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178:. The NOT&M was headquartered in New Orleans, and owned or leased a number of other railroads in Louisiana and Texas, operating them all together as the Gulf Coast Lines. As of December 31, 1916, the total trackage operated by the Gulf Coast Lines system was 1,013 miles (1,630 km), including branches, sidings, trackage rights, and leased lines.
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The coming of the railroad and irrigation made the Valley into a major agricultural center. In
Hidalgo County, land that had been selling for twenty-five cents an acre in 1903, the year before the St. Louis, Brownsville and Mexico Railway arrived, was selling for fifty dollars an acre in 1906 and for
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After 1925, numerous
Missouri Pacific passenger trains used the various segments of the Gulf Coast Lines route, which although legally separate entities for tax, tariff, and accounting purposes, were marketed to the public as a seamless continuation of MoPac passenger service.
343:, and in December of the same year, the Missouri Pacific bought the Gulf Coast Lines and operated it as a subsidiary. In March 1956, all of the GCL lines were merged into the Missouri Pacific system, losing their separate identity. The Missouri Pacific was merged into the
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were ordered by a court to sell the Texas-Louisiana lines. The StLB&M and the BSL&W were acquired by the New
Orleans, Texas and Mexico, and operated under the Gulf Coast Lines name after that.
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meet the revenue specifications for Class I status, but are not technically Class I railroads due to being passenger-only railroads with no freight component.
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After 1925, the following railroads were purchased by the Gulf Coast Lines division of
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1575:"Smoke on the Water," History Hunts (blog); photos of the NOT&M steam ferry carrying freight and passenger cars between Anchorage and Baton Rouge
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1121:"The Missouri Pacific / International & Great Northern Railroad in San Antonio"
942:"The Missouri Pacific / International & Great Northern Railroad in San Antonio"
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ran between New
Orleans and Houston, covering the 367 miles in nine or ten hours.
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were conjoined under his leadership in 1905 and known as the "Yoakum Line."
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from DeQuincy to Beaumont. NOT&M trains were ferried across the
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Werner, George C. "St. Louis, Brownsville and Mexico Railroad,"
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220:. Construction was done by the B.F. & P.M. Johnson Co. of
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According to a corporate history published in the 1950s by the
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The parent company of the independent Gulf Coast Lines was the
1531:"MoPac's First 125 Years," Missouri Pacific Historical Society
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Acquired by New Orleans, Texas & Mexico in November 1926:
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Yoakum's planned extensions of the GCL from Brownsville to
625:. New York: Poor's Manual Company. 1917. pp. 601–606.
565:. New York: Poor's Manual Company. 1917. pp. 601–606.
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1453:. Lawrence Scripps Wilkinson Foundation. Archived from
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1001:. Missouri Pacific Historical Society. Archived from
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917:. Missouri Pacific Historical Society. Archived from
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597:. Missouri Pacific Historical Society. Archived from
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and Houston. The railroad was the first to reach the
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Published by the Texas State Historical Association.
752:. Texas State Historical Association. Archived from
969:"First Railroad in the West: An Historical Outline"
885:"First Railroad in the West: An Historical Outline"
858:"First Railroad in the West: An Historical Outline"
777:"First Railroad in the West: An Historical Outline"
719:"First Railroad in the West: An Historical Outline"
638:"First Railroad in the West: An Historical Outline"
300:at Baton Rouge until 1947, several years after the
271:, which connected with the StLB&M at Houston.
488:; the StLB&M owned a 50 percent share of the
199:The Gulf Coast Lines was projected originally by
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1391:"Rail Ramble from San Antonio to Corpus Christi"
159:. Originally chartered as subsidiaries of the
3099:Former Class I railroads in the United States
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1393:. Texas Transportation Museum. Archived from
1123:. Texas Transportation Museum. Archived from
944:. Texas Transportation Museum. Archived from
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1077:: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (
692:"St. Louis, Brownsville and Mexico Railway"
339:On June 30, 1924, the NOT&M bought the
280:, construction of which began in 1905 from
3094:Predecessors of the Union Pacific Railroad
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1364:"Brownsville and Matamoros Bridge Company"
1026:"San Benito and Rio Grande Valley Railway"
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217:St. Louis, Brownsville and Mexico Railway
3119:Railway companies disestablished in 1956
1607:Morgan, David P. "Kingsville Division,"
490:Brownsville and Matamoros Bridge Company
360:San Benito and Rio Grande Valley Railway
306:Louisiana Railway and Navigation Company
181:
1524:The Empire That Missouri Pacific Serves
1148:"San Antonio, Uvalde and Gulf Railroad"
1051:Wooster, Robert, and Nancy Beck Young.
