Texas, United States
14 places to explore in Texas.
Spots (12)
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Tower 55 (Fort Worth)
Fort Worth, Texas, United States
Tower 55 is the busiest railroad diamond interlocking in the United States outside of Chicago, where BNSF's triple-track north–south main m…
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El Paso (Union Depot)
El Paso, Texas, United States
Historic 1906 Daniel Burnham-designed neoclassical station on Union Pacific's Sunset Route in downtown El Paso. Offers front-row viewing of…
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Flatonia (Railfan Tower)
Flatonia, Texas, United States
Purpose-built railfan observation pavilion at the diamond crossing of Union Pacific's Giddings and Cuervo Subdivisions in Flatonia, Texas.…
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Fostoria (Texas)
Fostoria, Texas, United States
A ghost town railfan stop on the BNSF Conroe Subdivision in East Texas, where the former Foster Lumber Company town once thrived. Freight t…
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Amarillo (BNSF/UP)
Amarillo, Texas, United States
Major BNSF junction where six subdivisions converge on the Southern Transcon. Crew change point with up to 100+ trains daily, four main tra…
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Dallas Union Station
Dallas, Texas, United States
Historic 1916 Beaux-Arts station where DART light rail, TRE commuter trains, Amtrak's Texas Eagle, and UP/BNSF freight share tracks in down…
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Laredo International Railway Bridge (Puente Negro)
Laredo, Texas, United States
North America's busiest rail border crossing, where CPKC freight trains crawl across the Rio Grande between Laredo, TX and Nuevo Laredo, Me…
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Temple (BNSF/UP Crossing)
Temple, Texas, United States
A major railroad junction in Central Texas where BNSF and Union Pacific lines cross at the historic Tower 24 diamond. The adjacent Temple R…
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Rosenberg Junction
Rosenberg, Texas, United States
Historic railroad junction where UP's Glidden Subdivision, BNSF's Galveston Subdivision, and CPKC's Rosenberg Subdivision converge at an at…
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Dalhart (Rail Crossing)
Dalhart, Texas, United States
A classic Texas Panhandle railroad junction where BNSF's Dalhart Subdivision crosses Union Pacific's former Golden State Route at grade, wi…
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Waco (BNSF/UP)
Waco, Texas, United States
Downtown Waco sits on Union Pacific's former Katy Railroad main line, where UP freight and BNSF trains with trackage rights roll through th…
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Saginaw (UP/BNSF)
Saginaw, Texas, United States
Saginaw sits at the junction of three railroad lines—two BNSF subdivisions and one Union Pacific—making it one of North Texas's premier rai…
Experiences (2)
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Galveston Railroad Museum
Galveston, Texas, United States
The Galveston Railroad Museum fills the 1932 Santa Fe Station at 25th Street and The Strand, on the northern edge of Galveston's downtown h…
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Museum of the American Railroad
Frisco, Texas, United States
The Museum of the American Railroad, formerly the Age of Steam Railroad Museum, preserves more than 70 pieces of steam, diesel, passenger a…