KCS Railroad Opens the Macaroni Line July 16, 2009

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Macaroni Line

The last mileage KCS added was the resurrection of 87.5 miles of former Southern Pacific trackage between Victoria and Rosenberg, Texas, which Trains Magazine reported began service on June 18, 2009.

Also known as the “Macaroni Line” this property came under SP control around 1885 and remained in use until 1985, after which time the trackage was largely pulled up but the right-of-way remained under railroad ownership.

It fell under Union Pacific’s jurisdiction after its 1996 takeover of SP and subsequently purchased by Kansas City Southern in 2001.  The railroad began first clearing the right-of-way for rehabilitation in 2007 and had it ready for service within a few years.