The following railroads operate in the U.S. state of Texas.
Common freight carriers
Class I
- BNSF Railway (BNSF)
- Canadian Pacific Kansas City (CPKC)
- Union Pacific Railroad (UP)
Class II
There are no Class II Railroads in Texas.
Class III
- Alamo Gulf Coast Railroad (AGCR) - (Martin Marietta Inc.)
- Alliance Terminal Railroad (ATR) - (OmniTRAX)
- Angelina and Neches River Railroad (ANR)
- Austin Western Railroad (AWRR) - (Watco)
- Big Spring Rail (BSR)
- Blacklands Railroad (BLR)
- Border Pacific Railroad (BOP)
- Brownsville and Rio Grande International Railroad (BRG) - (OmniTRAX)
- CMC Railroad (CMC)
- Corpus Christi Terminal Railroad (CCPN) - (Genesee & Wyoming)
- Dallas, Garland and Northeastern Railroad (DGNO) - (Genesee & Wyoming)
- Fort Worth and Western Railroad (FWWR)
:*Operates the Fort Worth & Dallas Belt Railroad (FWDB) and the Fort Worth and Dallas Railroad (FWDR)
- Galveston Railroad (GVSR) - (Genesee & Wyoming)
- Gardendale Railroad (GDR)
- Georgetown Railroad (GRR)
- Grainbelt Corporation (GNBC)
- GT Logistics
- Gulf Coast Switching (GCS)
- Hondo Railway (HRR)
- Kiamichi Railroad (KRR) - (Genesee & Wyoming)
- La Salle Railway (LSRY)
- Live Oak Railroad (LOR)
- Lubbock and Western Railway (LBWR) - (Watco)
- Moscow, Camden and San Augustine Railroad (MCSA) - (Georgia-Pacific)
- Oak Grove Railroad
- Orange Port Terminal Railway (OPT)
- Panhandle Northern Railroad (PNR) - (OmniTRAX)
- Pecos Valley Southern Railway (PVS) - (Watco)
- Plainsman Switching Company (PSC)
- Operates South Plains Switching, Ltd
- Plainview Terminal Company (PTC)
- Point Comfort and Northern Railway (PCN) - (Genesee & Wyoming)
- Port Terminal Railroad Association (PTRA)
- Rail Logix (Frontier Logistics LP)
- Rio Valley Switching Company (RVSC) operates the Rio Valley Railroad (RVRR)
- RJ Corman Texas Line (RJCD)
- Sabine River and Northern Railroad (SRN)
- San Antonio Central Railway (SAC) - (Watco)
- San Jacinto Transportation (SJCT)
- South Plains Lamesa Railroad (SLAL)
- Southern Switching Company (SSC) operates the Lone Star Railroad (LSRR)
- Southwest Gulf Railroad (SWG) - (Vulcan Materials Company)
- Temple and Central Texas Railway (TC) - (Patriot Rail]])
- Texas Coastal Bend Railroad (TCBR) - (Watco)
- Texas Central Business Lines (TCB)
- Texas City Terminal Railway (TCT) - (BNSF and UP)
- Texas, Gonzales and Northern Railway (TXGN)
- Texas & Eastern Railroad
- Texas & New Mexico Railway (TXN) - (Watco)
- Texas Northeastern Railroad (TNER) - (Genesee & Wyoming)
- Texas and Northern Railway (TN)- (Transtar]])
- Texas North Western Railway (TXNW)
- Texas and Oklahoma Railroad (TXOR)
- Texas Pacifico Transportation (TXPF) - (Grupo México)
- Operator for the Texas state-owned South Orient Rail Line
- Texas Rock Crusher Railway (TXR)
- Texas South-Eastern Railroad (TSE)
- Timber Rock Railroad (TIBR) - (Watco)
- Western Rail Road (WRRC)
- Wichita, Tillman and Jackson Railway (WTJR)
Passenger carriers
Intercity passenger rail
- Amtrak (AMTK)
- Heartland Flyer
- Texas Eagle
- Sunset Limited
Commuter rail
- A-train - (DCTA)
- CapMetro Rail - (CapMetro)
- Trinity Railway Express (TRE) - (DART and Trinity Metro)
- TEXRail - (Trinity Metro)
High speed rail
- Texas Central Railway (Proposed; in ROW-acquisition phase)
Light rail
- DART rail - (DART)
- METRORail - (Houston METRO)
Trolley and streetcar
- Dallas Streetcar - (DART)
- El Paso Streetcar - (Sun Metro)
- Galveston Island Trolley - (Island Transit)
- M-Line Trolley - (MATA)
Tourist and heritage
- Austin and Texas Central Railroad (ATCR) - (Austin Steam Train Association)
- Grapevine Vintage Railroad (GVRX)
- Hermann Park Railroad - (Hermann Park Conservancy)
- Historic Jefferson Railway (JCB)
- Six Flags & Texas Railroad - (Six Flags Over Texas)
- Texas State Railroad (TSR)
- Longhorn and Western Railroad - (Texas Transportation Museum)
Defunct railroads
<!--Why does the valuation call it Moscow, Camden and San Augustine Railway? Texas and Western Railway? Houston, Brazos and Northern Railway?-->
{| class="wikitable sortable"
!Name
!Mark
!System
!From
!To
!Successor
!Notes
|-
|Abilene and Northern Railway
|
|CB&Q
|1906
|1952
|Fort Worth and Denver Railway
|-
|Abilene and Southern Railway
|A&S, AS
|MP
|1909
|1978
|Missouri Pacific Railroad
|-
|Acme, Red River and Northern Railway
|
|SLSF
|1902
|1909
|Quanah, Acme and Pacific Railway
|-
|Acme Tap Railroad
|
|CB&Q
|1899
|1938<!--or 1931?-->
|N/A
|-
|Air Line Railroad
|
|SP
|1860
|<!--ICC doesn't know-->
|Washington County Railroad
|-
|Aransas Harbor Terminal Railway
|
|
|1892
|1947
|N/A
|-
|Artesian Belt Railroad
|
|MP
|1908
|1920<!--?-->
|San Antonio Southern Railway
|-
|Asherton and Gulf Railway
|
|MP
|1909
|1956
|Missouri Pacific Railroad
|-
|Asphalt Belt Railway
|
|MP
|1923
|1956
|Missouri Pacific Railroad
|-
|Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway
|ATSF
|ATSF
|1965
|1996
|Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Railway
|-
|Austin Area Terminal Railroad
|AUAR
|
|2000
|2007
|Austin Western Railroad
|-
|Austin Dam and Suburban Railway
|
|MP
|1895
|1956
|Missouri Pacific Railroad
|-
|Austin and Northwestern Railroad
|AUNW
|
|1986
|1996
|Longhorn Railway
|-
|Austin and Northwestern Railroad
|
|SP
|1881
|1901
|Houston and Texas Central Railroad
|-
|Austin and Oatmanville Railway
|
|
|1883
|1888
|N/A
|-
|Bartlett–Florence Railway
|
|
|1909
|1911
|Bartlett Western Railroad
|-
|Bartlett Western Railroad
|
|
|1911
|1935
|N/A
|-
|Bastrop and Taylor Railway
|
|MKT
|1886
|1886
|Taylor, Bastrop and Houston Railway
|-
|Beaumont and Great Northern Railroad
|
|MKT
|1905
|1923
|Waco, Beaumont, Trinity and Sabine Railway
|-
|Beaumont, Sour Lake and Port Arthur Traction Company
|
|MP
|1903
|1904
|Beaumont, Sour Lake and Western Railway
|-
|Beaumont, Sour Lake and Western Railway
|
|MP
|1904
|1956
|Missouri Pacific Railroad
|-
|Beaumont and Saratoga Transportation Company
|
|
|1905
|1935<!--or 1922??-->
|N/A
|-
|Beaumont Wharf and Terminal Company
|
|ATSF
|1897
|1957
|Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe Railway
|-
|Belton Railroad
|BRR
|
|1960
|1991
|Georgetown Railroad
|-
|Big Creek and Trinity Valley Railway
|
|
|1908
|1912
|N/A
|Three-mile lumber line, years are when reports were made
|-
|Black Bayou Railroad
|
|
|1904
|<!--no idea-->
|N/A
|-
|Blackwell, Enid and Texas Railway
|
|SLSF
|1901
|1904
|St. Louis, San Francisco and Texas Railway
|-
|Board of Trustees of the Galveston Wharves
|GWF
|
|1940
|
|
|Still exists as a lessor of the Galveston Railroad
|-
|Bois d'Arc and Southern Railway
|BDS
|
|1934
|1946
|N/A
|-
|Bowers and Piney Creek Railway
|
|
|1889
|1891
|N/A
|-
|Brazos, Santiago and Rio Grande Railroad
|
|
|1865
|1867
|N/A
|-
|Brownsville and Gulf Railway
|
|MP/ NDM
|1883
|1906
|Brownsville and Matamoros Bridge Company
|-
|Brownsville and Matamoros Bridge Company
|
|MP/ NDM
|1909
|
|
|Still exists as a joint subsidiary of the Mexican government and Union Pacific Railroad
|-
|Brownwood North and South Railway
|
|SLSF
|1910
|1926<!--?-->
|N/A
|-
|Bryan, Brazos and Burleson Railway
|
|
|1913
|1941<!--?-->
|N/A
|Bryan to Laura, 27 miles, chartered to Wilcox
|-
|Buffalo Bayou, Brazos and Colorado Railway
|
|SP
|1850
|1870
|Galveston, Harrisburg and San Antonio Railway
|-
|Burlington Northern Inc.
