Private company

Fort Worth and Rio Grande Railway

American railway company

The Fort Worth and Rio Grande Railway, chartered under the laws of Texas on June 1, 1885, was part of a plan conceived by Buckley Burton Paddock and other Fort Worth civic leaders to create a transcontinental route linking New York, Fort Worth, and the Pacific port of Topolobampo, which they believed would stimulate the growth and development of southwest Texas in general, and the economy of Fort Worth in particular.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 20, 2026.

Overview

1885Founded1
  • HeadquartersFort Worth1

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Frisco system map circa 1901
Photo: Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons3

The Fort Worth and Rio Grande Railway, chartered under the laws of Texas on June 1, 1885, was part of a plan conceived by Buckley Burton Paddock and other Fort Worth civic leaders to create a transcontinental route linking New York, Fort Worth, and the Pacific port of Topolobampo, which they believed would stimulate the growth and development of southwest Texas in general, and the economy of Fort Worth in particular.2

Acquisitions

  1. Succeeded by Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe Railway1

Timeline

  1. 1885Founded Founded1

Sources

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