Why would they think it is a made-up name? It is
well-documented; I believe there has even been a book
about it.
One of its most famous trains was the hot QLA
which ran over the Frisco/QA&P to Floydada, Texas,
for interchange with the Santa Fe.
The Santa Fe finally got them to run it via
Enid and Avard, along with the other through freight
over Floydada, and this removed most of the QA&P's
business.
The short section still existing from the
Red River into Quanah is still part of the BNSF
line from Oklahoma City to Quanah, a line which
reportedly in seeing traffic diverted over other
lines.
Wes Leatherock
wleath@s...
On Sat, 24 Mar 2001, william jensen wrote:
> I think the Best Texas railroad wis frisco's west
> Texas QA&P. The Quanah, Acme & pacific. My people
> think the name is made up.
>
> Will
>
> --- Wes Leatherock <wleath@s...> wrote:
> >
> > We're sure wandering off the Burlington Route
> > subject,
> > but the Missouri Pacific had something like 20 Texas
> > subsidiaries (not including the T&P), of which the
> > I-GN
> > was only one. Others included the New Orleans,
> > Texas
> > and Mexico; the St. Louis, Brownsville and Mexico;
> > San
> > Antonio, Uvalde and Gulf; The Beaumont, Sour Lake
> > and
> > Western; the Houston and Brazos Valley; The Sugar
> > Land
> > Railway Company; and many others.
> >
> > As you correctly note, they owned a majority of
> > the T&P, but by no means all of it; perhaps a
> > smaller
> > proportion than the CB&Q did of the C&S/FW&DC.
> >
> >
> > Wes Leatherock
> > wleath@s...
> >
> >
> > On Sat, 24 Mar 2001, John Mitchell
> > <cbqrr47@y...> wrote:
> > > It was the reason they continued so long. Also the
> > MP
> > > only owned a slight majority of T&P stock. Their
> > Texas
> > > company was the International- Great Northern!
> > > John D. Mitchell
> > > --- Wes Leatherock <wleath@s...>
> > wrote:
> > > >
> > > > Such a law did exist, but is probably not
> > the
> > > > reason that
> > > > either the FW&DC or the T&P were originally
> > > > incorporated in
> > > > Texas. They were originally Texas promotions
> > and
> > > > incorporated
> > > > in Texas just because that's where they began.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Wes Leatherock
> > > > wleath@s...
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > On Fri, 23 Mar 2001, M. Thayer wrote:
> > > > > As I understand it, at the time the Fort
> > > > Worth-Denver line was built, Texas
> > > > > had a law requiring any railroad operating in
> > the
> > > > state to have corporate
> > > > > offices within Texas. This was also the
> > reason
> > > > why the Texas & Pacific was
> > > > > separate from the MoPac.
> > > > >
> > > > > Marshall
> >
> >
>
>
> =====
> Will
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