Jacksboro to Salesville

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States: Texas
Railroads: GT&W, StL&SF

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(Forwarded from the Gulf, Texas & Western Railroad)

This branch line of the Gulf, Texas & Western was first built south out of Jacksboro to Salesville in 1913. There, it connected with the Weatherford, Mineral Wells & Northwestern Railway, along which the GT&W continued to Mineral Wells (both passenger and freight service) and beyond to Weatherford (freight service only) via trackage rights.

The railroad was purchased by the Saint Louis-San Fransisco Railroad in 1930; local competition from trucks and other highway traffic ultimately forced abandonment of the line in 1939.

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I've heard people who are native to the Jacksboro area refer to this line as the "Grand Trunk", presumably because The Gulf, Texas, And Western's reporting marks are similar to Grand Trunk Western's (GT&W/GTW). I'm assuming this line interchanged with Texas Export (Ex-Rock Island) at Jacksboro??

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Jacksboro to Salesville

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