|BN
|
|1980
|1981
|Burlington Northern Railroad
|-
|Burlington Northern Railroad
|BN
|
|1981
|1996
|Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Railway
|-
|Burlington – Rock Island Railroad
|BRI
|CB&Q/ RI
|1930
|1964
|Fort Worth and Denver Railway, Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad
|-
|Burr's Ferry, Browndel and Chester Railway
|
|SP
|1906
|1914
|Texas and New Orleans Railroad
|-
|Calvert, Waco and Brazos Valley Railroad
|
|MP
|1899
|1900
|International and Great Northern Railroad
|-
|Cane Belt Railroad
|
|ATSF
|1898
|1948
|Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe Railway
|-
|Caro Northern Railway
|
|
|1906
|1928
|N/A
|-
|Cen-Tex Rail Link
|CTE
|
|1994
|1996
|South Orient Railroad
|-
|Central and Montgomery Railway
|
|ATSF
|1877
|1882
|Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe Railway
|-
|Central Texas and Northwestern Railway
|
|SP
|1881
|1901
|Houston and Texas Central Railroad
|-
|Chicago, Rock Island and Gulf Railway
|RI&G, RIG
|RI
|1902
|1948
|Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad
|-
|Chicago, Rock Island and Mexico Railway
|
|RI
|1900
|1903
|Chicago, Rock Island and Gulf Railway
|-
|Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad
|RI, ROCK
|RI
|1947
|1980
|Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway, Fort Worth and Denver Railway, North Central Texas Railway, Oklahoma, Kansas and Texas Railroad<!--and MKT proper between Dallas and Fort Worth?-->, St. Louis Southwestern Railway, Texas North Western Railway
|-
|Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railway
|RI
|RI
|1939<!--leased the CRI&G-->
|1948
|Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad
|-
|Chicago, Rock Island and Texas Railway
|
|RI
|1892
|1903
|Chicago, Rock Island and Gulf Railway
|-
|Chicago, Texas and Mexican Central Railway
|
|ATSF
|1880
|1882
|Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe Railway
|-
|Choctaw, Oklahoma and Texas Railroad
|
|RI
|1901
|1903
|Chicago, Rock Island and Gulf Railway
|-
|Cisco and Northeastern Railway
|
|MP
|1918
|1942
|N/A
|-
|Clinton-Oklahoma-Western Railroad Company of Texas
|
|ATSF
|1927
|1948
|Panhandle and Santa Fe Railway
|-
|Colorado River Western Railway
|CRW
|SP
|1955
|1958
|Texas and New Orleans Railroad
|-
|Colorado Valley Railway
|
|ATSF
|1897
|1899<!--?-->
|Panhandle and Gulf Railway
|-
|Columbus Tap Railway
|
|SP
|1860
|1866
|Buffalo Bayou, Brazos and Colorado Railway
|-
|Concho, San Saba and Llano Valley Railroad
|
|ATSF
|1909
|1948
|Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe Railway
|-
|Corpus Christi, San Diego and Rio Grande Narrow Gauge Railroad
|
|NDM
|1875
|1881
|Texas Mexican Railway
|-
|Crosbyton Railway
|CBYN
|
|1990
|1990
|N/A
|-
|Crosbyton–Southplains Railroad
|
|ATSF
|1910
|1916
|South Plains and Santa Fe Railway
|-
|Crystal City Railroad
|CYCY
|
|1990
|1995
|N/A
|-
|Crystal City and Uvalde Railroad
|
|MP
|1909
|1912
|San Antonio, Uvalde and Gulf Railroad
|-
|Dallas and Cleburne Railroad
|
|ATSF
|1876
|1879<!--?-->
|Dallas, Cleburne and Rio Grande Railway
|-
|Dallas, Cleburne and Rio Grande Railway
|
|ATSF
|1879
|1880<!--?-->
|Chicago, Texas and Mexican Central Railway
|-
|Dallas, Cleburne and Southwestern Railway
|
|MKT
|1902
|1923
|N/A
|-
|Dallas, Fort Worth and Gulf Railway
|
|SSW
|1899
|1901
|Dallas Terminal Railway and Union Depot Company
|-
|Dallas and Greenville Railway
|
|MKT
|1886
|1886
|Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railway
|-
|Dallas and New Mexico Railway
|
|SLSF
|<!--ICC doesn't say-->
|1908
|Gulf, Texas and Western Railway
|-
|Dallas, Pacific and Southeastern Railway
|
|SLSF
|1889
|<!--ICC doesn't say-->
|Dallas and New Mexico Railway
|-
|Dallas Terminal Railway and Union Depot Company
|
|SSW
|1901
|1994
|St. Louis Southwestern Railway
|-
|Dallas Terminal Railway and Union Depot Company
|
|SSW
|1884
|1899
|Dallas, Fort Worth and Gulf Railway
|-
|Dallas and Waco Railway
|
|MKT
|1886
|1891
|Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railway
|-
|Dallas and Wichita Railroad
|
|MKT
|1871
|1881
|Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railway
|-
|Dayton – Goose Creek Railway
|
|SP
|1917
|1934
|Texas and New Orleans Railroad
|-
|DeKalb and Red River Railroad
|
|
|1891
|1899<!--?-->
|N/A
|-
|Denison, Bonham and New Orleans Railroad
|
|MKT
|1901
|1928
|N/A
|-
|Denison, Bonham and New Orleans Railway
|
|MKT
|1888
|1901<!--?-->
|Denison, Bonham and New Orleans Railroad
|-
|Denison and Pacific Railway
|
|MKT
|1878
|1880
|Denison and Southeastern Railway
|-
|Denison and Pacific Suburban Railway
|
|MP
|1895
|1966<!--?-->
|N/A
|-
|Denison and Southeastern Railway
|
|MKT
|1877
|1880
|Missouri, Kansas and Texas Extension Railway
|-
|Denison and Washita Valley Railway
|
|MKT
|1886
|1903
|Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railway of Texas
|-
|East Line and Red River Railroad
|
|MKT
|1871
|1893
|Sherman, Shreveport and Southern Railway
|Sold in 1881 to MK&T, became independent again in 1892, resold in 1893
|-
|East Texas Railway
|
|SP
|1880
|1881
|Sabine and East Texas Railway
|-
|East Texas Central Railroad
|ETC
|
|1996
|1998
|Blacklands Railroad
|-
|East Texas and Gulf Railway
|
|
|1917
|1934
|N/A
|-
|Eastern Texas Railroad
|
|SSW
|1900
|1921
|N/A
|-
|Eastern Texas Railroad
|
|
|1860
|1863
|N/A
|-
|Eastland, Wichita Falls and Gulf Railroad
|
|
|1918
|1944
|N/A
|-
|El Paso and Northeastern Railroad
|
|SP
|1896
|1937
|El Paso and Southwestern Railroad of Texas
|-
|El Paso Northern Railway
|
|SP
|1894
|1897
|El Paso and Northeastern Railroad
|-
|El Paso Southern Railway
|
|SP
|1897
|1961
|Southern Pacific Company
|-
|El Paso and Southwestern Railroad of Texas
|
|SP
|1902
|1961
|Southern Pacific Company
|-
|El Paso Terminal Railroad
|
|SP
|1901
|1903
|El Paso and Southwestern Railroad of Texas
|-
|El Paso Union Passenger Depot Company
|
|ATSF/ MP/ NDM/ SP
|1903
|1974<!--?-->
|N/A
|-
