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Reporting mark
  
AWRR

Dates of operation
  
2007–

Headquarters
  
Round Rock, Texas

Locale
  
Length
  
154 miles (248 km)

Austin Western Railroad

Track gauge
  
4 ft 8 ⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge

The Austin Western Railroad (reporting mark AWRR) is a short-line railroad headquartered in Round Rock, Texas.

AWRR operates a 154.8 miles (249.1 km) line from Llano, Texas, to an interchange with Union Pacific Railroad at Giddings, Texas, with a 6.4 miles (10.3 km) branch from Fairland, Texas, to Marble Falls, Texas. The line is owned by Capital Metropolitan Transportation Authority, with whom AWRR has the contract to operate the railroad from September 2007. AWRR traffic includes aggregates, crushed limestone, calcium bicarbonate, lumber, beer, chemicals, plastics, and paper.

AWRR is a subsidiary of the Watco Companies.

In addition, the Austin Steam Train Association operates an excursion train between Austin, Texas, Cedar Park, Texas, and Burnet, Texas.

References

Austin Western Railroad Wikipedia


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