Fort Worth and Western Railroad


The Fort Worth and Western Railroad is a Class III short-line railroad headquartered in Fort Worth, Texas. Operating only within the state of Texas, its main freight service route is between Carrollton, Fort Worth and Brownwood.

History

Much of the company's route originally belonged to the Fort Worth and Rio Grande Railway, which began construction from Fort Worth in 1886 and reached Brownwood in 1891. In 1901, the FW&RG was bought by the Frisco Railway, which sold it to the Santa Fe Railway in 1937. The Santa Fe sold the line to an affiliate of the South Orient Railroad in 1994.
The FWWR began operations in 1988, with of track that it had bought from the Burlington Northern. By the mid-1990s, the railroad operated of track, the result of numerous minor acquisitions. In 1996, the FWWR more than doubled its total trackage with the lease of a route from Dallas Area Rapid Transit, and in 1998 purchased of track from South Orient Railroad, now Texas Pacifico Transportation. The FWWR leased two Union Pacific Railroad properties, a yard and branch line, in 2002 and 2003 respectively.

Route

The FWWR operates a total of of track between Carro and Ricker, Texas, with branch lines from Dublin to Gorman and from Cresson to Cleburne, as well as trackage rights in the Fort Worth area and between Ricker and San Angelo Junction, Texas. Since 2007, the railroad has been in the process of resurfacing its trackage, as well as installing new sidings and upgrading the route, eventually to allow speeds over the entire line.

Company

On December 27, 2010, Fort Worth and Western named Thomas Schlosser as president and CEO, who took over from Steven George, who had held the position since 2000; the company's vice president and COO is Richard Green. The company employs around 85 people. The company also operates the Grapevine Vintage Railroad, a tourist train that runs between downtown Grapevine, Texas and the Fort Worth Stockyards

Fleet

As of January of 2019, the Fort Worth and Western's locomotive fleet consists of the following:
NumberTypeManufacturerNickname
103GP7EMD
104F7AEMDTexas Southern
1008, 1009, 1010AC4400CWGeneral Electric
2000GP38-3EMDMiss Molly
2001GP38-3EMDNiles City
2002GP38-3EMDCowtown
2003GP38-3EMDGeneral Worth
2004GP38-3EMDComanche
2005GP38-3EMDMaj. Ripley Arnold
2006GP38-3EMDGeneral Tarrant
2007GP38-3EMDB.B. Paddock
2008GP50EMDPanther City
2009GP50EMDChisolm Trail
2010, 2011GP50EMDMiss Etta
2012GP50EMDChaparral
2013 GP7EMDLuke Short
2014 GP7EMDTimothy Courtright
2015SD40-2EMDButch Cassidy
2016SD40-2EMDSundance Kid
2017SD40-2EMDKid Curry
2018SD40-2EMDTarantula
2019GP38-2EMDApache
2020GP38-2EMD
2021, 2022GP40-2EMD
2023, 2024, 2025, 2026, 2027, 2028, 2029, 2030, 2031, 2032SD40-2EMD
2199 GP7EMDVinny
2248 4-6-0Cooke Locomotive WorksPuffy
5004, 5007, 5020GP35GMDD