|Emporia and Gulf Railroad
|
|
|1900
|<!--no idea-->
|N/A
|-
|Estacado and Gulf Railroad
|
|
|1908
|1911
|N/A
|-
|Floydada and Plainview Railroad
|FAPR
|
|1990
|1995
|Plainview Terminal Company
|-
|Fort Worth Belt Railway
|FWB
|MP
|1903
|1978
|Missouri Pacific Railroad
|-
|Fort Worth and Denver Railway
|FW&D, FWD
|CB&Q
|1951
|1982
|Burlington Northern Railroad
|-
|Fort Worth and Denver City Railway
|FW&D
|CB&Q
|1873
|1951
|Fort Worth and Denver Railway
|-
|Fort Worth and Denver Northern Railway
|
|CB&Q
|1929
|1952
|Fort Worth and Denver Railway
|-
|Fort Worth and Denver South Plains Railway
|
|CB&Q
|1925
|1952
|Fort Worth and Denver Railway
|-
|Fort Worth and Denver Terminal Railway
|
|CB&Q
|1890
|1952
|Fort Worth and Denver Railway
|-
|Fort Worth and New Orleans Railway
|
|SP
|1885
|1901
|Houston and Texas Central Railroad
|-
|Fort Worth and Rio Grande Railway
|
|ATSF
|1885
|1948
|Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe Railway
|-
|Fort Worth Stock Yards Belt Railway
|
|MP
|1895
|1903
|Fort Worth Belt Railway
|-
|Fort Worth Union Passenger Station Company
|
|ATSF<!--only??-->
|1899
|1960
|Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe Railway
|-
|Fredericksburg and Northern Railway
|
|
|1917
|1942
|N/A
|-
|Gainesville, Henrietta and Western Railway
|
|MKT
|1886
|1887
|Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railway
|-
|Galveston Railway
|GVSR
|
|1987
|1991
|Galveston Railroad
|-
|Galveston, Beaumont and Northeastern Railway
|
|
|1906
|<!--no idea-->
|N/A
|-
|Galveston, Brazos and Colorado Narrow Gauge Railway
|
|ATSF
|1875
|1887
|Galveston and Western Railway
|-
|Galveston, Harrisburg and San Antonio Railway
|GHSA
|SP
|1870
|1934
|Texas and New Orleans Railroad
|-
|Galveston, Houston and Henderson Railroad
|GH&H, GHH
|MKT/ MP
|1853
|1989
|Missouri Pacific Railroad
|-
|Galveston and Houston Junction Railroad
|
|MKT/ MP
|1861
|1871
|Galveston, Houston and Henderson Railroad
|-
|Galveston, Houston and Northern Railway
|
|SP
|1899
|1905
|Galveston, Harrisburg and San Antonio Railway
|-
|Galveston, LaPorte and Houston Railway
|
|SP
|1895
|1898
|Galveston, Houston and Northern Railway
|-
|Galveston and Red River Railway
|
|SP
|1848
|1856
|Houston and Texas Central Railway
|-
|Galveston, Sabine and St. Louis Railway
|
|ATSF
|1882
|1888
|Texas, Sabine Valley and Northwestern Railway
|-
|Galveston Terminal Railway
|
|CB&Q/ RI
|1905
|1985
|Burlington Northern Railroad
|-
|Galveston and Western Railway
|
|ATSF
|1887
|1923
|Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe Railway
|-
|Galveston Wharf Company
|GWF
|
|1870<!--authorized to build a railroad-->
|1940
|Board of Trustees of the Galveston Wharves
|-
|Georgetown Railroad
|
|MP
|1878
|1879
|International and Great Northern Railroad
|-
|Georgetown and Granger Railroad
|
|MKT
|1890
|1902
|Granger, Georgetown, Austin and San Antonio Railway
|-
|Gonzales Branch Railroad
|
|SP
|1881
|1905
|Galveston, Harrisburg and San Antonio Railway
|-
|Granger, Georgetown, Austin and San Antonio Railway
|
|MKT
|1902
|1903
|Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railway of Texas
|-
|Granite Mountain and Marble Falls Railroad
|
|SP
|1888
|1901
|Houston and Texas Central Railroad
|-
|Great Southwest Railroad
|GSW
|MP/ RI
|1957
|1987
|Missouri Pacific Railroad
|-
|Greenville Northwestern Railway
|
|
|1913
|1916
|N/A
|-
|Greenville and Whitewright Northern Traction Company
|
|
|1912
|1913
|Greenville Northwestern Railway
|-
|Groveton, Lufkin and Northern Railway
|GL&N
|
|1908
|1932
|N/A
|-
|Gulf, Beaumont and Great Northern Railway
|
|ATSF
|1898
|1948
|Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe Railway
|-
|Gulf, Beaumont and Kansas City Railway
|
|ATSF
|1893
|1948
|Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe Railway
|-
|Gulf and Brazos Valley Railway
|
|
|1897
|1903
|N/A
|-
|Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe Railway
|
|ATSF
|1873
|1965
|Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway
|-
|Gulf, Colorado and San Saba Railway
|GCSR
|
|1993
|2013
|Heart of Texas Railroad
|
|-
|Gulf and Interstate Railway of Texas
|
|ATSF
|1894
|1994
|Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway
|-
|Gulf and Northern Railway
|
|
|1917
|1943
|N/A
|-
|Gulf, Texas and Western Railway
|GT&W
|SLSF
|1908
|1940
|Chicago, Rock Island and Gulf Railway
|-
|Gulf, Western Texas and Pacific Railway
|
|SP
|1870
|1905
|Galveston, Harrisburg and San Antonio Railway
|-
|GWI Switching Services
|GWSW
|
|1994
|1997
|CMC Railroad
|-
|Hamlin and Northwestern Railway
|
|
|1929
|1956
|N/A
|-
|Hearne and Brazos Valley Railway
|
|SP
|1891
|1914
|Houston and Texas Central Railroad
|-
|Henderson and Burkeville Railroad
|
|
|1852
|1856
|Mexican Gulf and Henderson Railroad
|-
|Henderson and Overton Branch Railroad
|
|MP
|1874
|1911
|International and Great Northern Railway
|-
|Horton Gravel Railroad
|
|SP
|1928
|1929
|Texas and New Orleans Railroad
|-
|Houston Railway
|
|SP
|1892
|1902
|Houston and Texas Central Railroad
|-
|Houston Belt and Magnolia Park Railway
|
|MP
|1889
|1893
|Houston, Oaklawn and Magnolia Park Railway
|-
|Houston Belt and Terminal Railway
|HBT
|ATSF/ CB&Q/ MP/ RI
|1905
|
|
|Still exists as a joint subsidiary of the BNSF Railway and Union Pacific Railroad
|-
|Houston and Brazos Valley Railway
|H&BV
|MP
|1907
|1956
|Missouri Pacific Railroad
|-
|Houston and Brazos Valley Terminal Company
|
|MP
|1893
|1989
|Missouri Pacific Railroad
|Terminal company at Houston for the MKT
|-
|Houston East and West Texas Railway
|HEWT
|SP
|1875
|1934
|Texas and New Orleans Railroad
|-
|Houston, Fostoria and Northern Railroad
|
|
|1909
|1909
|N/A
|Ran from Fostoria in Montgomery County to Cold Spring in San Jacinto County
|-
|Houston and Great Northern Railroad
|
|MP
|1866
|1873
|International and Great Northern Railroad
|-
|Houston Municipal Railway
|
|
|1905
|1924<!--??-->
|Port Terminal Railroad Association
