Lone Star (SSW passenger train)

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Lone Star route[1]

Legend Milepost Station 0 Memphis Union Station Mississippi River Tennessee/Arkansas border 45 Forrest City 69 Brinkley Clarendon Stuttgart Arkansas River Pine Bluff Rison Fordyce Stamps Lewisville Arkansas/Louisiana border Shreveport Red River Texarkana Arkansas/Texas border Sulphur River Naples Omaha Mount Pleasant Mount Vernon Sulphur Springs Commerce Wylie Murphy Plano Renner Addison Dallas Union Terminal

The Lone Star was a passenger train operated by St. Louis Southwestern Railway between Memphis and Dallas, with through cars also operating between Memphis, Lewisville and Shreveport. At various times during the train's operation, connecting services were also provided from Brinkley to St. Louis. The train was discontinued in October 1952, as a part of extensive passenger train restructuring by St. Louis Southwestern.

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• Goen, Steve Allen (1999). Cotton Belt Color Pictorial. Four Ways West Publications. ISBN 1-885614-25-X.