# List of Texas railroads

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.)
* 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)
* 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)
* 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)
* 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)
* 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

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### 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 light 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

| 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 | N/A |
| Air Line Railroad | | SP | 1860 | | 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 | 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 | | 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, St. Louis Southwestern Railway, Texas North Western Railway |
| Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railway | RI | RI | 1939 | 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 | | 1908 | Gulf, Texas and Western Railway |
| Dallas, Pacific and Southeastern Railway | | SLSF | 1889 | | 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 | 1881 | Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railway |
| 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 | | 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 | 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 | | 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 | 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 | | 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 | 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 |
| Llano Estacado, Mexico and Gulf Railroad | | | 1907 | 1909 | N/A |
| Llano Estacado Railway | | ATSF | 1909 | 1910 | Pecos and Northern Texas Railway |
| 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | | 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 | | |
| 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 | | 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 | 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 | 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 | | 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 | 1969 | Southern Pacific Transportation Company |
| Southern Pacific Company | | SP | 1885 | 1889 | 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 | 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 | | |
| 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 | 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 |
| 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

| 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 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 |