Weatherford to Mineral Wells

The Weatherford, Mineral Wells and Northwestern Railway

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MW&E caboose, at the Mineral Wells end of the Trailway. Photo by Greg Harrison.

Originally built in 1891 as the Weatherford, Mineral Wells and Northwestern Railway Company, this line connected Mineral Wells with the Texas and Pacific at Weatherford, TX, 25 miles away. The line was soon purchased by the T&P, which was subsequently merged into the Missouri Pacific. In 1989, the line changed ownership again to the town of Mineral Wells, who operated it as the Mineral Wells and Eastern until 1992 when it was abandoned.

Today, it exists as the Lake Mineral Wells State Trailway.

The T&P never was a part of the Southern Pacific, even though it had agreements and interchange points with them in West Texas, around Houston/Galveston, and at New Orleans. The T&P was a subsidiary and later absorbed into the Missouri Pacific in 1976.

Mark A. Martin
Fort Worth, TX
2/25/2009

[Thanks for the correction Mark; I changed this article to reflect.  —Greg Harrison]

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if you drive around he town there are many intact spurs and sidings all over the place.

stephen
fortworth, TX
2/28/2009

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How wide is the right-of-way for this abandoned stretch that is now trailway?

steve byars
coppell, TX
3/4/2010

[Steve, the right-of-way averages about 6-10 feet wide. I biked this trailway myself back in 2003.  —Greg Harrison]

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