Texas Central

Company History: TEXC was established in 1881 with grand plans to build from a starting point outside of Waco, Texas to Colorado in one direction and New Orleans in the other. The company was reorganized in 1892 and pressed on. By 1911, they reached their maximum size, running 309 miles from Ross Station (in greater Waco) to Rotan, Texas. In 1914, the railroad was leased by Missouri Kansas & Texas. TEXC would be a paper railroad for the next 53 years. By 1967, all of the traffic was concentrated on one end of the line and M-K-T abandoned everything east of Stamford. At this point, Texas Central re-emerged, using the corporate charter from 1892, and began operating the 25 mile segment between Dublin and Gorman, Texas. TEXC then sold the Stamford to Rotan segment to M-K-T and the rest of the original route was pulled up. Strangely, in 1970, they bought the Stamford-Rotan line back from M-K-T, then sold it three years later to BN subsidiary Fort Worth & Denver. In 1994, Texas Central became a paper railroad once again. This time, it was leased by Fort Worth & Western.

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