|-
|Houston North Shore Railway<!--electric until when?-->
|
|MP
|1925
|1956
|Missouri Pacific Railroad
|-
|Houston, Oaklawn and Magnolia Park Railway
|
|MP
|1899
|1903
|International and Great Northern Railroad
|-
|Houston Tap Railroad
|
|MP
|1850
|1858
|Houston Tap and Brazoria Railway
|-
|Houston Tap and Brazoria Railway
|
|MP
|1856
|1873
|Houston and Great Northern Railroad
|-
|Houston and Texas Central Railroad
|H&TC
|SP
|1889
|1934
|Texas and New Orleans Railroad
|-
|Houston and Texas Central Railway
|
|SP
|1856
|1889
|Houston and Texas Central Railroad
|-
|Huntsville Branch Railway
|
|MP
|1871
|1873
|Houston and Great Northern Railroad
|-
|Imperial Valley Railway
|
|MP
|1907
|1912
|Sugar Land Railway
|-
|Indianola Railroad
|
|SP
|1858
|1871
|Gulf, Western Texas and Pacific Railway
|-
|International Railroad
|
|MP
|1870
|1873
|International and Great Northern Railroad
|-
|International – Great Northern Railroad
|IGN
|MP
|1922
|1956
|Missouri Pacific Railroad
|-
|International and Great Northern Railroad
|
|MP
|1873
|1911
|International and Great Northern Railway
|-
|International and Great Northern Railway
|I&GN
|MP
|1911
|1922
|International – Great Northern Railroad
|-
|Jasper and Eastern Railway
|
|ATSF
|1904
|1948
|Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe Railway
|-
|Jefferson and Northwestern Railroad
|
|
|1934
|1941
|N/A
|-
|Jefferson and Northwestern Railway
|
|
|1899
|1934
|Jefferson and Northwestern Railroad
|-
|Kansas City, El Paso and Mexican Railway of Texas
|
|SP
|1888
|1892
|El Paso Northern Railway
|-
|Kansas City, Mexico and Orient Railway of Texas
|KCM&O
|ATSF
|1905
|1965
|Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway
|-
|Kansas and Gulf Short Line Railroad
|
|SSW
|1880
|1887
|St. Louis, Arkansas and Texas Railway in Texas
|-
|Kansas, Oklahoma and Gulf Railway
|KOG
|MP
|1948<!--leased the KO&G of Texas-->
|1964<!--?-->
|Texas and Pacific Railway
|-
|Kansas, Oklahoma and Gulf Railway Company of Texas
|
|MP
|1921
|1964<!--?-->
|Texas and Pacific Railway
|-
|Kildare and Linden Railway
|
|
|1889
|1900<!--?-->
|N/A
|-
|Lake Creek Railroad
|
|
|1884
|1896<!--?-->
|N/A
|-
|Lancaster Tap Railroad
|
|SP
|1890<!--?-->
|1905
|Houston and Texas Central Railroad
|-
|LaPorte, Houston and Northern Railroad
|
|SP
|1892
|1895
|Galveston, LaPorte and Houston Railway
|-
|Livingston and Southeastern Railway
|
|
|1903
|1913<!--?-->
|N/A
|-
|N/A|Llano Estacado, Mexico and Gulf Railroad
|
|
|1907
|1909<!--?-->
|N/A
|-
|Llano Estacado Railway
|
|ATSF
|1909
|1910
|Pecos and Northern Texas Railway
|-
|N/A|Longhorn Railway
|LHRR
|
|1996
|2000
|Austin Area Terminal Railroad
|-
|Longview and Sabine Valley Railway
|
|ATSF
|1877
|1886
|Galveston, Sabine and St. Louis Railway
|-
|Louisiana Railway and Navigation Company of Texas
|
|KCS
|1923
|1930
|Louisiana, Arkansas and Texas Railway
|-
|Louisiana and Arkansas Railway
|L&A, LA
|KCS
|1939
|1992
|Kansas City Southern Railway
|-
|Louisiana, Arkansas and Texas Railway
|
|KCS
|1930
|1939
|Louisiana and Arkansas Railway
|-
|Louisiana Western Extension Railroad
|
|SP
|1879
|1900
|Texas and New Orleans Railroad
|-
|Lufkin, Hemphill and Gulf Railway
|LH&G
|
|1912
|1937
|N/A
|-
|Marshall and East Texas Railway
|
|
|1908
|1918<!--operation ceased-->
|Marshall, Elysian Fields and Southeastern Railway, Texas and Pacific Railway, Winnsboro and Gilmer Railroad
|-
|Marshall, Elysian Fields and Southeastern Railway
|
|
|1922
|1945
|N/A
|-
|Marshall, Jefferson and North Western Railway
|
|
|1883
|1883
|Marshall and Northwestern Railway
|-
|Marshall and Northwestern Railway
|
|
|1883
|1885
|Marshall, Paris and Northwestern Railway
|-
|Marshall and Northwestern Railway
|
|
|1882
|1883
|Marshall, Jefferson and North Western Railway
|-
|Marshall, Paris and Northwestern Railway
|
|
|1885
|1888
|Paris, Marshall and Sabine Pass Railway
|-
|Marshall, Timpson and Sabine Pass Railway
|
|ATSF
|1896
|1904
|Texas and Gulf Railway
|-
|Memphis, El Paso and Pacific Railroad
|
|MP
|1853
|1873
|Texas and Pacific Railway
|-
|Mexican Gulf and Henderson Railroad
|
|SSW
|1856
|1860<!--?-->
|Eastern Texas Railroad
|-
|Midland and Northwestern Railway
|
|
|1916
|1920
|N/A
|-
|Mineral Wells and Eastern Railway
|MWRY
|
|1989
|1992
|N/A
|-
|Missouri–Kansas–Texas Railroad
|MKT
|MKT
|1960
|1989
|Missouri Pacific Railroad
|-
|Missouri–Kansas–Texas Railroad of Texas
|MKTT
|MKT
|1923
|1960
|Missouri–Kansas–Texas Railroad
|-
|Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railway
|
|MKT
|1870<!--in Texas-->
|1893
|Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railway of Texas, Sherman, Shreveport and Southern Railway
|-
|Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railway of Texas
|MKTT
|MKT
|1891
|1923
|Louisiana Railway and Navigation Company of Texas, Missouri–Kansas–Texas Railroad of Texas
|-
|Missouri, Kansas and Texas Extension Railway
|
|MKT
|1880
|1881
|Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railway
|-
|Missouri, Oklahoma and Gulf Railway Company of Texas
|
|MP
|1910
|1921
|Kansas, Oklahoma and Gulf Railway Company of Texas
|-
|Missouri Pacific Railroad
|MP
|MP
|1956
|1997
|Union Pacific Railroad
|-
|Missouri Pacific Railway
|
|MP
|1880<!--leased the MKT-->
|1888
|N/A
|-
|Motley County Railway
|MCY
|SLSF
|1913
|1926<!--?-->
|Quanah, Acme and Pacific Railway
|-
|Nacogdoches and Southeastern Railroad
|
|
|1905
|1954
|N/A
|-
|New York, Texas and Mexican Railway
|
|SP
|1880
|1905
|Galveston, Harrisburg and San Antonio Railway
|-
|North Central Texas Railway
|NCTR
|
|1982<!--?-->
|1982
|Oklahoma, Kansas and Texas Railroad
|-
|North Galveston, Houston and Kansas City Railroad
|
|SP
|1892
|1895
|Galveston, LaPorte and Houston Railway
|-
|North Plains and Santa Fe Railway
|
|ATSF
|1930
|1948
|Panhandle and Santa Fe Railway
|-
|North Texas and Santa Fe Railway
|
|ATSF
|1916
|1948
|Panhandle and Santa Fe Railway
|-
|Northeast Texas Railway
|
|
|1902
|?
