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Pages in category "Narrow gauge railroads in Texas" The following 3 pages are in this category, out of 3 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.
Texas Western Narrow Gauge Railway: 1875 1879 Texas Western Railway: First narrow-gauge railroad chartered in Texas Timpson and Henderson Railway: 1909 1923 N/A Timpson and Northwestern Railway: 1901 1909 Timpson and Henderson Railway: Trinity and Brazos Valley Railway: CB&Q/ RI: 1902 1930 Burlington – Rock Island Railroad: Trinity, Cameron ...
While the failure of the Grand Narrow Gauge Trunk and its sponsors did not by itself doom the narrow-gauge railroad movement in the U.S., this occurrence was seen as solid evidence that narrow-gauge lines were not competitive with standard railroads for general transport purposes, although they might still have uses in niche applications. [9]
It is often referred to as the Tex Mex, or Tex Mex Railway. [4] The railroad traces its roots back to the Corpus Christi, San Diego and Rio Grande Gauge Railroad, a narrow-gauge railroad established in 1875. In 1883, the line was extended over the Rio Grande and the Mexico–United States border. The railroad was purchased by the Mexican ...
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Uriah Lott, a transportation entrepreneur, engaged his friends Richard King and contractor Mifflin Kenedy in development of three railroad lines in Texas to improve connections from major cities to smaller ones, and to trading areas in Mexico. The Corpus Christi, San Diego and Rio Grande Narrow Gauge Railroad connected Corpus Christi and Laredo.
The Oahu Railway and Land Company was the largest narrow-gauge class-one common-carrier railway in the US (at the time of its dissolution in 1947), and the only US narrow-gauge railroad to use signals. The OR&L used Automatic Block Signals, or ABS on their double track mainline between Honolulu and Waipahu, a total of 12.9 miles (20.8 km), and ...
To further expand the Spider Web Rail Network in the Rio Grande Valley, the Missouri Pacific acquired the Rio Grande City Railway under the New Orleans, Texas & Mexico Railroad in 1926. The final acquisition for the Spider Web Rail Network came in 1941 when the former narrow gauged Port Isabel & Rio Grande Valley railway was acquired by the St ...