Located in the Northern Panhandle of Texas, the Caprock Canyons State Park Trailway is the region’s longest recreational corridor and uses more than 60 miles of the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy’s (CB&Q) former right-of-way. This railroad was more commonly referred to as just the “Burlington” and operated throughout the Midwest, connecting Chicago, St. Louis, and the Twin Cities with Denver, Cheyenne, and Dallas/Fort Worth. What now comprises the trail was a branch line built by a predecessor company during the 1920s and eventually acquired by the CB&Q. Today, many of the Burlington’s former routes are owned and operated by the current BNSF Railway, one of the largest railroads in the country. The line south of Estelline was let go by then Burlington Northern during the late 1980s, forming today’s trail in 1993.