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The Roscoe, Snyder and Pacific Railway was an American shortline railroad based in the small
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town of Roscoe.


History

The Roscoe, Snyder and Pacific Railway Company was incorporated August 31, 1906, to construct a railroad from
Roscoe, Texas Roscoe is a city in Nolan County in the U.S. state of Texas near the intersection of Interstate 20 and US Highway 84. The Union Pacific Railroad passes through the center of the city.William R. Hunt, " Roscoe, TX," Handbook of Texas Online, http ...
, to the
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state line near Portales. The full line was never completed but a line was opened to Snyder in 1908 and extended another to Fluvanna in September 1909. The line was abandoned between Snyder and Fluvanna prior to 1945, and passenger service ended in 1953. The line between Roscoe and Snyder was abandoned in 1984 because of deregulation associated with the
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of 1980, which made it difficult for the company to compete. A small portion of the line that connects to the
Union Pacific The Union Pacific Railroad , legally Union Pacific Railroad Company and often called simply Union Pacific, is a freight-hauling railroad that operates 8,300 locomotives over routes in 23 U.S. states west of Chicago and New Orleans. Union Pac ...
near Roscoe still serves a railroad car rebuilding facility and provides storage of rail cars awaiting repair.


See also

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Fort Worth and Denver Railway The Fort Worth and Denver Railway , nicknamed "the Denver Road", was a class I American railroad company that operated in the northern part of Texas from 1881 to 1982, and had a profound influence on the early settlement and economic development ...
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West Texas and Lubbock Railway The West Texas & Lubbock Railway is a shortline railroad in Texas, owned by Watco. It connects the BNSF in Lubbock with agricultural and oil-producing areas to the west and southwest. The company operates 107 miles of two ex-Atchison, Topeka & San ...
* Texas – New Mexico Railroad *
Llano Estacado The Llano Estacado (), sometimes translated into English as the Staked Plains, is a region in the Southwestern United States that encompasses parts of eastern New Mexico and northwestern Texas. One of the largest mesas or tablelands on the Nort ...
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Wastella, Texas Wastella is a ghost town in northwest Nolan County, Texas, United States. It is located at the intersection of U.S. Highway 84 and Farm to Market Road 1982, about northwest of Roscoe. It lies within the physiographic region known as the Rolling ...


References


External links


Roscoe Historical Museum: Roscoe, Snyder and Pacific Railway
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