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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 Texas Mexican Railway International Bridge is an international railway bridge across the Rio Grande and U.S.-Mexico border between Laredo, Texas, and Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas, the only rail link between these cities. Owned and operated by CPKC, the single-track bridge is the busiest rail border crossing in North America.
At the beginning of his first term Díaz inherited 398 miles (640.5 km) of railroads consisting almost exclusively of the British-owned Mexican Railway. [1] By the end of his second term in 1910, Mexico boasted 15,360 miles (24,720 km) of in-service track, mostly built by American, British and French investors.
The Laredo–Colombia Solidarity International Bridge was named in honor of the Mexican planned community of Colombia, Nuevo León.The community and the international bridge were built because the Mexican state of Nuevo León, which has a very small border with the United States, wanted an international port to compete with the bordering states of Coahuila and Tamaulipas in the international ...
El Paso, Texas–Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua: Bridge of the Americas: I-110 (terminus), Fed. 45 (terminus) Good Neighbor International Bridge: US 62/US 85 (terminus) Former Mexico North Western Railway bridge at Mesa Street and Calle General Rivas Guillén Former Mexican Central Railway bridge at El Paso Street Union Pacific Railroad Bridge
The Texas Pacifico company began service in March 2001. [5] The South Orient Rail Line runs from San Angelo Junction (near Coleman, Texas) to the Mexican border town of Presidio, Texas. [6] Texas Pacifico interchanges with BNSF Railway and Fort Worth and Western Railroad at San Angelo Junction and Union Pacific Railroad at Alpine.
Telfener's 1881 map of the New York, Texas and Mexican Railway. The New York, Texas and Mexican Railway Company was a railroad business chartered in 1880 to connect New York City with Mexico City with the initial tracks laid in Texas (1880-1905). [1] Known colloquially as The Macaroni Line, [2] it was established by Joseph Telfener, an Italian ...
EMD GP60. The EMD GP60 is a model of 4-axle (B-B) diesel-electric locomotive built by General Motors Electro-Motive Division between 1985 and 1994. [1] The GP60 was EMD's first engine that was classified as a "third-generation" locomotive. Hidden behind the electrical cabinet doors on the rear wall of the cab, the GP60 concealed a trio of ...