Historic Texas Railroad Companies List - Texas Transportation Archive

Historic Texas Railroad Companies

On this page we will keep a list of resources for early Texas railroad companies that operated from pre-Civil War years to 1960, with an emphasis on obscure companies and locations.

We encourage you to begin by using the main search, and follow up by checking the lists below for pages we've created that provide additional material such as maps, photographs, employee data, etc.

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-A-
A. C. Boynton Lumber Co. Tram
Abilene & Northern Ry.
Abilene & Southern Ry.
Acme, Red River & Northern Ry. (Acme Tap)
Alexander Gilmer Lumber Co. Tram
Anderson & Cameron Lumber Co.
Angelina & Neches River R.R.
Angelina County Lumber Co.
Angelina Hardwood Lumber Co.
Angle Lumber Co.
Aransas Harbor Terminal Ry. (1st Company)
Aransas Harbor Terminal Ry. (2nd Company)
Artesian Belt Ry.
Asherton & Gulf Ry.
Asphalt Belt Ry.
Atlanta & Mount Pleasant R.R. Tram
Austin & Northwestern R.R.
Austin & Oatmanville Ry.
Austin Dam & Suburban Ry.

-B-
Bartlett Western Ry.
Bartlett-Florence Ry.
Beaumont & Great Northern R.R.
Beaumont & Saratoga Transportation
Beaumont Wharf & Terminal Co.
Beaumont, Sour Lake & Western Ry.
Belton R.R.
Benford & Western Transportation Co. Tram
Bering Manufacturing Co.
Bermea Land & Lumber Co.
Bivins Lumber Co. Tram (Bivins / James)
Bivins Lumber Co. Tram (Kildare)
Bivins Lumber Co. Tram (Tally)
Black Bayou R.R.
Blackwell Enid & Texas Ry.
Blount-Decker Lumber Co. Tram
Bois D'Arc & Southern Ry.
Border Pacific R.R.
Bowers & Piney Creek Ry.
Brazos, Santiago & Rio Grande R.R.
Brown Lumber Co. Tram
Brownsville & Gulf R.R.
Brownwood North & South Ry.
Bryan & Central Texas Interurban Ry.
Bryan & College Interurban Ry.
Burr's Ferry, Browndel & Chester Ry.

-C-
C. Bender & Sons Lumber Co. Tram
C. R. Cummings Lumber Co. Tram
Calvert, Waco & Brazos Valley R.R.
Cameron Lumber Co. Tram (Cameron)
Cameron Lumber Co. Tram (Saron)
Cane Belt R.R.
Caro Northern Ry.
Cass Lumber Co.
Chester Lumber Co. Tram
Chicago, Rock Island & Gulf Ry.
Chicago, Texas & Mexican Central Ry.
Chronister Lumber Co. Tram
Clark & Boice Lumber Co.
Cisco & Northeastern Ry.
Colorado Valley Ry.
Commercial Lumber Co. Tram
Concho, San Saba & Llano Valley R.R.
Conroe Lumber Co. Tram
Conroe, Byspot & Northern Tram
Corpus Christi, San Diego & Rio Grande Ry.
Cow Creek Tram & Ry. Co.
Crosbyton-Southplains R.R.
Crystal City & Uvalde R.R.

-D-
Dallas & Greenville Ry.
Dallas & Waco Ry.
Dallas & Wichita
Dallas Cleburne & Southwestern Ry.
Dallas Terminal Ry.
Dallas, Cleburne & Rio Grande Ry.
Dayton-Goose Creek Ry.
Dekalb & Red River R.R.
Delta Land & Timber Lumber Co.
Denison & Pacific Ry.
Denison & Southeastern Ry.
Duff & Eastern R.R. (Beaumont Lumber Co. Tram)
Duncan & Campbell Lumber Co. Tram
Durham Transportation Co.

-E-
East Line & Red River R.R.
East Texas & Gulf Ry.
East Texas Ry.
East Texas Transportation Co.
Eastern Texas R.R. (#1)
Eastern Texas R.R. (Aka Houston County R.R.)
Eastland, Wichita Falls & Gulf R.R.
Edens-Birch Lumber Co. Tram
Egypt & Montgomery Tram
El Paso & Northeastern R.R.
El Paso & Southwestern R.R.
El Paso Northern Ry.
El Paso Southern Ry.
El Paso Terminal Co.
Electric Interurban Ry.s
Elimina & Eastern Transportation Co.
Emporia & Gulf R.R.
Emporia Lumber Co.
Estacado & Gulf R.R.

