The Texas and Pacific Railway Company (known as the T&P ) was created by federal charter in 1871 with the purpose of building a southern transcontinental railroad between Marshall, Texas , and San Diego, California .
17-669: [REDACTED] Look up Westerner or westerner in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Westerner may refer to: a person from the Western world a person from the Western United States Westerner (Missouri Pacific train), a train operated by the Missouri Pacific Railroad between St. Louis and Kansas City, Missouri Westerner (Nickel Plate train),
34-687: A separate entity until they were eventually merged on October 15, 1976. On January 8, 1980, the Missouri Pacific Railroad was purchased by the Union Pacific Railroad . Because of lawsuits filed by competing railroads, the merger was not approved until September 13, 1982. Due to outstanding bonds of the Missouri Pacific, though, the actual merger with the Union Pacific Railroad took place on January 1, 1997. Several parts of
51-606: A train operated by the New York, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad between Buffalo and Chicago Westerner (Texas & Pacific train), a train operated by the Texas and Pacific Railway between St. Louis and El Paso USS Westerner (ID-2890) , a United States Navy cargo ship in commission from 1918 to 1919 Westerner, a limited-edition, luxury version of the AMC Rebel station wagon Westerner (horse) (born 1999), 2005 winner of
68-458: A train operated by the New York, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad between Buffalo and Chicago Westerner (Texas & Pacific train), a train operated by the Texas and Pacific Railway between St. Louis and El Paso USS Westerner (ID-2890) , a United States Navy cargo ship in commission from 1918 to 1919 Westerner, a limited-edition, luxury version of the AMC Rebel station wagon Westerner (horse) (born 1999), 2005 winner of
85-538: The Southern Pacific was able to build from California to Sierra Blanca, Texas . In doing so, Southern Pacific used land designated for, and surveyed by Texas and Pacific, in its rail line from Yuma, Arizona , to El Paso, Texas . This resulted in lawsuits , which were settled with agreements to share tracks, and to cooperate in the building of new tracks. Most of the features advantageous to Texas and Pacific were later disallowed by legislation. From 1873 to 1881
102-516: The Ascot Gold Cup horse race Westerner Gambling House and Saloon, a former Las Vegas casino owned by Benny Binion Westerner , a short-lived comic book (three issues) put out by I. W. Publications Westerners (Korean political faction) , a political faction in 16th-century Korea See also [ edit ] The Westerner Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with
119-459: The Ascot Gold Cup horse race Westerner Gambling House and Saloon, a former Las Vegas casino owned by Benny Binion Westerner , a short-lived comic book (three issues) put out by I. W. Publications Westerners (Korean political faction) , a political faction in 16th-century Korea See also [ edit ] The Westerner Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with
136-455: The Texas and Pacific (route sections between St. Louis and Texarkana were operated by Missouri Pacific): "T&P" includes its subsidiary roads (A&S, D&PS, T-NM etc.); operated route-miles totalled 2259 at the end of 1929 (after C&NE, PVS and TSL had become subsidiaries) and 2033 at the end of 1960. The Texas and Pacific was unable to finance construction to San Diego , and as a result
153-444: The Texas and Pacific built a total of 972 miles (1,560 km) of track; as a result it was entitled to land grants totalling 12,441,600 acres (50,349 km ). T&P, however, received land only for the construction of track east of Fort Worth . This meant the firm received only 5,173,120 acres (20,935 km ). The State of Texas did not award the additional area because, it said, the construction had not been completed within
170-837: The Texas and Pacific remain to this day, mainly two towering buildings, which help define the southern side of Fort Worth's skyline— the original station and office tower and a warehouse located immediately to the west. In 2001, the passenger platforms at the T&;P station were put into use for the first time in decades as the westernmost terminus for the Trinity Railway Express , a commuter rail line connecting Fort Worth and Dallas . The T&P Warehouse still exists, but remains vacant with no plans to renovate it despite significant civic support and third-party developer interest. The passenger terminal and corporate offices have been converted into luxury condominiums. Major named passenger trains of
187-411: The 💕 [REDACTED] Look up Westerner or westerner in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Westerner may refer to: a person from the Western world a person from the Western United States Westerner (Missouri Pacific train), a train operated by the Missouri Pacific Railroad between St. Louis and Kansas City, Missouri Westerner (Nickel Plate train),
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#1732844783733204-447: The influence of General Buell, the T&P was originally to be 3 ft 6 in ( 1,067 mm ) gauge , but this was overturned when the state legislature passed a law requiring 4 ft 8 + 1 ⁄ 2 in ( 1,435 mm ) gauge. The T&P had a significant foothold in Texas by the mid-1870s. Construction difficulties delayed westward progress, until American financier Jay Gould acquired an interest in
221-446: The railroad in 1879. The T&P never reached San Diego; instead it met the Southern Pacific at Sierra Blanca, Texas , in 1881. The Missouri Pacific Railroad , also controlled by Gould, leased the T&P from 1881 to 1885 and continued a cooperative relationship with the T&P after the lease ended. Missouri Pacific gained majority ownership of the Texas and Pacific Railway's stock in 1928, but allowed it to continue operation as
238-453: The state of Connecticut is 5,543 square miles (14,356 km ). The Texas Pacific Land Trust (NYSE: TPL) was created in 1888 in the wake of the bankruptcy of the T&P in order to provide an efficient and orderly way to sell the railway's land, receiving at the time in excess of 3.5 million acres (14,000 km ). As of 31 December 2006 the Trust was still the largest private land owner in
255-442: The time required by the firm's charter. The then state Attorney General Charles A. Culberson filed suit to recover 301,893 acres (1,222 km ) on the grounds that "the road had been granted land partly on sidetracks and partly on land not subject to location." The state ultimately recovered 256,046 acres (1,036 km ) giving a net grant to the T&P of 4,917,074 acres (19,899 km ), or 7,683 square miles. By comparison,
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