In 1875, the St. Louis Southwestern Railway began in Tyler, Texas. James W. Paramore, who led a group of investors that later owned the company, saw this railroad as a way to establish St. Louis as ...

TYLER, Texas (KLTV) - The sounds of a time when locomotion was the heart of America’s transportation. “It’s the commerce and transportation of Tyler back around anywhere from 1871, on,” said Keith ...

Culminating on Saturday this year, the Fordyce on the Cotton Belt Festival will get "back on track" after being postponed in 2020 due to the pandemic. The festivity was first launched in 1981 to ...

Begun in 1981, this year marks the 42nd anniversary of the Fordyce on the Cotton Belt Fest, an event founded to celebrate the unique railroad history of Fordyce and South Arkansas. The week of events ...

Heavy equipment continues to lumber and lurch where remnants of the Cotton Belt railroad meet the east bank of Lake Brazos, clearing away tree… Plans are still developing, but City Center Waco hopes ...