Track ownership through Tower 55 (Fort Worth, TX)

[WhartonAndNorthern]

Originally, there were two east-west tracks (T&P, later MoPac, and now UP), and three north-south tracks (SP, ATSF, and MKT) coming in to Tower 55 with T&P having "control" as first RR. At some point, the north-south part was downgraded to two lines with I guess the SP trackage disappearing (maybe following the UP merger?).

A third track was added back recently due to congestion. How is the ownership of the three tracks divided now?

[Backshophoss]

Tower was SP now turned into a CP by the "borg" UP. BNSF is at UP DS mercy no matter what.

[WhartonAndNorthern]

Tower was SP now turned into a CP by the "borg" UP. BNSF is at UP DS mercy no matter what.

They were always at mercy of UP since T&P/MOPAC/UP was first railroad and controlled the diamond.

[John_Perkowski]

Tower was SP now turned into a CP by the "borg" UP. BNSF is at UP DS mercy no matter what.

Lest we forget, Mr. Buffett’s Railroad consists of:

Chicago, Burlington and Quincy
Northern Pacific
Great Northern
Seattle, Portland and Spokane
Frisco
Plus bits and pieces of other roads here and there

Mr. Buffett’s Raiload isn’t exactly not a Borg, either.

[Backshophoss]

But they are a the mercy of the Omaha DS's as is Amtrak coming off the TRE trackage.

[eolesen]

Tower was SP now turned into a CP by the "borg" UP. BNSF is at UP DS mercy no matter what.

Lest we forget, Mr. Buffett’s Railroad consists of:

Chicago, Burlington and Quincy
Northern Pacific
Great Northern
Seattle, Portland and Spokane
Frisco
Plus bits and pieces of other roads here and there

Mr. Buffett’s Raiload isn’t exactly not a Borg, either.

Nah, no comparison. BN was a matter of combining companies with shared/common ownership, followed by absorbing Frisco; BNSF was a consensual merger of equals resulting in an identity that reflects both railroads.

UP grew by acquiring weaker competitors and eradicating their identies.

Track 55 was a great place to camp out and watch trains before 9/11... If there was ever a place where a flyover was justified, that has to be it, but I don't think there's room with the I-35/I-30 interchange...

[Backshophoss]

Local hotspot for the homeless near by,which makes the area suspect,a local building materials yard is the home of the VRF camera
UP + KCS = the UP Borg strikes again!

[eolesen]

We used to volunteer at a homeless shelter within view of the Tower... Most of them are fairly harmless compared to the drug gangs elsewhere in the Metromess.

[Backshophoss]

That has easy access from supplies from the Laredo border crossings