|N/A
|Ran from Redwater to Munz in Cass County
|-
|Northside Belt Railway
|
|
|1925
|1964
|Port Terminal Railroad Association
|-
|Nueces Valley, Rio Grande and Mexico Railway
|
|MP
|1905
|1909
|Asherton and Gulf Railway
|-
|Oklahoma City and Texas Railroad
|
|SLSF
|1903
|1907
|St. Louis, San Francisco and Texas Railway
|-
|Oklahoma, Kansas and Texas Railroad
|OKKT
|MKT
|1980
|1989
|Missouri–Kansas–Texas Railroad
|-
|Oklahoma, Red River and Texas Railway
|
|
|1910
|1912
|N/A
|Operated Blossom to Deport, 11 miles
|-
|Orange and Northwestern Railroad
|
|MP
|1901
|1956
|Missouri Pacific Railroad
|-
|Panhandle Railway
|
|ATSF
|1887
|1898
|Southern Kansas Railway of Texas
|-
|Panhandle and Gulf Railway
|
|ATSF
|1899
|1905
|Kansas City, Mexico and Orient Railway of Texas
|-
|Panhandle and Santa Fe Railway
|
|ATSF
|1914
|1965
|Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway
|-
|Paris, Choctaw and Little Rock Railway
|
|
|1888
|<!--no idea-->
|N/A
|-
|Paris and Great Northern Railroad
|
|SLSF
|1888
|1928
|St. Louis, San Francisco and Texas Railway
|-
|Paris, Marshall and Sabine Pass Railway
|
|
|1888
|1892
|Texas Southern Railway
|-
|Paris and Mount Pleasant Railroad
|P&MP, PMP
|
|1909
|1956
|N/A
|-
|PB Railroad
|
|
|1974
|1975
|Western Rail Road
|-
|Peach River and Gulf Railway
|
|
|1904
|1908
|N/A
|-
|Pecos and Northern Texas Railway
|
|ATSF
|1898
|1948
|Panhandle and Santa Fe Railway
|-
|Pecos River Railroad
|
|ATSF
|1890
|1948
|Panhandle and Santa Fe Railway
|-
|Port Arthur Canal and Dock Company
|
|KCS
|1902
|<!--no idea-->
|
|-
|Port Arthur Channel and Dock Company
|
|KCS
|1897
|1902
|Port Arthur Canal and Dock Company
|-
|Port Bolivar Iron Ore Railway
|
|ATSF
|1910
|1927
|N/A
|-
|Port Isabel and Rio Grande Valley Railway
|
|MP
|1928
|1940
|St. Louis, Brownsville and Mexico Railroad, San Benito and Rio Grande Valley Railroad
|-
|Quanah, Acme and Pacific Railway
|QA&P, QAP
|SLSF
|1909
|1981
|Burlington Northern Railroad
|-
|Red River and Southwestern Railway
|
|
|1890
|<!--no idea-->
|Southwestern Railway
|-
|Red River, Texas and Southern Railway
|
|SLSF
|1901
|1904
|St. Louis, San Francisco and Texas Railway
|-
|Rio Grande Railroad
|
|MP
|1870
|1911<!--?-->
|Rio Grande Railway
|-
|Rio Grande Railway
|
|MP
|1911
|1926<!--?-->
|Port Isabel and Rio Grande Valley Railway
|-
|Rio Grande City Railway
|
|MP
|1924
|1956
|Missouri Pacific Railroad
|-
|Rio Grande and Eagle Pass Railway
|
|
|1885
|1947
|N/A
|-
|Rio Grande and El Paso Railroad
|
|ATSF
|1880
|1914
|Rio Grande, El Paso and Santa Fe Railroad
|-
|Rio Grande, El Paso and Santa Fe Railroad
|
|ATSF
|1914
|1994
|Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway
|-
|Rio Grande, Micolithic and Northern Railway
|
|
|1926
|1929
|N/A
|-
|Rio Grande Northern Railroad
|
|
|1893
|1897
|N/A
|-
|Rio Grande and Pecos Railway
|
|
|1882
|1884
|Rio Grande and Eagle Pass Railway
|-
|Rio Valley Railroad
|RVRR
|
|1993
|
|
|Still exists as a lessor of the Rio Valley Switching Company
|-
|Riverside and Gulf Railway
|
|
|1907
|1913
|Union Lumber Company
|-
|Riviera Beach and Western Railway
|
|
|1912
|1917
|N/A
|-
|Roby and Northern Railroad
|
|
|1915
|1941
|N/A
|-
|Rockdale, Sandow and Southern Railroad
|RSS
|
|1923
|2019
|N/A
|-
|Roscoe, Snyder and Pacific Railway
|RS&P, RSP
|
|1906
|1984<!--??-->
|N/A
|-
|Rusk, Palestine and Pacific Railway
|
|
|2012
|2018
|Texas & Eastern Railroad
|-
|Rusk Transportation Company
|
|SSW
|1874
|1879
|Kansas and Gulf Short Line Railroad
|-
|Sabine and East Texas Railway
|
|SP
|1881
|1882
|Texas and New Orleans Railroad
|-
|Sabine and Northern Railroad
|
|
|1899
|1943
|Lumber tap line, Ruliff to Deweyville
|-
|Sabine Pass and East Texas Railway
|
|
|1858
|1861
|[https://tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/fed05] Removed tracks in 1860s.