-F-
Fordyce Gravel Company
Fort Worth & Denver City Ry.
Fort Worth & Rio Grande Ry.
Fort Worth Belt Ry.
Foster Lumber Co. Tram
Fostoria & Northern R.R.
Fredricksburg & Northern Ry.
Frisco System
Frost-Johnson Lumber Co. (Oil Springs - Calgary)
Frost-Johnson Lumber Co. (Waskom)

-G-
Gainesville, Henrietta & Western Ry.
Galveston & Houston Junction R.R.
Galveston & Red River R.R.
Galveston & Western Ry.
Galveston Brazos & Colorado Ry.
Galveston Harrisburg & San Antonio Ry.
Galveston Ry.
Galveston Terminal Ry.
Galveston, Beaumont & Northeastern
Galveston, Houston & Northern Ry.
Galveston, La Porte & Houston Ry.
Galveston, Sabine & St. Louis R.R.
Gemmer & Tanner Co.
George C. Rice Lumber Co.
Georgetown R.R.
Glen Lumber Co. Tram
Gonzales Branch R.R.
Granite Mountain & Marble Falls City R.R.
Greenville Northwestern Ry.
Grogan-Cochran Lumber Co.
Groveton, Lufkin & Northern Ry.
Gulf & Brazos Valley Ry.
Gulf & Interstate Ry.
Gulf & Northern Ry.
Gulf & Pacific Tram
Gulf & Sabine River
Gulf & Texas
Gulf Colorado & Santa Fe Ry.
Gulf, Beaumont & Great Northern R.R.
Gulf, Beaumont & Kansas City Ry.
Gulf, Texas & Western R.R.
Gulf, Western Texas & Pacific

-H-
H. A. Morrison Co. Tram
H. G. Bohlssen Manufacturing Co.
H. J. Montgomery Tram
Hamlin & Northwestern Ry.
Hearne & Brazos Valley Ry.
Henderson & Overton Branch R.R.
Hooks Lumber Co. Tram
Hope Lumber Co. Tram
Horton Gravel R.R.
Houston & Brazos Valley Ry.
Houston & Great Northern R.R.
Houston & Texas Central Ry.
Houston Belt & Magnolia Park Ry.
Houston Belt & Terminal Ry.
Houston East & West Texas Ry.
Houston North Shore Ry.
Houston Ry.
Houston Tap & Brazoria Ry.
Houston, East & West Texas
Houston, Oaklawn & Magnolia Park Ry.
Hunt Lumber Co. Tram
Huntsville Branch Ry.

-I-
Imperial Valley Ry.
International-Great Northern

-J-
J.O.H. Bennette Lumber Co. Tram
Jasper & Eastern R.R.
Jasper County Lumber Co. Tram
Jefferson & Kruse Lumber Co.
Jefferson & Northwestern Ry.
Jefferson Lumber Co. (Atlanta)
John Hobbs (?)
Josserand & Bros. Lumber Co. Tram

-K-
Kansas & Gulf Short Line R.R.
Kansas City Mexico & Orient Ry.
Kansas City, El Paso & Mexican Ry.
Kansas, Oklahoma & Gulf Ry. Co. Of Texas
Kansas, Shreveport & Gulf
Keno & Cold Springs Transportation Co.
Kiamichi R.R.
Kildare & Linden Ry.
Kirby Lumber Co. Mill "J" (Roganville, Texas)
Kirby Lumber Co. Mill "P" (Bronson, Texas)
Kirby Lumber Co. Tram - Mill "N" (Mobile, Texas)
Kirby Lumber Co. Tram (Voth, Texas)
Kirby Lumber Co. Tram (Silsbee, Texas)
Kurth Lumber Co. Tram

-L-
La Porte, Houston & Northern R.R.
Lake Creek Lumber Co.
Lake Creek R.R.
Lancaster Tap R.R.
Langford Lumber Co. Tram
Latexo Lumber Co. Tram
Likens Lumber Co. Tram
Livingston & Southeastern Ry.
Livingston Lumber Co. Tram
Llano Estacado Ry.

-L- (cont.)

Lodwick Lumber Co. Tram
Long-Bell Lumber Co.
Longview & Sabine Valley Ry.
Louisiana & Arkansas Ry.
Louisiana Arkansas & Texas Ry.
Louisiana Ry. & Navigation Co. Of Texas
Lufkin, Hemphill & Gulf Ry.

