Fort Worth b ...

* Rio Grande Valley Traction Company * Roby and Northern Railroad * Southern Traction Company * Southwestern Traction Company * Tarrant County Traction Company *

Texas Electric Railway The Texas Electric Railway is a historic interurban railroad that operated from Dallas, Texas, to Denison, Corsicana, and Waco. It began operation in 1908 and through the merger of several companies became the largest interurban railway operato ...

(TER) *

Texas Interurban Railway The Texas Interurban Railway was an electric interurban railroad that operated from Dallas, Texas, to Terrell and Denton from 1923 to 1932. The Missouri–Kansas–Texas Railroad (Katy) line was electrified between Dallas and Denton and services ...

* Texas Traction Company ;Not completed *

Brazos and Galveston Railroad The Brazos River ( , ), called the ''Río de los Brazos de Dios'' (translated as "The River of the Arms of God") by early Spanish explorers, is the 11th-longest river in the United States at from its headwater source at the head of Blackwater Dr ...

* Columbus, San Antonio and Rio Grande Railroad * Enid, Ochiltree and Western Railroad * Gulf and West Texas Railway * Harrisburg Railroad and Trading Company * Houston, Trinity and Tyler Railroad * Pan American Railway * Temple–Northwestern Railway * Winnsboro and Gilmer Railroad

Notes

References

* Association of American Railroads (2003),
Railroad Service in Texas
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