The proposed route of the Caprock Chief would follow the existing BNSF Railway, shown here as it climbs the Caprock Escarpment of the Llano Estacado between Southland and Post, Texas.
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The Caprock Chief or Caprock Xpress was a proposed Amtrak inter-city rail service which would run from Fort Worth, Texas, to Denver, Colorado, passing through the Texas Panhandle, which currently does not have passenger rail service of any kind. Initially proposed 2000–2001, the project has not yet seen significant progress and is unlikely to be implemented. "Caprock" is a geological term for a harder or more resistant rock type overlying a weaker or less resistant rock type, and lends its name to the Caprock Escarpment that defines the edge of the high plains of the Llano Estacado.
The CaprockChief or Caprock Xpress was a proposed Amtrak inter-city rail service which would run from Fort Worth, Texas, to Denver, Colorado, passing...
The Caprock Escarpment is a term used in West Texas and Eastern New Mexico to describe the geographical transition point between the level High Plains...
and eventually making an easy prey. Texas portal Caprock Canyons State Park and Trailway CaprockChief Canyon Valley Double Mountain Fork Brazos River...
changes were made in the U.S. House of Representatives in December 2023. CaprockChief, a former proposed passenger rail route along the corridor "I-27 expansion...
35.1796; -101.8025 Caprock High School is located in Amarillo, Texas in Potter, County, which is part of the Texas Panhandle. Caprock is one of four high...
sinking underground again at elevation of the contact between the sandstone caprock and the underlying massive limestones. It is in these underlying massive...
Battle of Blanco Canyon Prairie Dog Town Fork Red River Llano Estacado Caprock Escarpment Carter, R.G., 1935, On the Border with Mackenzie, Washington...
dissected landscape the dry granite high on a slope remains stable and acts as caprock. Granite below this is more easily weathered and eroded because it has...
the Goodnight herd. The descendants of this southern herd were moved to Caprock Canyons State Park near Quitaque, Texas, in 1998. In 1904 the naturalist...
approximately 250 feet thick here, located primarily on exposed ridges as caprock or exposed crags. The rock is composed of fine grains of sand that were...
River of the South about 271 mi (436 km) long, heading along the eastern Caprock Escarpment of the Llano Estacado about 11.4 mi (18.3 km) southwest of Pampa...
Thewb.com. Retrieved October 31, 2011. Chuck Lanehart (March 9, 2019). "Caprock Chronicles: The King of the Cowboys: Roy Rogers' Hungry Life on the Llano...
Nimitz served as commander in chief, United States Pacific Fleet (CinCPAC), and was soon afterward named commander in chief, Pacific Ocean Areas, during...
the old ET&WNC line; the first 7.1-mile section opened in August 2014 Caprock Canyons State Park and Trailway, a 64.25 mile trail 100 miles southeast...
participated. Chuck Lanehart (June 1, 2019). "Caprock Chronicles: Kit Carson, the Comanche and the Kiowa on the Caprock: The first battle of Adobe Walls". Lubbock...
right-of-way between Estelline and the town of South Plains to create the Caprock Canyons State Park and Trailway's hike and bike trail. A unique feature...
is part of a larger pine-hardwood forest. The Cross Timbers region and Caprock Escarpment are part of the Interior Lowlands. The Great Plains region in...
officer and 16 men at Fort Concho. Now en route northeastward along the caprock, Nolan encountered a former scout who reported over 100 Comanche on the...
deposited in the Triassic Period probably in a freshwater delta and is the caprock which controls the erosion and scarp retreat of the Illawarra escarpment...
canyon wren, and lark sparrow. More than 500 species of plants, from four chief plant communities — open oak woodland, mesquite grassland, floodplain, and...
volunteers. It was formed by the merger in January 2008 of Girl Scouts of Caprock Council, Girl Scouts-Five Star Council, Girl Scouts Norcentex Council,...
the radio dial). It is now KDAV. State Telecasting sold the station to Caprock Broadcasting in 1983. In early 1984, KCBD retired the Eyewitness News branding...