-M-
M. H. Wurtsbaugh Lumber Co. Tram
Marshall & East Texas Ry.
Marshall & North Western Ry.
Marshall Elysian Fields & Southeastern Ry.
Marshall, Timpson & Sabine Pass Ry.
Mcshane Lumber Co. Tram
Midland & Northwestern Ry.
Miller-Link Lumber Co.
Mineral Wells & Lakewood Park Street Ry.
Mineral Wells Electric System
Mississippi & Pacific R.R.
Missouri Pacific
Missouri, Oklahoma & Gulf Ry.
Missouri, Kansas & Texas
Missouri, Kansas & Texas Extension Ry.
Moscow, Camden & San Augustine R.R.
Motley County Ry.

-N-
Nacogdoches & Southeastern Ry.
Naples & Sulphur River Ry. Tram
New Mexico Ry.
Nona Mills Tram
North Galveston, Houston & Kansas City R.R.
North Plains & Santa Fe Ry.
North-East Texas Ry.
Northside Belt Ry.
Northwestern Ry.

-O-
Oakhurst Lumber Co. Tram
Oklahoma City & Texas R.R.
Old River Lumber Co.
Olive, Sternenberg & Co.
Onalaska & Northwestern Tram
Orange & Northwestern R.R.

-P-
Palmetto Lumber Co. Tram
Pan American Ry.
Panhandle & Gulf Ry.
Panhandle & Santa Fe Ry.
Panhandle Ry.
Paris & Great Northern R.R.
Paris & Mount Pleasant R.R.
Paris, Choctaw & Little Rock Ry.
Paris, Marshall & Sabine Pass Ry.
Peach River & Gulf Ry.
Pecos & Northern Texas Ry.
Pecos Valley Southern Ry.
W. R. Pickering Lumber Co. Tram
Pine Ridge & Caddo Valley
Point Comfort & Northern Ry.
Pollok & Angelina Valley Transportation Co.
Port Arthur Traction Co.
Port Bolivar Iron Ore R.R.
Port Isabel & Rio Grande Valley R.R.

-Q-
Quanah Acme & Pacific Ry.
Queen City Lumber Co. Tram
Queen City S. B. & L. R.R.

-R-
R. A. Myers Lumber Co.
R. E. Trabue Lumber Co. Tram
R. G. Andrews Tram
Ragley Lumber Co. Tram (Winnsboro)
Redwater Lumber Co. Tram
Rio Grande & Eagle Pass Ry.
Rio Grande & Pecos Ry.
Rio Grande City Ry.
Rio Grande Northern R.R.
Rio Grande R.R.
Rio Grande Ry.
Rio Grande, Micolithic & Northern Ry.
Riverside & Gulf Ry.
Riviera Beach & Western Ry.
Roby & Northern R.R.
Rock Creek Lumber Co. Tram (Trinity, Texas)
Rockdale, Sandow & Southern R.R.
Roscoe Snyder & Pacific Ry.
Rusk Transportation Co.

-S-
Sabine & East Texas Ry.
Sabine & Neches Valley Ry.
Sabine & Northern Ry.
Sabine Pass, Alexandria & Northwestern Ry.
Sabine River & Northern R.R.
Sabine Tram Co.
Sam Allen Lumber Co. Tram (Asia)
Sam Allen Lumber Co. Tram (Mobile)
San Antonio & Aransas Pass Ry.
San Antonio & Gulf R.R.
San Antonio & Gulf Shore Ry.
San Antonio Belt & Terminal Ry.
San Antonio Southern Ry.
San Antonio, Fredericksburg & Northern Ry.
San Antonio, Uvalde & Gulf R.R.
San Augustine Lumber Co.
San Benito & Rio Grande Valley Ry.
San Diego & Gulf Ry.
San Jacinto & Southern R.R.
Saner-Ragley Lumber Company (Carmona, Tex.)
Saner-Ragley Lumber Company (Carmona, Tex.)
Sanford & Northern Ry.
Santa Fe Dock & Channel Co.
Scholten Cedar Co.
Seven Oaks Timber Road
Sherman Shreveport & Southern Ry.
Sherman, Denison & Dallas Ry.
Shreveport, Houston & Gulf R.R.
Smith & Morrison Co.
Snelling & Co.
South Galveston & Gulf Shore R.R.
South Plains & Santa Fe Ry.
Southern Kansas Ry.
Southern Pine Lumber Co. Tram (Edna)
Southern Pine Lumber Co. Tram (Fastrill)
Southland Paper Mills
Southwestern R.R.
Spring Creek Lumber Co. Tram
St. Louis Arkansas & Texas Ry.
St. Louis, Brownsville & Mexico Ry.
Stephenville North & South Texas Ry.
Sugar Land Ry.

