Railroad memories
MKT linked its namesake states with key connections to St. Louis, Kansas City, Dallas/Fort Worth, Waco, San Antonio, and Galveston/Houston. Efficient but never highly profitable, it eventually joined a stronger system in 1988 when it was acquired by Union Pacific.
The Tex-Mex existed for just over a century, owned for much of that time by the Mexican government despite the fact that it was almost exclusively located in Texas between Laredo and Corpus Christi. When the Kansas City Southern began expanding south of the border it was able to acquire Tex-Mex early this century.
The Seaboard Air Line was another interesting railroad in the South, not least because the name had no connection to the airline industry. It was in use as a marketing gimmick more than thirty years before the Wright Brothers' first flight! After well over a century of operation including assorted mergers, nowadays parts of the Seaboard network are owned by CSX while others are operated by short lines.
The Rio Grande is somewhat different being a Colorado heritage railway that carries passengers to this day. The section of track used originated as the Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad in 1878.
Flickr Explore # 147 on Sunday, December 9, 2018
Railroad memories
MKT linked its namesake states with key connections to St. Louis, Kansas City, Dallas/Fort Worth, Waco, San Antonio, and Galveston/Houston. Efficient but never highly profitable, it eventually joined a stronger system in 1988 when it was acquired by Union Pacific.
The Tex-Mex existed for just over a century, owned for much of that time by the Mexican government despite the fact that it was almost exclusively located in Texas between Laredo and Corpus Christi. When the Kansas City Southern began expanding south of the border it was able to acquire Tex-Mex early this century.
The Seaboard Air Line was another interesting railroad in the South, not least because the name had no connection to the airline industry. It was in use as a marketing gimmick more than thirty years before the Wright Brothers' first flight! After well over a century of operation including assorted mergers, nowadays parts of the Seaboard network are owned by CSX while others are operated by short lines.
The Rio Grande is somewhat different being a Colorado heritage railway that carries passengers to this day. The section of track used originated as the Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad in 1878.
Flickr Explore # 147 on Sunday, December 9, 2018