Freestone County, Texas
Railroad History


Trinity and Brazos Valley Railway /  Burlington-Rock Island Railroad

 
Trinity and Brazos Valley Railway
Chartered: October 17, 1902
Headquarters: Hillsboro (1902-1906), Cleburne and Fort Worth (1906-1907), Houston 
  (1908-1930).
Stations in Freestone County, Texas:  Streetman (1905-?), Kirvin (1906-?), Teague, 
    Donie (1907-?)
Reorganized on July 7, 1930 as the Burlington-Rock Island Railroad.


Burlington-Rock Island Railroad
Reorganized on July 7, 1930 from the Trinity and Brazos Valley Railway.
1931 Inventory:  26 locomotives, 19 passenger cars, and 346 freight cars.
Started on October 1, 1936 the first streamlined passenger train in Texas, the 
Sam Houston Zephyr, between Houston and Dallas-Fort Worth.  A second train, the
Texas Rocket, was added in 1937 that served until replaced by an upgraded train
in January 1945 called the Twin Star Rocket which offered service from Houston, 
Texas all the way to Minneapolis-St. Paul, Minnesota.
Closed Operations: March 31, 1980
Merged into Fort Worth and Denver that later merged into the Burlington Northern 
Railroad on December 31, 1982.