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Headquarters | Tyler, Texas |
Locale | Texas, Arkansas & Missouri |
Dates of operation | 1871–1886 |
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Track gauge | 3 ft (914 mm) gauge |
Length | 725 miles (1,167 km) |
Originally incorporated as the Tyler Tap Railroad in 1871, the Texas and St. Louis Railway (“T&SL”) constructed a three-foot gauge railroad from Gatesville, Texas through Arkansas to Bird's Point, Missouri starting in 1875 and completing by 1883. One of the two longest narrow-gauge lines in the country, the railroad went into receivership in early 1884, and another railway had acquired its trackage by 1886.