Fort Worth & Denver

Company History: The Fort Worth & Denver City was built between 1881 and 1888 from Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas northwest through Amarillo to Texline on the Texas – New Mexico border. There it met a predecessor of the Colorado & Southern that was building south from Cheyenne and Denver. Through acquisitions and more construction, FW&D added 5 branches, including lines to Lubbock and Abilene. As with the C&S, Burlington Route took control of the FW&D early in the 20th century. These lines, combined with the Trinity & Brazos Valley gave Burlington’s parents (Great Northern and Northern Pacific) a relatively direct route between the Pacific Northwest and the Gulf Coast. As with the C&S, over the years the Burlington Route image made big inroads, relegating the FW&D to initials on the cab and freight car reporting marks. Despite the image, FW&D was left by Burlington to manage their own affairs in many ways (which stands to reason, FW&D didn’t directly connect with CB&Q!). In 1951, the “City” was dropped from the name. Control of the FW&D passed to Burlington Northern in 1970. On the last day of 1981, sister road C&S was merged into BN and their line south of Denver was transferred to FW&D. In 1982, Fort Worth & Denver was also merged into BN.

Successor/Parent History: The Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad (reporting mark CBQ) was a railroad that operated in the Midwestern United States. Commonly referred to as the Burlington or as the Q, the Burlington Route served a large area, including extensive trackage in the states of Colorado, Illinois, Iowa, Kentucky, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Wisconsin, Wyoming, and also in New Mexico and Texas through subsidiaries Colorado and Southern Railway, Fort Worth and Denver Railway, and Burlington-Rock Island Railroad.[citation needed] Its primary connections included Chicago, Minneapolis-St. Paul, St. Louis, Kansas City and Denver. Because of this extensive trackage in the midwest and mountain states, the railroad used the advertising slogans "Everywhere West", "Way of the Zephyrs", and "The Way West". It merged into Burlington Northern in 1970.

In 1967, it reported 19,565 million net ton-miles of revenue freight and 723 million passenger miles; corresponding totals for C&S were 1,100 and 10 and for FW&D were 1,466 and 13. At the end of the year CB&Q operated 8,538 route-miles, C&S operated 708 and FW&D operated 1362. (These totals may or may not include the former Burlington-Rock Island Railroad.)

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