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Midland & Northwestern Railraod |
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SH 158 and FM 1788, Midland,
TX,
USA
Latitude & Longitude:
32° 2' 24.89258000004",
-102° 15' 44.3446499988"
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Texas State
Historical Marker |
Standard gauge 66-mile line built by David Fasken, Sr., to carry cattle, ranch supplies, passengers. Operated 1916 to 1920 -- critical era of World War I and world starvation aftermath. Linked towns of Fasken, Florey, and Seminole with Texas & Pacific Railway at Midland. At first, operated with locomotive borrowed from T. & P. Train had to stop for pasture gates to be opened. Crew shot coyotes and rattlesnakes. In a breakdown, the passengers were fed, sheltered at Fasken. Work crew slept on the prairie. Floored out in 1920, M. & N. R. was abandoned. Roadbed still is visible.
This page last updated: 7/15/2008 |
Midland & Northwestern Railraod Historical Marker Location Map, Texas
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