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The railroad of The Gulf and Interstate Railway Company of Texas, hereinafter called the Gulf and Interstate, 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 southeastern part of Texas, extending northeasterly from Port Bolivar to Beaumont, a distance of 70.310 miles.
As of 2023, the company is still covered by the Railroad Retirement Act. [6] The company's archives from 1905 to 1936 are held by History Colorado. [7] A dispute among railways involving the HB&T was decided by the United States Supreme Court. [8] [9]
This company constructed a railroad from Westwego, to Bayou Goula, about 67 miles. Its property, rights, and franchises were sold on July 15, 1879, to Morgan's Louisiana and Texas Railroad and Steamship Company. The consideration for the sale of the property is not known. THE MISSISSIPPI AND LA FOURCHE RAILWAY COMPANY — PREDECESSOR OF THE CARRIER
Railroad district (12 total, county boundaries) County; In Texas, the highest level of land subdivision is the boundary of the state itself. Below this are the Texas railroad districts, of which there are 12. These are Spanish grants, surveyed on the "metes and bounds" system of measurement, and are of irregular shape and size.
The El Paso & Southwestern of Texas acquired 4.686 miles of main line, about 7 miles of other tracks, and certain station facilities on February 9, 1903, when it purchased the property, rights, and franchises, except the right to be a corporation, of the El Paso Terminal Railroad Company.
There is no jointly used or owned property. The Pecos & Northern Texas was incorporated in Texas on March 19, 1898, and constructed its own lines. Since 1901 control has been exercised by the Santa Fe through the Pecos Valley & Northeastern Railway Company and its successor, the Eastern Railway Company of New Mexico, a noncarrier corporation.
The Texas Transportation Code used to impose a criminal penalty against railway companies that blocked a street, railroad crossing or public highway for more than 10 minutes.
The El Paso and Southwestern and the New Cornelia Copper Company jointly control through equal ownership of its entire capital stock, the Tucson, Cornelia and Gila Bend Railroad Company, which operates its own property. The El Paso and Southwestern owns no railroad property other than equipment, roadway machines, and certain telephone equipment.