Texas and Pacific Railway

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Texas and Pacific Railway TEXAS AND PACIFIC RAILWAY. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Act of Congress, name change, May 2, 1872 Trackage, June 30, 1916: 1854.460 mi. First main track 36.595 mi. Other main track 613.050 mi. Yard track and sidings Equipment Steam locomotives 332 Freight cars 10,873 Passenger cars 207 Work equipment 538 Miscellaneous 4 Equipment, leased Steam locomotives 1, to Southern Railway and Navigation Co. Steam locomotives 1, to Denison and Pacific Suburban Railway Steam locomotives 6, to Trans-Mississippi Terminal Railroad Floating equipment 2, to Trans-Mississippi Terminal Railroad Marine pile driver 1, to Trans-Mississippi Terminal Railroad Freight cars 10,873 Passenger cars 207 Work equipment 538 Miscellaneous 4 Texas and Pacific Railway controls and operates the following companies: Company: Percent of control: The W eatherford, Mineral W ells & Northwestern Railway 100% The Denison and Pacific Suburban Railway 100%

By Construction: 129.82 mi. Longview to Eagleford, TX, 1872-11/3/1873 54.50 mi. Sherman to Brookston, TX, 1872-11/3/1873 66.91 mi. Marshall to Texarkana, TX, 1872-11/3/1873 99.22 mi. Texarkana to Brookston, TX, 1875-76 25.54 mi. Eagleford to Fort Worth, TX, 1875-76 90.40 mi. Sherman to Fort Worth, TX, 1878-1880 523.11 mi. Fort Worth to Sierra Blanca, TX, 1880-1881 6.29 mi. Mingus to Thurber, TX, 1888 7.12 mi. Plaquemine to Indian Village, LA, 1888-89 12.36 mi. Waskon to Reison, LA, 1898 101.61 mi. Port Allen to Ferriday, LA, 1889-12/14/1903 28.60 mi. Donaldsonville to Thibodaux, LA, 1901 69.89 mi. Natchitoches to Shreveport, LA, 1901 8.10 mi. Lucas to Cut-Off Jct., LA, 1902 15.50 mi. Donaldsonville to Napoleonville, LA, 1903 22.45 mi. Melville to Simmesport, LA, 1905 Abandoned:

5.00 mi. Natchitoches to Grand Ecore, LA Texas Pacific Railroad (5/2/1872) Memphis, El Paso and Pacific Railroad (6/12/1873) New Orleans Pacific Railway (6/20/1881) Mississippi and La Fourche Railway (5/29/1900) Avoyelles Railroad (12/20/1900) Texarkana, Shreveport and Natchez Railway (2/9/1901) Natchitoches and Red River Valley Railway (4/27/1901) Donaldsonville and Napoleonville Railway (5/13/1903) Louisiana East & West Railroad (4/25/1907) Opelousas, Gulf and Northeastern Railway (4/30/1915) TEXAS PACIFIC RAILROAD. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Texas and Pacific Ry Act of Congress, March 3, 1871 No property constructed Southern Pacific Railroad (3/21/1872) The Southern Trans-Continental Railway (3/30/1872) SOUTHERN PACIFIC RAILROAD.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Texas Pacific RR Name change, August 16, 1856 44.90 mi. Marshall to Swanson's Landing, TX, 1857 Marshall to Longview, TX, 1869 Part of the route between Marshall and Swanson's Landing was torn up and the route was changed by Confederate Soldiers with eastern terminus near Warsaw, TX Texas Western Railroad (8/16/1856) TEXAS WESTERN RAILROAD. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Southern Pacific RR Inc. in TX, February 6, 1852 No property constructed THE SOUTHERN TRANS-CONTINENTAL RAILWAY. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Texas Pacific RR Inc. in TX, July 17, 1870 No road completed or placed in operation MEMPHIS, EL PASO AND PACIFIC RAILROAD. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Texas and Pacific Ry Name changed, February 4, 1856 65 mi. graded and ties placed Memphis and El Paso and Pacific Railroad (2/4/1856) MEMPHIS AND EL PASO AND PACIFIC RAILROAD. . . . . . . . . . . Memphis, El Paso and Pacific RR Inc. in TX, February 7, 1853 No property constructed NEW ORLEANS PACIFIC RAILWAY. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Texas and Pacific Ry Inc. in LA, February 19, 1876 9.00 mi. Westwego to New Orleans, LA, 1881-82 251.80 mi. Bayou Goula or White Castle to Shreveport, LA, 1881-82 8.39 mi. Branch Lines, 1881-82 Red River Rail Road (3/6/1878) New Orleans, Baton Rouge and Vicksburg Railroad (1/5/1881)