|-
|Sabine and Galveston Bay Railroad and Lumber Company
|
|SP
|1856
|1859
|Texas and New Orleans Railroad
|-
|Sabine and Neches Valley Railway
|
|
|1921
|1944
|N/A
|-
|Sabine Pass, Alexandria and Northwestern Railway
|
|
|1892
|1901<!--?-->
|N/A
|-
|St. Louis, Arkansas and Texas Railway
|
|SSW
|1886
|1891
|St. Louis Southwestern Railway of Texas, Tyler Southeastern Railway
|-
|St. Louis, Brownsville and Mexico Railway
|SB&M, SBM
|MP
|1903
|1956
|Missouri Pacific Railroad
|-
|St. Louis – San Francisco Railway
|SLSF
|SLSF
|1964
|1980
|Burlington Northern Inc.
|-
|St. Louis, San Francisco and Texas Railway
|
|SLSF
|1900
|1964
|St. Louis – San Francisco Railway
|-
|St. Louis Southwestern Railway
|SSW
|SSW
|1954<!--leased the SSW of Texas-->
|1997
|Union Pacific Railroad
|-
|St. Louis Southwestern Railway of Texas
|SSW
|SSW
|1891
|1984
|St. Louis Southwestern Railway
|-
|San Antonio and Aransas Pass Railway
|SAAP
|SP
|1884
|1934
|Texas and New Orleans Railroad
|-
|San Antonio Belt and Terminal Railway
|
|MKT
|1912
|1989
|Missouri–Kansas–Texas Railroad
|-
|San Antonio, Fredericksburg and Northern Railway
|
|
|1913
|1917
|Fredericksburg and Northern Railway
|-
|San Antonio and Gulf Railroad
|
|SP
|1897
|1905
|Galveston, Harrisburg and San Antonio Railway
|-
|San Antonio and Gulf Shore Railway
|
|SP
|1893
|1896
|San Antonio and Gulf Railroad
|-
|San Antonio and Mexican Gulf Railroad
|
|SP
|1850
|1871
|Gulf, Western Texas and Pacific Railway
|-
|San Antonio and Rio Grande Valley Railway
|MP
|
|?
|1912
|St. Louis, Brownsville and Mexico Railway
|Private partnership, no date of incorporation
|-
|San Antonio Southern Railway
|
|MP
|1920
|1956
|Missouri Pacific Railroad
|-
|San Antonio, Uvalde and Gulf Railroad
|
|MP
|1912
|1956
|Missouri Pacific Railroad
|-
|San Benito and Rio Grande Valley Railway
|SB&R
|MP
|1912
|1956
|Missouri Pacific Railroad
|-
|San Benito and Rio Grande Valley Interurban Railway
|
|MP
|1912
|1912
|San Benito and Rio Grande Valley Railway
|-
|San Diego and Gulf Railway
|
|NDM
|1929
|1935
|N/A
|-
|Sanford and Northern Railway
|
|
|1931
|<!--no idea-->
|N/A
|-
|Seagraves, Whiteface and Lubbock Railroad
|SWGR
|
|1990
|1995
|West Texas and Lubbock Railroad
|-
|Sherman, Denison and Dallas Railway
|
|MKT
|1890
|1891
|Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railway
|-
|Sherman, Shreveport and Southern Railway
|
|MKT
|1893
|1901
|Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railway of Texas
|-
|Shreveport, Houston and Gulf Railroad
|
|
|1906
|1936
|N/A
|-
|South Galveston and Gulf Shore Railroad
|
|
|1891
|1895
|N/A
|-
|South Orient Railroad
|SO
|
|1992
|2001
|Texas Pacifico Transportation
|-
|South Plains and Santa Fe Railway
|
|ATSF
|1916
|1948
|Panhandle and Santa Fe Railway
|-
|Southern Kansas Railway of Texas
|
|ATSF
|1886
|1914
|Panhandle and Santa Fe Railway
|-
|Southern Pacific Company
|SP
|SP
|1934<!--leased the EP&NE and EP&SW of Texas?-->
|1969
|Southern Pacific Transportation Company
|-
|Southern Pacific Company
|
|SP
|1885<!--leased Texas properties-->
|1889<!--lease broken-->
|N/A
|-
|Southern Pacific Railroad
|
|MP
|1856
|1872
|Texas and Pacific Railway
|-
|Southern Pacific Terminal Company
|
|SP
|1901
|1962
|Southern Pacific Company
|-
|Southern Pacific Transportation Company
|SP
|SP
|1969
|1998
|Union Pacific Railroad
|-
|Southern Trans-Continental Railway
|
|MP
|1870
|1872
|Texas Pacific Railroad
|-
|Southwestern Railroad
|SW
|
|1990
|2007<!--bridge fire led to abandonment-->
|N/A
|-
|Southwestern Railway
|
|
|1907
|1920
|N/A
|-
|Stamford and Northwestern Railway
|
|CB&Q
|1909
|1952
|Fort Worth and Denver Railway
|-
|Stephenville North and South Texas Railway
|
|SSW
|1907
|1941
|N/A
|-
|Sugar Land Railway
|SL
|MP
|1893
|1956
|Missouri Pacific Railroad
|-
|Taylor, Bastrop and Houston Railway
|
|MKT
|1886
|1886
|Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railway
|-
|Texarkana and Fort Smith Railway
|
|KCS
|1889
|1943
|Kansas City Southern Railway
|-
|Texarkana and Northern Railway
|
|KCS
|1885
|1889
|Texarkana and Fort Smith Railway
|-
|Texarkana Union Station Trust
|TUST
|KCS/ MP/ SSW
|1927
|<!--no idea-->
|
|-
|Texas, Arkansas and Louisiana Railway
|
|
|1897
|1920
|N/A
|-
|Texas Central Railroad
|TEXC
|MKT
|1892
|
|
|Still exists as a lessor of the Fort Worth and Western Railroad
|-
|Texas Central Railway
|
|MKT, SP
|1879
|1891
|Texas Central Railroad, Texas Midland Railroad
|Not to be confused with the Texas Central Railway high speed rail project.
