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The San Antonio and Aransas Pass Railway first began operation in the U.S. state of Texas in 1886. It was developed by Uriah Lott and businessmen of San Antonio as a direct route from the city to Aransas Bay on the Texas Gulf coast. [1] It was eventually absorbed in the 20th century by Southern Pacific.
San Antonio, Fredericksburg and Northern Locomotive 101. The Fredericksburg and Northern Railway was a connector line between Fredericksburg, Texas, and the San Antonio and Aransas Pass Railway. It operated under that name from 1917 until 1942. From 1913 to 1917, it was operated as the San Antonio, Fredericksburg and Northern Railway.
Texas and New Orleans Railroad: San Antonio Belt and Terminal Railway: MKT: 1912 1989 Missouri–Kansas–Texas Railroad: San Antonio, Fredericksburg and Northern Railway: 1913 1917 Fredericksburg and Northern Railway: San Antonio and Gulf Railroad: SP: 1897 1905 Galveston, Harrisburg and San Antonio Railway: San Antonio and Gulf Shore Railway ...
The San Antonio and Mexican Gulf never did connect to the Gulf coast, stopping short in Victoria. On August 4, 1870, the Texas legislature authorized the consolidation of two rail lines, the Indianola Railroad Company and the San Antonio and Mexican Gulf Railroad Company, into a new corporation to be called the Gulf, Western Texas and Pacific Railway.
The Longhorn and Western Railroad is the Texas Transportation Museum's standard gauge heritage railroad that operates on its property with no connection to the general rail system. The L&W consists of approximately 5 ⁄ 8 -mile (1.0 km) of trackage in total, with its mainline that runs 1 ⁄ 3 -mile (0.54 km) from the east and west ends of the ...
The Alamo Gulf Coast Railroad (reporting mark AGCR) is a short-line railroad headquartered in San Antonio, Texas. It is a subsidiary of Martin Marietta Materials, a spinoff of Lockheed Martin., [1] and began operation in 1996. [2] The AGCR operates on about 6.75 miles (10.86 km) of trackage within the Martin Marietta Beckmann Quarry in San ...
San Antonio station is an Amtrak railroad station located on the eastern portion of Downtown San Antonio, in San Antonio, Texas. San Antonio station hosts two long-distance Amtrak services: the tri-weekly Sunset Limited and the daily Texas Eagle. Four days a week, San Antonio is the southern terminus of the Texas Eagle, which originates in Chicago.
The railroad of The Galveston, Harrisburg and San Antonio Railway Company, herein called the Galveston, Harrisburg and San Antonio, is a standard-gage, steam railroad, located in southwestern Texas. The railroad is single track with the exception of 26.604 miles of second main track near San Antonio and El Paso.