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(Top) 1 Common freight carriers 1.1 Class I 1.2 Class II 1.3 Class III 2 Passenger carriers 2.1 Intercity passenger rail 2.2 Commuter rail 2.3 High speed rail 2.4 Light rail 2.5 Trolley and streetcar 2.6 Tourist and heritage 3 Defunct railroads 3.1 Electric 4 Railroads not completed 5 Notes 6 See also 7 References

Name	Begun	Proposal	Construction
Arkansas, Red River and Paris Railroad	1908	De Queen, ArkansastoParis	Grading
Beaumont and Great Northern Railroad, original scheme	1905	Trunk line, BeaumonttoWaco	Opened LivingstontoWeldon, abandoned rest
Brazos and Galveston Railroad	1839	San Luis Island to Velasco	Bridge to mainland
Bridgeport and Decatur Railroad	1891	DecaturtoBridgeport	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 ChristitoWard Island	Grading; the company only operated streetcars
Dallas, Pacific and Southeastern Railway, original scheme	1889	DallastoAlbuquerque, 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	BonhamtoWolfe City	Grading
East Texas Traction	1912	Dallas and Greenville	Grading
Eastland, Wichita Falls and Gulf Railway, original scheme	1918	MaytoNewcastle 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, Five Mile to Roby	1910	McCaulleytoRoby, 10 miles	Completed 5 miles, scavenged for the Roby and Northern Railroad
Fort Worth and Albuquerque Railroad	1889	Fort WorthtoJacksboro	Grading
Fort Worth and Rio Grande Railway, original scheme	1885	Fort WorthtoEagle Pass, branch to San Antonio.	Opened to Menard, abandoned rest.
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	GalvestontoSan Antonio	Grading, bridge across the Chocolate Bayou
Glen Rose and Walnut Springs Railroad	1914	Glen RosetoWalnut Springs	Electric, grading completed 1916
Greenville Northwestern Railway, original scheme	1913	Electric line, AnnatoGreenville 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 WellstoStoneburg	Opened Peck City to Mineral Wells, abandoned rest
Gulf and Pacific Railway1)	1904	ParistoVelasco	Some track laid 1904
Gulf and Pacific Railway2)	1914	SweetwatertoComanche	Grading
Gulf, Texas and Western Railway, original scheme	1910	LubbocktoDallas 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 AntoniotoSan 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 AngelotoDel Rio, a trunk line to Mexico City	Opened eventually to Sonora, rest abandoned
Mineola and Pittsburg Railroad	1895	MineolatoPittsburg	Grading
Oklahoma, Red River and Texas Railway, original scheme	1910	BlossomtoMineola	Opened BlossomtoDeport and abandoned rest
Pan American Railway	1891	VictoriatoRio de Janeiro in Brazil via Brownsville	Tracks laid 10 miles to the Guadalupe River
Panhandle and Gulf Railway, original scheme	1899	SweetwatertoLaredo 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, ParistoSabine Pass	Opened WinnsborotoElysian Fields via Marshall, abandoned rest
Port Arthur and Houston Short Line	1905	Direct route HoustontoPort Arthur	Grading
Port O'Connor, Rio Grande and Northern Railroad	1906	Port O'ConnortoSan Antonio	Tracks laid Port O’Connor to Yoakum, graded to Gonzalez
Quanah, Acme and Pacific Railway, FloydadatoEl 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	LaredotoEagle 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 MexicotoSan Antonio via Farwell	Graded 38 miles south of Farwell, 3 miles of track laid
San Antonio and Austin Interurban Railway	1913	Electric, San AntoniotoAustin	Grading