East Waco’s $4.3 million, 1.2-mile-long, lighted and paved trail for walking and cycling formally opened Thursday with a ...

The rail-to-trail project converted 1.2 miles of historic railway, stretching from Sherman Street to Gholson Road, into a lighted, 12-foot-wide concrete pedestrian path.

Early in Waco's effort to create a railroad quiet zone downtown, officials thought they could complete the typically ...

WACO, Texas — The City of Waco officially cut the ribbon on a new chapter of history on March 6, the MKT Trail. The new "rail-to-trail" project transformed 1.2 miles of the historic ...

The MKT Trail offers a 1.2-mile pedestrian pathway connecting neighborhoods to the Brazos River trail system. The rail-to-trail project transformed a historic railway into a scenic route in East Waco.

The MKT Trail Bridge near Studewood closed in late January, shortly after construction debris slammed into the former railroad bridge. On Tuesday, Houston Public Works closed the other span ...

Thompkins, the son of a former slave, refused to leave his Pullman Car after he learned that the MKT Railroad, also known as the Missouri, Kansas, and Texas Railroad, did not have equal train ...

Sponsored by the MKT railroad and the Ringling Brothers Circus, two locomotives were sent hurtling towards each other for an audience of 40,000 people. This created – for one day – the 2nd ...