Austin Area Terminal Railroad
- Austin Area Terminal Railroad
Infobox SG rail
railroad_name=Austin Area Terminal Railroad
marks=AUAR
locale=Texas
hq_city=Round Rock, Texas
start_year=2000| end_year=2007
The Austin Area Terminal Railroad reporting mark|AUAR was a short-line terminal railroad headquartered in Round Rock, Texas.
AUAR operated a mi to km|154.8 line from Llano, Texas, to an interchange with Union Pacific Railroad at Giddings, Texas, with a mi to km|6.4 branch from Fairland, Texas, to Marble Falls, Texas. The line is owned by Capital Metropolitan Transportation Authority, with whom AUAR had a contract to operate the railroad from April 2000 to September 2007. AUAR traffic included aggregates, crushed limestone, calcium bicarbonate, lumber, beer, chemicals, plastics, and paper.
The contract was transferred to the Watco Companies as of October 1, 2007.
In addition, the Austin Steam Train Association operated an excursion train between Austin, Texas, Cedar Park, Texas, and Burnet, Texas.
External links
* [http://www.uprr.com/customers/shortline/lines/auar.shtml Link to Union Pacific Website with AUAR Details]
* [http://www.austinmonorail.org/capital_metro_carrying_the_freig.htm Capital Metro carrying the freight]
* [http://www.austinsteamtrain.org/ Austin Steam Train Association]
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