Gulf Texas & Western

[Razorclaw]

Does anybody have any info about this railroad? A website or something that I can find info about them?

Thanks, Stephen

[wanswheel]

"It connects at Weatherford with the Texas-Pacific and with the Gulf, Colorado & Santa Fe. It connects at Jacksboro with the Rock Island System. It connects at Olney with the Wichita Falls & Southern, which is a subsidiary of the Missouri, Kansas & Texas, and it connects at Seymour with the Wichita Valley, which is a line belonging to the Burlington." (said Ben B. Cain in 1918)

GT&W article in Texas Handbook

http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/eqg27

Maps

http://www.ttarchive.com/Library/Maps/Gulf-Texas-Western-Proposed-1910.html

http://www.ttarchive.com/Library/Maps/Gulf-Texas-Western_1925-Atlas.html

Pass

http://www.ttarchive.com/dtphoto.aspx?id=X0WABE8YQIH

Jacksboro depot

http://www.ttarchive.com/dtphoto.aspx?id=KT2ABF4EB5L

GT&W locomotive No. 4

http://www.ttarchive.com/dtphoto.aspx?id=FRKABEEKY93

Mike

[Deggesty]

In 1930, the GT&W's representation in the Guide shows a passenger train running from Seymour to Mineral Wells and back, using the Weatherford, Mineral Wells & Northwestern between Salesville and Mineral Wells, with T&P connections at Mineral Wells to and from Fort Worth and Dallas.

The WMW&NW representation show a Motor car running on the GT&W's schedule between Salesville and Mineral Wells, so the equipment used for the train between Seymour and Mineral Wells was apparently a Motor car at that time. The WMW&NW shows no rail connection to/from the T&P main at Weatherford for this train, but the T&P representation shows a Texas & Pacific Coaches, Inc., connection between Millsap (on the main) and Weatherford; the bus made it possible to leave Seymour, Dallas, or Fort Worth in the morning and arrive at the other end in the late afternoon. To transact business in the big city, it probably was necessary to spend two nights away from home.

In 1916, there were connecting trains between Mineral Wells and Weatherford, but the timing of the trip to/from the big cities was approximately the same.

The links in Mike's post give information as to the life span of this road.