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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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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.
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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 ...
Antonio Rodríguez Fuentes shot family home movies in Corpus Christi in the 1920s-'30s that are preserved in A&M-CC's Special Collections & Archives. #TBT: See the Fuentes family's 1920s home ...
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 ...