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Date: 09/16/21 11:43
Ancestry of 4014 Route Ft. Worth-Houston
Author: DRGW483

It looks to me like the route that the Big Boy used from Forth Worth to Houston used lines of various lineage.  Looking for info.  Thanks for any assistance.
 

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Date: 09/16/21 15:59
Re: Ancestry of 4014 Route Ft. Worth-Houston
Author: UP951West

The route of UP 4014 from Ft. Worth to Houston was via the SP .  

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Date: 09/16/21 16:02
Re: Ancestry of 4014 Route Ft. Worth-Houston
Author: PVSfan

Southern Pacific or Houston & Texas Central all the way from Ft. Worth to Hearne TX.
South of Hearne, I believe the train used a former Missouri Pacific (or I&GN) line.

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Date: 09/16/21 17:25
Re: Ancestry of 4014 Route Ft. Worth-Houston
Author: DRGW483

Thank you for the info!

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Date: 09/16/21 19:14
Re: Ancestry of 4014 Route Ft. Worth-Houston
Author: TexasEagle77

At Hearne they tunred and went down the SP Dalsa line to Mumford where it took the Mopac Route into Bryan College Station. The MP and the SP shared the line from College Station to Navasota. At Navasota the Big Boy took the SP line down to Hearne and into Houston.

Ricky

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Date: 09/17/21 08:07
Re: Ancestry of 4014 Route Ft. Worth-Houston
Author: wpdude

Navasota to Houston via "Hempstead".

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