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Gulf Coast Lines (GCL)

The Gulf Coast Lines, consisting of the following roads:

  • New Orleans, Texas & Mexico
  • BSL&W
  • O&NW
  • New Iberia & Northern
  • ISM&E
  • SLB&M
  • International-Great Northern
  • San Antonio Southern
  • San Antonio Uvalde & Gulf
  • Asphalt Belt
  • SB&RGV
  • Sugarland
  • Asherton & Gulf
  • Rio Grande City
  • Houston & Brazos Valley
  • HNS

The GCL and her subsidiaries were absorbed into Missouri Pacific system in March 1956.


 

The New Orleans Texas & Mexico (NOT&M)

The New Orleans Texas & Mexico was the overiding corporate entity of the Gulf Coast Lines. These lines were owned by the Frisco up until the mid-1920s when the MoPac took them over from a bankrupt SLSF. Just as the MoPac took over, the NOT&M bought the International-Great Northern (I-GN - another Texas Line, but not one of the Gulf Coast Lines).


 

The St. Louis Brownsville & Mexico (StLB&M)

Under a cloud of it's own making, St. Louis Brownsville & Mexico #252 heads a mixed train west of Raymondville to Edinburg, Texas. There it will meet the Valley Eagle. September 10, 1946. R.H. Calson photo / MPHS Collection (this photo appears in the MPHS 1998 Calendar)

 

 

 



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