Morgan's Louisiana and Texas Railroad and Steamship Company (2/15/1881) RED RIVER RAIL ROAD. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . New Orleans Pacific Ry Inc. in LA, April 2, 1835 No railroad constructed NEW ORLEANS, BATON ROUGE AND VICKSBURG RAILROAD. . . . . . . . New Orleans Pacific Ry Inc. in LA, December 30, 1869 No railroad constructed Louisiana Central Railroad Company of Louisiana LOUISIANA CENTRAL RAILROAD COMPANY OF LOUISIANA. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . New Orleans, Baton Rouge and Vicksburg RR Name change, September 19, 1868 No railroad constructed Louisiana Central Stem Railway (9/19/1868) LOUISIANA CENTRAL STEM RAILWAY. . . . . . . . . . . . Louisiana Central RR Company of Louisiana Inc. in LA, March 20, 1856 No railroad constructed MORGAN'S LOUISIANA AND TEXAS RAILROAD AND STEAMSHIP COMPANY. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . New Orleans Pacific Ry Inc. in LA, March 8, 1877 No property constructed New Orleans, Mobile and Texas Railroad (7/15/1879) NEW ORLEANS, MOBILE AND TEXAS RAILROAD.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Morgan's Louisiana and Texas RR and Steamship Co Name change, February 28, 1871 66.11 mi. Westwego to Bayou Goula, LA New Orleans, Mobile and Chattanooga Railroad (2/28/1871) NEW ORLEANS, MOBILE AND CHATTANOOGA RAILROAD. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . New Orleans, Mobile and Texas RR Inc. in AL, November 24, 1866 No record of construction THE MISSISSIPPI AND LA FOURCHE RAILWAY. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Texas and Pacific Ry Inc. in LA, February 6, 1896 6.00 mi. Belle Alliance to Lauderdale, LA road completely taken up, reconstructed and extended by T&P THE AVOYELLES RAILROAD. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Texas and Pacific Ry Inc. in LA, August 22, 1898 No property constructed St. Louis, Avoyelles and Southwestern Railway (8/22/1898) ST. LOUIS, AVOYELLES AND SOUTHWESTERN RAILWAY. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Avoyelles RR Name changed, October 22, 1895

25.45 mi. Bunkie to Simmesport, LA, 1895-96 8.85 mi. Junction to Marksville, LA, 1895-96 Saint Louis, Avoyelles and Southwestern Railroad (10/22/1895)

SAINT LOUIS, AVOYELLES AND SOUTHWESTERN RAILROAD. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . St. Louis, Avoyelles and Southwestern Ry Inc. in LA, January 12, 1894 No property constructed THE TEXARKANA, SHREVEPORT AND NATCHEZ RAILWAY. . . . . . . . . . . . Texas and Pacific Ry Inc. in LA, October 23, 1895 33.25 mi. Texarkana, AR to Shreveport, LA The Texarkana and Shreveport Railroad (1/16/1899) THE TEXARKANA AND SHREVEPORT RAILROAD. . . . . . . Texarkana, Shreveport and Natchez Ry Name change, October 29, 1888 38 mi. Texarkana, AR to LA/AR state line Gate City Lumber Railroad (10/29/1888) GATE CITY LUMBER RAILROAD. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The Texarkana and Shreveport RR Inc. in AR, April 7, 1886 Amount of Railroad constructed unknown THE NATCHITOCHES AND RED RIVER VALLEY RAILWAY. . . . . . . . . . . . . Texas and Pacific Ry Inc. in LA, November 3, 1894 No property constructed Natchitoches and Red River Valley Railroad (1/16/1895) NATCHITOCHES AND RED RIVER VALLEY RAILROAD. . . Natchitoches and Red River Valley Ry Inc. in LA, March 24, 1893 15.91 mi. Cypress to Natchitoches, LA, 1893 Natchitoches to Grand Ecore, LA Natchitoches Railroad (5/13/1893) NATCHITOCHES RAILROAD. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Natchitoches and Red River Valley RR Inc. in LA, February 25, 1887 No property constructed BAKER SYNDICATE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Natchitoches RR Inc. in LA, January 29, 1887 No property constructed Natchitoches Land and Railway Company (6/18/1887) NATCHITOCHES LAND AND RAILWAY COMPANY.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Baker Syndicate Inc. in LA, November 23, 1885 No property constructed DONALDSONVILLE AND NAPOLEONVILLE RAILWAY. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Texas and Pacific Ry Inc. in LA, December 20, 1902

Part of right-of-way graded THE LOUISIANA EAST & WEST RAILROAD.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Texas and Pacific Ry Inc. in LA, February 15, 1904 25.00 mi. Bunkie to Ville Platte, LA, 1906-07 11.50 mi. Villa Platte to Eunice, LA (completed by T&P) OPELUSAS, GULF AND NORTHEASTERN RAILWAY. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Texas and Pacific Ry Inc. in LA, June 20, 1904 57.03 mi. Melville to Crowley, LA, 1905-07 Subsidiary Companies

The Denison and Pacific Suburban Railway THE DENISON AND PACIFIC SUBURBAN RAILWAY. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Inc. in TX, April 18, 1895 Trackage, June 30, 1916 7.631 mi. First main track 1.386 mi. Yard tracks and sidings Equipment No equipment owned By construction: 7.631 mi. Sherman Junction to Denison, TX, 4/1895-1/15/1896 Controlled by: Texas and Pacific Railway

The Weatherford, Mineral Wells & Northwestern Railway THE WEATHERFORD, MINERAL WELLS & NORTHWESTERN RAILWAY.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Inc. in TX, July 2, 1889 Trackage, June 30, 1916: 42.667 mi. First main track 6.059 mi. Yard tracks and sidings Equipment Steam locomotives 4 Freight cars 8 Passenger cars 6 Work equipment 3 By construction: 42.667 mi. Weatherford to Graford, TX, 1/1908 Controlled by: Texas and Pacific Railway

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