973:The Empire That Missouri Pacific Serves
889:The Empire That Missouri Pacific Serves
862:The Empire That Missouri Pacific Serves
781:The Empire That Missouri Pacific Serves
723:The Empire That Missouri Pacific Serves
642:The Empire That Missouri Pacific Serves
622:Poor's Intermediate Manual of Railroads
562:Poor's Intermediate Manual of Railroads
268:Beaumont, Sour Lake and Western Railway
40:Gulf Coast Lines system map, circa 1920
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292:, with trackage rights purchased from
3114:Railway companies established in 1916
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995:"MoPac History: The Gulf Coast Lines"
420:San Antonio, Uvalde and Gulf Railroad
407:International-Great Northern Railroad
375:Iberia, St. Mary and Eastern Railroad
341:International-Great Northern Railroad
277:New Orleans, Texas and Mexico Railway
214:The first section of the GCL was the
172:New Orleans, Texas and Mexico Railway
82:February 28, 1916–March 1, 1956
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1370:. Texas State Historical Association
1343:. Texas State Historical Association
1316:. Texas State Historical Association
1289:. Texas State Historical Association
1262:. Texas State Historical Association
1235:. Texas State Historical Association
1208:. Texas State Historical Association
1181:. Texas State Historical Association
1154:. Texas State Historical Association
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1100:. Texas State Historical Association
1059:. Texas State Historical Association
1032:. Texas State Historical Association
999:Missouri Pacific: A History of Color
939:
915:Missouri Pacific: A History of Color
698:. Texas State Historical Association
595:Missouri Pacific: A History of Color
242:Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe Railroad
1337:"Houston Belt and Terminal Railway"
1094:"Houston and Brazos Valley Railway"
1091:
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842:in 1929, which was acquired by the
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1053:"Orange and Northwestern Railroad"
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1546:Photographs, maps, and timetables
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531:Also in the postwar era, MoPac's
486:Houston Belt and Terminal Railway
385:Houston and Brazos Valley Railway
327:, as well as from Baton Rouge to
261:as much as $ 300 an acre by 1910.
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838:The LR&N Became part of the
744:Vigness, David M.; Mark Odintz.
671:. Texas State Historical Society
370:New Iberia and Northern Railroad
365:Orange and Northwestern Railroad
186:
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16:Defunct American railway company
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1477:"The Houstonian, The Orleanean"
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1283:"San Antonio Southern Railway"
840:Louisiana and Arkansas Railway
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577:Official Guide of the Railways
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310:Louisiana and Arkansas Railway
265:In 1905, Yoakum purchased the
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1310:"Houston North Shore Railway"
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294:Kansas City Southern Railway
7:
3104:Defunct Louisiana railroads
1611:magazine, June 1949: 16–25.
1202:"Asherton and Gulf Railway"
967:Missouri Pacific Railroad.
883:Missouri Pacific Railroad.
856:Missouri Pacific Railroad.
775:Missouri Pacific Railroad.
717:Missouri Pacific Railroad.
665:"Yoakum, Benjamin Franklin"
636:Missouri Pacific Railroad.
474:Houston North Shore Railway
224:, which began in 1903 from
10:
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1451:"Missouri Pacific (MoPac)"
3089:Missouri Pacific Railroad
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1806:
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1600:, The Anson Jones Press,
1538:Handbook of Texas Online.
1229:"Rio Grande City Railway"
1030:Handbook of Texas On line
911:"MoPac's First 125 Years"
591:"MoPac's First 125 Years"
435:Asherton and Gulf Railway
193:Missouri Pacific Railroad
165:Missouri Pacific Railroad
101:
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91:Missouri Pacific Railroad
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1570:at Streamliner Schedules
1562:1956 timetables for the
1427:MotorBooks International
1368:Handbook of Texas Online
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1314:Handbook of Texas Online
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1233:Handbook of Texas Online
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1179:Handbook of Texas Online
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1098:Handbook of Texas Online
1057:Handbook of Texas Online
750:Handbook of Texas Online
696:Handbook of Texas Online
669:Handbook of Texas Online
663:Orozco-Vallejo, Mary M.
254:Handbook of Texas Online
3109:Defunct Texas railroads
1596:Allhands, J.L. (1960).
440:Rio Grande City Railway
308:(later acquired by the
1425:. Osceola, Wisconsin:
1256:"Asphalt Belt Railway"
975:. Kansas State Library
891:. Kansas State Library
864:. Kansas State Library
803:Anchorage - Ghost Town
783:. Kansas State Library
725:. Kansas State Library
644:. Kansas State Library
464:Artesian Belt Railroad
345:Union Pacific Railroad
263:
205:
145:New Orleans, Louisiana
1604:. (No ISBN available)
1481:Streamliner Schedules
1419:; Welsh, Joe (1997).
801:Now uninhabited; see
396:Missouri Kansas Texas
258:
197:
182:Constituent railroads
1598:Railroads To The Rio
1175:"Sugar Land Railway"
844:Kansas City Southern
819:History Hunts (blog)
815:"Smoke on the Water"
460:San Antonio Southern
450:Asphalt Belt Railway
394:in 1925 to keep the
282:Anchorage, Louisiana
1397:on 12 February 2007
1281:Young, Nancy Beck.
1227:Young, Nancy Beck.
1200:Young, Nancy Beck.
1173:Young, Nancy Beck.
1146:Young, Nancy Beck.
756:on 12 November 2018
746:"Rio Grande Valley"
302:Huey P. Long Bridge
290:DeQuincy, Louisiana
21:
1516:2009-05-15 at the
1335:Werner, George C.
1308:Werner, George C.
1024:Werner, George C.
690:Werner, George C.
478:interurban railway
430:Sugar Land Railway
402:on March 1, 1956:
234:Brownsville, Texas
222:St. Elmo, Illinois
157:Brownsville, Texas
79:Dates of operation
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1647:Class I railroads
1457:on 4 October 2011
1436:978-0-7603-0377-1
298:Mississippi River
250:Rio Grande Valley
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3084:Gulf Coast Lines
2351:SOO/MStP&SSM
2196:NKP/ NYC&StL
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