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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 government in 1900, which controlled the railroad until 1982 when it ...
On August 3, 1997, Rail Link, a wholly owned subsidiary of Genesee & Wyoming., [3] leased the lines and took over day-to-day operation of the railroad, [4] though the 26 miles (42 km) of physical trackage is still owned by the Port of Corpus Christi Authority. As of 2007 railroad connections existed with the Union Pacific, BNSF and Texas ...
Wallbangers relocated to Corpus Christi's Southside in April 2023 after being at the Carmel Village shopping center for 39 years. Owner Joe Gaitan told the Caller-Times in 2022 that it was "time ...
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.
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
Originally chartered as subsidiaries of the Frisco Railroad, the system became independent in 1916 and was purchased by the Missouri Pacific Railroad in 1925. [ 3 ] The parent company of the independent Gulf Coast Lines was the New Orleans, Texas and Mexico Railway , incorporated in Louisiana on February 28, 1916, which bought the property and ...
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 ...
Chartered on June 6, 1903, the St. Louis, Brownsville & Mexico Railway (also known as the Brownie) was a 200-mile (321 km) U.S. railroad that operated from Brownsville, Texas, to Gulf Coast Junction in Houston, Texas.