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The railroad of the Gulf, Beaumont & Kansas City Railway Company, hereinafter called the Gulf, Beaumont & Kansas City, which is leased to and operated by the Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe, is a single-track standard-gauge steam railroad, located in the extreme eastern part of Texas, extending northerly from Beaumont to Roganville, a distance of 62.587 miles.
Kansas City Southern (KCS) was a transportation holding company with railroad investments in the United States, Mexico, and Panama and operated from 1887 to 2023. The KCS rail network included about 7,299 miles (11,747 km) of track in the U.S. and Mexico.
The Kansas City Southern Railway Company (reporting mark KCS) was an American Class I railroad.Founded in 1887, it operated in 10 Midwestern and Southeastern U.S. states: Illinois, Missouri, Kansas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Tennessee, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana and Texas.
Kansas City Southern is the parent company of many railroads and railroad related companies. KCS three main subsidiaries are The Kansas City Southern Railway, Kansas City Southern de México, and The Panama Canal Railway Company. Together, the three railroads serve over 450 cities and towns.
The tracks are part of the UP Beaumont Subdivision. Predominantly a single track railroad with limited sidings, it is normally restricted to northbound and eastbound traffic, averaging around 15 trains daily including Amtrak's eastbound Sunset Limited. Canadian Pacific Kansas City and BNSF has trackage rights at the Beaumont Sub.
Beaumont and Great Northern Railroad; Beaumont, Sour Lake and Port Arthur Traction Company; ... Kansas City, Mexico and Orient Railway of Texas; Kansas City, Mexico ...
Oklahoma City and Texas Railroad: SLSF: 1903 1907 St. Louis, San Francisco and Texas Railway: Oklahoma, Kansas and Texas Railroad: OKKT MKT: 1980 1989 Missouri–Kansas–Texas Railroad: Oklahoma, Red River and Texas Railway: 1910 1912 N/A Operated Blossom to Deport, 11 miles Orange and Northwestern Railroad: MP: 1901 1956 Missouri Pacific ...
The Kansas City Southern Railroad completed a line from Shreveport to Lake Charles in 1897, that ran through and split in Dequincy, also going to Beaumont and Port Arthur, Texas. The community of DeQuincy was incorporated in 1903, and a new modern urban depot was built in 1923, of Mission Revival architecture. Urban depots of that time were ...