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The Blacklands Railroad is a short-line railroad headquartered in Sulphur Springs , Texas .. short-line railroad. short-line railroad. Texas. Texas. The name comes from the `` black gumbo '' soil prevalent in the area .. BLR operates a 65.6 mile line , under contract with the Northeast Texas Rural Transportation District -LRB- NETEX -RRB- , a political subdivision of the state of Texas -LRB- which holds title to the land and assets -RRB- , from Greenville , Texas -LRB- where it interchanges with Kansas City Southern , through Sulphur Springs -LRB- with another KCS interchange -RRB- and Mount Vernon , Texas to the Franklin / Titus county line ; from this point BLR operates via Union Pacific trackage rights to Mount Pleasant , Texas where it interchanges with Union Pacific -LRB- UP -RRB- .. Texas. Texas. Kansas City Southern. Kansas City Southern Railway. Franklin. Franklin County, Texas. Titus. Titus County, Texas. Union Pacific. Union Pacific. BLR traffic includes forest products , grain , and agricultural products .. grain. cereal. NETEX purchased the segment between Greenville and Sulphur Springs in 1995 -LRB- from the Southern Pacific -RRB- , and the remainder of the line in 2000 -LRB- from the Union Pacific -RRB- .. Union Pacific. Union Pacific. Southern Pacific. Southern Pacific. BLR received the contract to operate the line in 1999 .