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[quote]QUOTE: <i>Originally posted by UnionPacificRR6737</i> <br /><br />One thing that surprises me is that the Missouri Pacific line going northbound from Laredo has never entered into the Dallas/Fort Worth area although now they can get there cause they have a Union Pacific line going north from Taylor to Dallas/Fort Worth and southbound from Taylor to Laredo. <br />[/quote] <br /> <br />Sure it did. For decades and decades. Go north (geographic east) past Taylor, turn left at Valley Junction, go north through Bellmead and roll straight on into FTW. Prior to 1968, it was all on IGN (MP) rails. It is my recollection these were all historically IGN properties. After 1968, MP moved to the Katy north of Bellmead and abandoned their parallel line. This was part of a reciprocal trackage rights deal. The IGN line went north from Bellmead east of the Katy, crossed it (Dallas sub) on a grade separation at Italy, crossed the ATSF (GCSF) Dallas-Cleburne line the same way at about Venus, then into FTW from the southeast. A lot of the IGN ROW is still recognizable, even after so many years. A lot of N-S freight still goes that way (Valley Jct-Bellmead-FTW), as it's part of the one way scheme with the Katy line to Taylor.
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