-T-
T. A. Tally Co.
T. S. Garrison Lumber Co. Tram
Taylor, Bastrop & Houston Ry.
Temple Lumber Co. Tram
Texarkana & Fort Smith Ry.
Texarkana & Northern Ry.
Texas
Texas & Gulf Ry.
Texas & Louisiana R.R. (Lufkin Land & Lumber Co.)
Texas & New Orleans R.R.
Texas & Northern R.R.
Texas & Pacific Ry.
Texas & Sabine Valley Ry.
Texas & St. Louis Ry.
Texas Central R.R.
Texas City Terminal Ry.
Texas Long Leaf Lumber Co. (New Willard)
Texas Mexican Northern Ry.
Texas Mexican Ry.
Texas Midland R.R.
Texas North-Eastern R.R.
Texas Short Line Ry.
Texas Southern Ry.
Texas State R.R.
Texas Trunk R.R.
Texas Western Narrow Gauge Ry.
Texas Western R.R.
Texas Western Ry.
Texas, Arkansas & Louisiana Ry.
Texas, Louisiana & Eastern R.R.
Texas, Sabine Valley & Northwestern Ry.
Thompson & Tucker Lumber Co. Tram
Timpson & Henderson Ry.
Timpson & Northwestern Ry.
Trinity & Brazos Valley Ry.
Trinity & Sabine Ry.
Trinity Valley & Northern Ry.
Trinity Valley R.R.
Trinity Valley Southern Ry.
Trinity, Corrigan & Northwestern Ry. Co. (Cameron Lumber Co. Tram At Carmona)
Tyler County Lumber Co.
Tyler Southeastern Ry.
Tyler Street Ry.
Tyler Tap R.R.

-U-
Union Terminal Co.
Uvalde & Leona Valley Interurban Ry.
Uvalde & Northern Ry.
Uvalde Mines
Uvalde Street Ry.

-V-
Velasco Terminal Ry.
Velasco, Brazos & Northern Ry.

-W-
W. G. Ragley Lumber Co. Tram (Winnsboro)
W. R. Pickering Lumber Co. Tram
W. T. Carter & Bros. Lumber Co. Tram At Barnum
Waco Beaumont Trinity & Sabine Ry.
Walker County Lumber Co.
Ware & Driskell Lumber Co. Tram
Warren & Corsicana Pacific R.R.
Warren Central R.R.
Washington County Railroad
Waterman Lumber Co. Tram (Blocker)
Waterman Lumber Co. Tram (Waterman)
Weatherford Mineral Wells & Northwestern Ry.
Weaver Brothers Lumber Co.
Weiss Bluff Tram Co.
West Lumber Co.
West Lumber Co. Tram (Latexo)
West Lumber Co. Tram (Onalaska)
West Lumber Co. Tram (Westville)
Westmoreland Railroad Co.
Westville & Crockett Northern R.R.
Wichita Falls & Northwestern Ry.
Wichita Falls & Southern Ry.
Wichita Falls & Wellington Ry.
Wichita Falls, Ranger & Fort Worth R.R.
Wichita Valley Ry.
William Carlilse & Co.
Williams Lumber Co. Tram

-XYZ-
Yellow Bluff Tram Co.

Special Directories, Publications and Abstracts

Tap Line Case, 1911-1912. Supreme Court case lists over 100 descriptions of of logging railroads in Texas, Louisiana, Arkansas, Mississippi, Missouri, and Alabama.

Lumber Journals and Company Publications, 1899 - 1941. Articles transcribed from major lumber industry journals during the period 1899 - 1941. Primarily drawn from Gulf Coast Lumberman, American Lumberman, and Southern Lumberman. Secondary sources include other period journals, newspapers and company publications. Indexed sorted by company.

Texas Street Railways in 1890. Published in Poor's Directory of Railroad Officials and Manual of American Street Railways, 1890.


Information and images were digitized and proofread from the original source documents by Murry Hammond, 2006. Contact Murry for all corrections, additions, and contributions of new material.