Moscow, Camden & San Augustine Railroad
Texas' shortest (and one of its oldest) "mixed"-train railroads. Has passenger and freight cars pulled by a single engine on a 7-mile system, 5 days a week. Chartered 1898 by lumberman W. T. Carter to connect sawmill town of Camden with Texas & New Orleans Railway at Moscow. "Panama No. 201," now retired to Camden with other old steam engines, was used in building the Panama Canal in 1914. It was last locomotive in service here, 1965. Passenger coach with original rattan seats began its career 1898 on Long Island Railroad.
30.9165° N, 94.7395° W
Where to Find It
at railroad depot - intersection of FM 62 and FM 942
Nearby Markers
- 3 mi SE Lilly Island Cemetery Barnes
- 5.1 mi W Texas Statesman William Pettus Hobby Moscow
- 5.2 mi W First Baptist Church Moscow
- 5.2 mi W Moscow Moscow
- 5.2 mi W Moscow Male and Female Academy Moscow
- 5.2 mi W E. C. Matthews Home Moscow