What line did KCS replace that goes through Dallas, Garland, Plano and Wylie, Texas? I had no idea that the KCS line goes through Dallas/Fort Worth.
As I recall from the excellent Trains article on the KCS, some KCS routes near the Dallas and Fort Worth area use trackage rights. Unfortunately that issue is still in storage from my move.
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I wasn’t sure if they bought out from the fallen flag railroad companies or not cause I have a map of Dallas and they do list the railroad companies on certain tracks, my Dallas map is made in 1987
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Darian,
The KCS track ownership ended at Farmersville until Oct. 1993 when they purchased a ATSF line from Farmersville through Wylie towards Dallas at Zacha Jct. During 1994 they bought a piece of ATSF from Zacha Jct. to Dallas. DART bought a SSW line that went through Wylie to Fort Worth and KCS operate (own ?) a piece of this line from Wylie to Renner. During August 1995 KCS bought another ATSF line from Zacha Jct. NW to Dalton Jct. and got trackage rights on ATSF from Dalton Jct. to Alliance Yard.
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