|-
|Texas City Terminal Company
|
|
|1898
|1921
|Texas City Terminal Railway
|-
|Texas City Terminal Railway
|
|
|1893<!--?-->
|1897
|Texas City Terminal Company
|-
|Texas City Transportation Company
|
|
|1904
|1920
|Texas City Terminal Railway
|-
|Texas Export Railroad
|TXRC
|
|1972
|1976
|N/A
|-
|Texas and Gulf Railway
|
|ATSF
|1904
|1948
|Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe Railway
|-
|Texas and Louisiana Railroad
|
|SSW
|1900
|1903
|St. Louis Southwestern Railway of Texas
|-
|Texas, Louisiana and Eastern Railroad
|
|ATSF
|1891
|1897
|Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe Railway
|-
|Texas Mexican Railway
|TM
|NDM
|1881
|
|
|Still exists as a nonoperating subsidiary of the Kansas City Southern Railway
|-
|Texas Mexican Northern Railway
|
|NDM
|1882
|1906
|Texas Mexican Railway
|-
|Texas Midland Railroad
|
|SP
|1892
|1934
|Texas and New Orleans Railroad
|-
|Texas – New Mexico Railway
|TNM
|MP
|1927
|1978
|Missouri Pacific Railroad
|-
|Texas and New Orleans Railroad
|T&NO, TNO
|SP
|1859
|1961
|Southern Pacific Company
|-
|Texas and Northeastern Railway
|
|
|1900
|1901<!--?-->
|N/A
|-
|Texas Northern Railway
|
|
|1908
|1908
|Groveton, Lufkin and Northern Railway
|Name changed to Groveton, Lufkin and Northern Railway prior to commencing operations
|-
|Texas Pacific Railroad
|
|MP
|1871
|1872
|Texas and Pacific Railway
|-
|Texas and Pacific Railway
|T&P, TP
|MP
|1872
|1976
|Missouri Pacific Railroad
|-
|Texas and Sabine Valley Railway
|
|ATSF
|1892
|1904
|Texas and Gulf Railway
|-
|Texas, Sabine Valley and Northwestern Railway
|
|ATSF
|1887
|1904
|Texas and Gulf Railway
|-
|Texas and St. Louis Railway
|
|SSW
|1879
|1886
|St. Louis, Arkansas and Texas Railway
|-
|Texas Short Line Railway
|
|MP
|1901
|1962
|N/A
|-
|Texas Southern Railway
|
|
|1897
|1908
|Marshall and East Texas Railway
|-
|Texas State Railroad
|
|SP
|1907<!--became a common carrier-->
|1969
|N/A
|Continued as a tourist railroad
|-
|Texas Transportation Company
|TXTC
|
|1897
|2000
|N/A
|-
|Texas Transportation Company
|
|SP
|1866
|1896
|Texas and New Orleans Railroad
|-
|Texas Trunk Railroad
|
|SP
|1879
|1895
|Texas and New Orleans Railroad
|-
|Texas Western Railroad
|
|MP
|1852
|1856
|Southern Pacific Railroad
|-
|Texas Western Railway
|
|
|1879
|1896
|N/A
|Ceased operations in 1896, but not abandoned until 1899
|-
|Texas Western Narrow Gauge Railway
|
|
|1875
|1879
|Texas Western Railway
|First narrow-gauge railroad chartered in Texas
|-
|Timpson and Henderson Railway
|
|
|1909
|1923
|N/A
|-
|Timpson and Northwestern Railway
|
|
|1901
|1909
|Timpson and Henderson Railway
|-
|Trinity and Brazos Valley Railway
|
|CB&Q/ RI
|1902
|1930
|Burlington – Rock Island Railroad
|-
|Trinity, Cameron and Western Railroad
|
|MKT
|1892
|1902
|Granger, Georgetown, Austin and San Antonio Railway
|-
|Trinity and Sabine Railway
|
|MKT
|1881
|1882
|Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railway
|Sold in 1923 to Waco, Beaumont, Trinity and Sabine Railway
|-
|Trinity Valley Railroad
|
|
|1899
|1901
|Trinity Valley Southern Railroad
|-
|Trinity Valley and Northern Railway
|
|
|1906
|1932
|N/A
|-
|Trinity Valley Southern Railroad
|
|
|1901
|1936
|N/A
|-
|Tyler Southeastern Railway
|
|SSW
|1891
|1899
|St. Louis Southwestern Railway of Texas
|-
|Tyler Tap Railroad
|
|SSW
|1871
|1879
|Texas and St. Louis Railway
|-
|Union Passenger Depot Company of Galveston
|
|ATSF
|1897
|1957
|Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe Railway
|-
|Union Terminal Company
|
|ATSF/ CB&Q/ MKT/ MP/ RI/ SLSF/ SSW/ SP
|1912
|1974<!--?-->
|Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway, Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad, Fort Worth and Denver Railway, Missouri–Kansas–Texas Railroad, St. Louis – San Francisco Railway, St. Louis Southwestern Railway, Southern Pacific Transportation Company, Texas and Pacific Railway (one-eighth interest each in trackage)
|-
|Uvalde and Northern Railway
|
|
|1914
|1941
|N/A
|-
|Velasco, Brazos and Northern Railway
|
|MP
|1901
|1906
|Houston and Brazos Valley Railway
|-
|Velasco, Suburban and Belt Line Railway
|
|
|1910
|1912
|N/A
|Ran from Velasco to Surfside
|-
|Velasco Terminal Railway
|
|MP
|1891
|1901
|Velasco, Brazos and Northern Railway
|-
|Victoria and Columbia Railroad
|
|MP
|1866
|1873
|Houston and Great Northern Railroad
|-
|Waco, Beaumont, Trinity and Sabine Railway
|
|
|1923
|1959
|N/A
|-
|Waco and Northwestern Railroad
|
|SP
|1870
|1873
|Houston and Texas Central Railway
|-
|Waco Tap Railroad
|
|SP
|1866
|1870
|Waco and Northwestern Railroad
|-
|Warren Central Railroad
|
|SP
|1930
|1934
|Texas and New Orleans Railroad
|-
|Warren and Corsicana Pacific Railway
|
|
|1899
|1908<!--?-->
|N/A
|-
|Washington County Railroad
|
|SP
|1856
|1868
|Houston and Texas Central Railway
|-
|Waxahachie Tap Railroad
|
|SP
|1875
|1881
|Central Texas and Northwestern Railway
|-
|Weatherford, Mineral Wells and Northwestern Railway
|WM&N, WMWN
|MP
|1889
|1988
|Missouri Pacific Railroad
|-
|West Texas and Lubbock Railroad
|WTLR
|
|1995
|
|
|Still exists as a lessor of the West Texas and Lubbock Railway
|-
|Western Narrow Gauge Railway
|
|
|1870
|1875
|Texas Western Narrow Gauge Railway
|-
|Wichita Falls Railway
|
|MKT
|1894
|1969
|Missouri–Kansas–Texas Railroad
|-
|Wichita Falls and Northwestern Railway of Texas
|
|MKT
|1906
|1923
|Missouri–Kansas–Texas Railroad
|-
|Wichita Falls and Oklahoma Railway
|
|CB&Q
|1903
|1942
|N/A
|-
|Wichita Falls, Ranger and Fort Worth Railroad
|
|MKT
|1919
|1940
|Wichita Falls and Southern Railroad
|-
|Wichita Falls and Southern Railroad
|
|MKT
|1920
|1955
|Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad<!--where not abandoned-->
|-
|Wichita Falls and Southern Railway
|
|MKT
|1907
|1940
|Wichita Falls and Southern Railroad
|-
|Wichita Falls and Wellington Railway of Texas
|
|MKT
|1910
|1958
|N/A
|-
|Wichita Valley Railroad
|
|CB&Q
|1905
|1952
|Fort Worth and Denver Railway
|-
|Wichita Valley Railway
|WV
|CB&Q
|1890
|1952
|Fort Worth and Denver Railway
|}
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
- Rio Grande Valley Traction Company
- Roby and Northern Railroad
- Southern Traction Company
- Southwestern Traction Company
- Tarrant County Traction Company
- Texas Electric Railway (TER)
- Texas Interurban Railway
- Texas Traction Company
Railroads not completed
{| class="wikitable sortable"
!Name
!Begun
!Proposal
!Construction
|-
|Arkansas, Red River and Paris Railroad
|1908
|De Queen, Arkansas to Paris
|Grading
|-
|Beaumont and Great Northern Railroad, original scheme
|1905
|Trunk line, Beaumont to Waco
|Opened Livingston to Weldon, abandoned rest
|-
|Brazos and Galveston Railroad
|1839
| San Luis Island to Velasco
|Bridge to mainland
|-
|Bridgeport and Decatur Railroad
|1891
|Decatur to Bridgeport
|Grading
|-
|Columbus, San Antonio and Rio Grande Railroad
|1858
|Columbus through Gonzales and San Antonio to the Rio Grande
|Grading
|-
|Corpus Christi Street and Interurban Railway
|1916
|Electric interurban, Corpus Christi to Ward Island
|Grading; the company only operated streetcars
|-
|Dallas, Pacific and Southeastern Railway, original scheme
|1889
|Dallas to Albuquerque, New Mexico
|Graded from Dallas to near Paradise, grade never used by the Gulf, Texas and Western Railway
|-
|Dallas Southwestern Traction
|1917
|Dallas to Glen Rose via Irving and Cleburne
|Grading, and some infrastructure
|-
|Denison, Bonham and New Orleans Railroad, Wolfe City Extension
|1901
|Bonham to Wolfe City
|Grading
|-
|East Texas Traction
|1912
|Dallas and Greenville
|Grading
|-
|Eastland, Wichita Falls and Gulf Railway, original scheme
|1918
|May to Newcastle via Mangum
|Opened Mangum to Breckwalker, abandoned rest
|-
|Enid, Ochiltree and Western Railroad
|1909
|Dalhart to Ochiltree via Dumas
| Graded between Dalhart and Dumas with 14 miles of track
|-
|Estacado and Gulf Railroad, Norman to Roby
|1910
|McCaulley to Roby, 10 miles
|Completed 6 miles to Norman, scavenged for the Roby and Northern Railroad
|-
|Fort Worth and Albuquerque Railroad
|1889
|Fort Worth to Jacksboro
|Grading
|-
|Fort Worth and Rio Grande Railway, original scheme
|1885
|Fort Worth to Eagle Pass, branch to San Antonio.
