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Everything is bigger in Texas â except when itâs the shortest.
Thatâs the story of Fred Hudson Guffy Sr. and his six-mile-long Belton Railroad, hailed during its lifetime as the shortest rail line in Texas, but, no doubt, one with the most school spirit.
Thanks to a $1.4 million federal grant, the Belton Railroad will live again â this time only for hikers and bikers.
Although no one can verify that the Belton Railroad was really the shortest short-line in Texas during its lifetime, no one doubted the Belton Railroadâs audacious spirit. Holding the distinction as Texasâ shortest line ever was the 1.51-mile Acme Tap Railroad that operated in Hardeman County from 1899 to 1938.