[6][7] The line was purchased May 29, 1911 at a foreclosure sale by a group of Texas businessmen, and on June 17, 1911 they incorporated the Bartlett Western Railroad.
[9][3][1] He moved to Bartlett and employed his family members in the company, including making his colorful daughter Marie a Vice President.
[2][9] Because the line would sometimes request the passengers to not only get off the train to help the overburdened locomotive get up the grade between Bartlett and Florence, but also to help push it over the hump, some said its initials BW stood for Better Walk.
It was not able to obtain financing to extend the line to connect with the Santa Fe Railway at Lampasas, Texas.
[2] Marie sold the rails, and with the proceeds managed to live at a reasonably comfortable level until her death in 1951.