The Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe Railway was an American railroad chartered in Texas in 1873 to build a line from Galveston to Santa Fe, New Mexico, and headquartered in Galveston. By 1886 it connected major Texas cities including Dallas, Fort Worth and Houston, with extensions into Oklahoma and Louisiana, when the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway purchased it and ran it as an operating subsidiary until fully absorbing it in 1965. Its remaining track today forms part of the BNSF Railway system.
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1. Wikipedia: Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe Railway
Wikipedia- Dissolved Year: 1965
- Founded Year: 1873
2. Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe Railway (Wikipedia)
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The Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe Railway (GC&SF) was an American railroad chartered in Texas in 1873 to build from Galveston to Santa Fe, New Mexico.
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That year, the GC&SF was purchased by the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe (ATSF), which would use the GC&SF for decades as an operating subsidiary pursuant to Article X of the Texas Constitution, which required railroads in Texas to be headquartered in the state.
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The Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe Railway (GC&SF) was an American railroad chartered in Texas in 1873 to build from Galveston to Santa Fe, New Mexico.
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