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Railway consolidation plans threaten Texas ports and lines
Texas Rail Commissioner Walter Splawn critiques the Interstate Commerce Commission draft for consolidating railways into four systems. He argues the plan risks diverting traffic away from Texas ports, harms local feeder lines, and weakens competition. He urges changes to bring strong systems like Burlington and Union Pacific into Texas and to keep competition across the state.
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Interstate Commerce Commission
Texas
Rock Island
Southern Pacific
Atlantic Sea‘board
Port Arthur
Missouri-Pacific
New Orleans
Kansas City
Missouri Pacific
Fort Worth
Denver City
Santa Fe
Peo
Denver
Ecach
Burlington
Trinity & Brazos Valley
Purlington
Gul
Gulf of Me‘iz
Frisco
Kety
Cotton Belt
St. Louis
Union Pacific
West
San Antonio & Arkansas Pass
Congress
Mississippi River
Union Park
Southwest
Walter Splawn