[1] The Heart of Texas Railroad was organized in 2012 and acquired the 67.5-mile (108.6 km) line from the bankrupt Gulf, Colorado and San Saba Railway in 2013.
[3] On May 19, 2013, a 300-yard (270 m)-long trestle carrying the tracks over the Colorado River about 10 mi (16 km) west of Lometa burned and collapsed.
In August 2019 OmniTRAX filed with the Surface Transportation Board to abandon the line, "citing its dim prospects and millions of dollars in operating losses since it acquired the route in 2016," according to an article in Trains News Wire.
The article added: "The prime culprits: New crushed rock traffic that never materialized as expected and rapidly declining shipments of frac sand."
Due to bridge problems and unsafe track requiring $2.3 million in repairs, the line had been placed under embargo on July 25, 2019.