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4 ft 8 + 1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge. Previous gauge. 3 ft (914 mm) narrow gauge. The Texas Mexican Railway (reporting mark TM) was a short line railroad in the U.S. state of Texas operating between Corpus Christi and the Texas Mexican Railway International Bridge in Laredo, Texas. It is often referred to as the Tex Mex, or Tex Mex Railway.
The Corpus Christi Terminal Railroad ( reporting mark CCPN) was a terminal railroad originally created in 1924 to facilitate heavy bulk freight cargo traffic flow from the recently completed deep water port channel of the new Corpus Christi Port. Wishing to maximize freight handling potential while holding down rates, the Port Authority decided ...
He was interested in securing one at Corpus Christi's port. On June 15, 1871, he joined the board of the Corpus Christi Navigation Company. His goal was to help improve the Corpus Christi ship channel. Career. Lott first got involved with railway organizations that were planning to create a railroad from Corpus Christi to Mexico.
1⁄2 in ( 1,435 mm) standard gauge. The Gulf Coast Lines was the name of a railroad system comprising three principal railroads, as well as some smaller ones, that stretched from New Orleans, Louisiana, via Baton Rouge and Houston to Brownsville, Texas. Originally chartered as subsidiaries of the Frisco Railroad, the system became independent ...
The Harbor Bridge Project (or New Harbor Bridge or US 181 Harbor Bridge) is the replacement of the existing through arch bridge that crosses the Corpus Christi Ship Channel, which serves the Port of Corpus Christi in Corpus Christi, Texas, with a modern cable-stayed bridge design. The route will connect with SH 286 (the Crosstown Expressway) at ...
4 ft 8 + 1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge. The San Antonio and Aransas Pass Railway first began operation in the U.S. state of Texas in 1886. It was developed by Uriah Lott and businessmen of San Antonio as a direct route from the city to Aransas Bay on the Texas Gulf coast. [1] It was eventually absorbed in the 20th century by Southern Pacific.
Corpus Christi Street and Interurban Railway: 1916 Electric interurban, Corpus Christi to Ward Island: Grading; the company only operated streetcars Dallas, Pacific and Southeastern Railway, original scheme 1889 Dallas to Albuquerque, New Mexico: Graded from Dallas to near Paradise, grade never used by the Gulf, Texas and Western Railway
The Valley Eagle was a named streamliner passenger train of the Missouri Pacific Railroad that began in 1948. It ran from Houston, Texas 's Union Station to Brownsville, Texas at the Mexico–United States border and a second section to Corpus Christi. It first carried the numbers #11 south and #12 northbound and in later years carried the ...