|Opened to Menard, abandoned rest.
|-
|Gainesville, Whiteboro and Sherman Railway
|1906
|Gainesville to Sherman, electric interurban
|Graded 12 miles east of Gainesville
|-
|Galveston, Brazos and Colorado Narrow Gauge Railway, original scheme
|1875
|Galveston to a bridge over the San Luis Pass, then to Austin.
|Opened 15 miles Galveston to Seaforth, abandoned rest
|-
|Galveston, Brazos and Southwestern Railway
|1898
|Galveston to San Antonio
|Grading, bridge across the Chocolate Bayou
|-
|Glen Rose and Walnut Springs Railroad
|1914
|Glen Rose to Walnut Springs
|Electric, grading completed 1916
|-
|Greenville Northwestern Railway, original scheme
|1913
|Electric line, Anna to Greenville via Blue Ridge
|Opened Anna to Blue Ridge, abandoned rest, did not electrify
|-
|Gulf and Brazos Valley Railway, original scheme
|1897
|Peck City via Mineral Wells to Stoneburg
|Opened Peck City to Mineral Wells, abandoned rest
|-
|Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe Railway, original scheme
|1875
|Galveston to Santa Fe, New Mexico, via Coleman, Texas
|Opened Galveston to a point south of Coleman, purchased by ATSF, northwestern terminus changed to Sweetwater
|-
|Gulf and Pacific Railway 1)
|1904
|Paris to Velasco
|Some track laid 1904
|-
|Gulf and Pacific Railway 2)
|1914
|Sweetwater to Comanche
|Grading
|-
|Gulf, Texas and Western Railway, original scheme
|1910
|Lubbock to Dallas via Benjamin, Seymour, Jacksboro and Boonville with a branch to Fort Worth.
|Graded Benjamin to Seymour, opened Seymour via Jacksboro, then to Salesville on revised route
|-
|Gulf and West Texas Railway
|1927
|San Antonio to San Angelo
|Grading
|-
|Harrisburg Railroad and Trading Company
|1841
|Harrisburg to the Brazos River
|Graded 2 miles
|-
|Houston, Trinity and Tyler Railroad
|1860
|Houston to Jefferson via Tyler and Gilmer
|Grading
|-
|Kansas City, Oklahoma and Houston Railroad
|1907
|Trunk line from Kansas City to Houston
|Graded Honey Grove to the Red River, some track laid
|-
|Kansas City, Mexico and Orient Railway - Del Rio Branch
|1909
|San Angelo to Del Rio, a trunk line to Mexico City
|Opened eventually to Sonora, rest abandoned
|-
|Mineola and Pittsburg Railroad
|1895
|Mineola to Pittsburg
|Grading
|-
|Oklahoma, Red River and Texas Railway, original scheme
|1910
|Blossom to Mineola
|Opened Blossom to Deport and abandoned rest
|-
|Pan American Railway
|1891
|Victoria to Rio de Janeiro in Brazil via Brownsville
|Tracks laid 10 miles to the Guadalupe River
|-
|Panhandle and Gulf Railway, original scheme
|1899
|Sweetwater to Laredo via San Angelo
|Tracks laid 15 miles Sweetwater to Sylvester, and 7 miles south-east of former, not used by successor KCM&O
|-
|Paris, Marshall and Sabine Pass Railway, original scheme
|1888
|Trunk line, Paris to Sabine Pass
|Opened Winnsboro to Elysian Fields via Marshall, abandoned rest
|-
|Port Arthur and Houston Short Line
|1905
| Direct route Houston to Port Arthur
|Grading
|-
|Port O'Connor, Rio Grande and Northern Railroad
|1906
|Port O'Connor to San Antonio
|Tracks laid Port O’Connor to Yoakum, graded to Gonzalez
|-
|Quanah, Acme and Pacific Railway, Floydada to El Paso
|1909
|Intended transcontinental trunk line for St. Louis–San Francisco Railway
|Preparatory works, in advertising to 1928
|-
|Rio Grande and Eagle Pass Railway, original scheme
|1885
|Laredo to Eagle Pass
|Opened Laredo to Santo Tomás, abandoned rest
|-
|Rio Grande Northern Railroad, original scheme
|1893
|Van Horn via Chispa and San Carlos to the Rio Grande at Sanchez Ranch.
|Completed Chispa to San Carlos, abandoned rest, never ran its own trains
|-
|Rock Island, Texico-Farwell and Southern Railroad
|1912
|Tucumcari, New Mexico to San Antonio via Farwell
|Graded 38 miles south of Farwell, 3 miles of track laid
|-
|San Antonio and Austin Interurban Railway
|1913
|Electric, San Antonio to Austin
|Grading
|-
|San Antonio, Rockport and Mexican Railway
|1912
|San Antonio to new docks at Rockport and to Brownsville, junction at Crowther near Tilden
|Graded to Matlock on south boundary of McMullen County
|-
|San Marcos Valley Interurban Railway
|1905
|Electric, San Marcos to Luling
|Grading
|-
|South Galveston and Gulf Shore Railroad, End of Tracks to South Galveston
|1891
|Galveston 13.5 miles to new city of South Galveston (now Galveston Island State Park).
|Only 4.5 miles completed.
|-
|Temple–Northwestern Railway
|1910
|Temple through Gatesville and Hamilton to Comanche
|40 miles of grading and 5 miles of track
|-
|Texas, New Mexico and Pacific Railway
|1905
|McKinney via Denton, Decatur, Bridgeport to Roswell, New Mexico
|Grading, bought old grade of Bridgeport and Decatur Railroad
|-
|Texas Western Narrow Gauge Railway, original scheme
|1872
|Houston to Presidio
|Opened Houston to Sealy, abandoned rest.
|-
|Union Central Railway
|1908
|Trunk line from Houston to Paris and the Red River, with branches to Waco and Palestine
|Construction began at Palestine
|-
|Van Horn Valley Land and Railway Company
|1914
|Van Horn to Pine Springs
|Grading
|-
|Winnsboro and Gilmer Railroad
|1917
|Bought section of defunct Marshall and East Texas Railway
|Did not operate
|}
See also
- Article X of the Texas Constitution
Notes
References
- Association of American Railroads (2003), Railroad Service in Texas (PDF). Retrieved May 19, 2005.
- Handbook of Texas Online