List of current and former railroad companies operating in Dallas

The following is a list of railroad companies that serve(d) Dallas. The first year is the year service began; the last is the year service was halted.


 * 1872–1934 Houston and Texas Central Railroad (absorbed into the TNO)
 * 1873–1976 Texas and Pacific Railway
 * 1878–1880 Dallas and Wichita Railroad
 * 1878 Dallas, Cleburne and Rio Grande Railroad
 * 1878–1879 Chicago, Texas and Mexican Central Railway (purchased right of way from the DC&RG)
 * 1879–1965 Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe Railroad (acquired CT&MC)
 * 1880–1989 Missouri-Kansas-Texas
 * 1880–1881 Texas Trunk Railroad
 * 1881–1961 Texas and New Orleans Railroad (acquired the TT)
 * 1901–1904 Red River, Texas and Southern Railroad
 * 1902–1964 Saint Louis, San Francisco and Texas Railroad (nickname Frisco, absorbed the RRT&S)
 * 1903–1932 St. Louis Southwestern Railway
 * 1903–1980 Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad
 * 1925–1982 Fort Worth and Denver Railway
 * 1932–1996 Southern Pacific (acquired the SLSW in 1932 and the T&NO in 1961)
 * 1964–1980 St. Louis-San Francisco Railway (parent company merged with subsidiary)
 * 1965–1996 Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe (acquired the GC&SF)
 * 1980–1996 Burlington Northern (acquired the SLSF and the bankrupt CRI&P lines in the Dallas area, merged the FW&D in 1982)
 * 1989–present Union Pacific (acquired the MKT in 1989, Southern Pacific in 1996)
 * 1994–present Kansas City Southern Railroad (purchased right of way from AT&SF)
 * 1996–present BNSF Railway (merger between BN and AT&SF)
 * Trinity and Brazos Valley