Texas and Pacific Railway

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Texas and Pacific Railway

Overview
Headquarters	Marshall, Texas
Reporting mark	TP
Locale	Texas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, and Arkansas
Dates of operation	1871–1976
Successor	Missouri Pacific
Technical
Track gauge	4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge
Mainline, 1903 Main line Legend terminus Gouldsboro Gretna Ameliaville(?) Westwego Waggaman Davis St. Charles Dugan Le Sassier St. John Johnson Vacherie Delogney St. James Forstall Winchester Donaldsonville Geary Napoleon McCall White Castle Thibodeaux Bayou Goula Indian Village Plaquemine Baton Rouge Junction West Baton Rouge Grosse Tete Port Allen Maringouin Fordoche Ravenwood New Roads Melville Palmetto Rosa Morrows Bunkie Junction Cheneyville Marksville Lacompte Simmesport Lamorie Moreland Alexandria Rapides Boyce Lena Chopin Derry Natchitoches Cypress Provencal Robeline Marthaville Sodas Pelican Oxford Mansfield Grand Cane Closter Stonewall Keithville Reisor Texarkana line Shreveport Jewelia Beck's Greenwood LA-TX border Waskom Jonesville Scottsville Marshall Woodlawn Abney's Hallville Jefferson Lansing Stall's Longview Lodi Willow Springs Bevins Camps Kildare Gladewater Gallaway Red Rock Atlanta Wilkins Queen City Neal's Lanark Big Sandy Springdale Forest Hawkins Alamo Sulphur Lake Fork Buchanan's Mineola Polk Mack's T.C.J.C. (Texarkana line) Silver Lake Grand Saline Bolton Stevenson Edgewood Will's Point Cobb's Elmo Terrell Lawrence Forney Mesquite Orphans Home Dallas Eagle Ford Grand Prairie Arlington Handley Manchester Texarkana line Fort Worth Benbrook Iona Aledo Annetta Earl's Weatherford Mineral Wells Lambert Millsap Peek Canyon Gilbert Brazos Santo Judd Mines Gordon Thurber Hunter Strawn Canyon Tiffin Ranger Olden Eastland Gem Cisco Delmar Putnam Vigo Baird Clyde Elmdale Abilene Tebo Merkel Trent Eskota Sweetwater Roscoe Loraine Stock Yards Colorado City Westbrook Iatan Signal Mount Big Springs Morita Stanton Germania Midland Warfield Odessa Douro Metz Sand Hills Monahan's Aroya Pyote Quito Barstow Pecos City Hermosa Toyah Gomez San Martine Kent Boracho Plateau Wild Horse Van Horn Allamore Eagle Flat Arispe Sierra Blanca Etholin Lasca Malone Finlay Madden Ft. Hancock Iser Rio Grande Finlay San Elizaro Rivera Ysleta terminus El Paso

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.