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The Corpus Christi Terminal Railroad ( reporting mark CCPN) was a terminal railroad originally created in 1924 to facilitate heavy bulk freight cargo traffic flow from the recently completed deep water port channel of the new Corpus Christi Port. Wishing to maximize freight handling potential while holding down rates, the Port Authority decided ...
1⁄2 in ( 1,435 mm) standard gauge. Previous gauge. 3 ft ( 914 mm) narrow gauge. The Texas Mexican Railway ( reporting mark TM) was a short line railroad in the U.S. state of Texas operating between Corpus Christi and the Texas Mexican Railway International Bridge in Laredo, Texas. It is often referred to as the Tex Mex, or Tex Mex Railway.
Bryan and College Interurban Railway. Bryan–College Traction Company. Dallas Southern Traction Company. Denison and Sherman Railway. Eastern Texas Electric Company. Fort Worth Southern Traction Company. Galveston–Houston Electric Railway. Houston North Shore Railway. Jefferson County Traction Company.
Gulf Coast Lines. The Gulf Coast Lines was the name of a railroad system comprising three principal railroads, as well as some smaller ones, that stretched from New Orleans, Louisiana, via Baton Rouge and Houston to Brownsville, Texas. Originally chartered as subsidiaries of the Frisco Railroad, the system became independent in 1916 and was ...
1⁄2 in ( 1,435 mm) standard gauge. 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 .
Laredo, TX. / 27.50611°N 99.51639°W / 27.50611; -99.51639. Laredo station is a former Amtrak and Missouri Pacific passenger train depot in Laredo, Texas. The station was the southern terminus of the Inter-American, the last Amtrak train to serve Laredo, which ran from 1973 to 1981. [1]
Naval Air Station Corpus Christi. / 27.69250°N 97.29111°W / 27.69250; -97.29111. Naval Air Station Corpus Christi ( IATA: NGP, ICAO: KNGP, FAA LID: NGP) is a United States Navy naval air base located six miles (10 km) southeast of the central business district (CBD) of Corpus Christi, in Nueces County, Texas .
Corpus Christi, Texas. / 27.74278°N 97.40194°W / 27.74278; -97.40194. Corpus Christi ( / ˌkɔːrpəs ˈkrɪsti / KOR-pəs KRIS-tee; Latin for ' Body of Christ ') is a coastal city in the South Texas region of the U.S. state of Texas and the county seat and largest city of Nueces County [5] with portions extending into Aransas ...