San Antonio and Mexican Gulf Railway

San Antonio and Mexican Gulf Railway

Infobox SG rail
railroad_name=San Antonio & Mexican Gulf Railroad
logo_filename=
logo_size=
marks=SA&MG
locale=San Antonio, Texas–Victoria, Texas
start_year=1850
end_year=1870
old_gauge= 5 ft 6 in (1676 mm) (broad gauge)
hq_city=San Antonio, Texas
The San Antonio and Mexican Gulf Railway (SA&MG) was a railroad set up in 1850 to connect the city of San Antonio to the Gulf of Mexico. The railroad survived the Civil War and merged with the Indianola Railroad into the Gulf, Western Texas and Pacific Railway in 1870.

History of the road

The SA&MG was chartered on September 5, 1850, with plans to connect Port Lavaca, Texas to San Antonio. Trackwork began in 1856, and a line was completed to Victoria, Texas in April, 1861, when the Civil War broke out. Among the founders of the railroad were German-born railorad engineer Gustav Schleicher and Joseph E. Johnston who was an army officer stationed in San Antonio, who would later be a General in the Confederate army. [ [http://www.tsha.utexas.edu/handbook/online/articles/GG/eqg28.html "Handbook of Texas Online". Texas State Historical Association.] ]

To facilitate the construction of a railroad from the Gulf to San Antonio, the SA&MG received 735,938 acres of land from the State. [ [http://www.atsfry.com/splinters/Volume07/spv0724.htm "History of Texas Railroads" by Mr. R. A. Thompson, engineer of the Texas Railroad Commission. Remarks delivered at Texas Academy of Science on December 27-29, 1905.] ]

During the Civil War

Confederate General John B. Magruder ordered the destruction of the San Antonio and Mexican Gulf to prevent its falling into the hands of enemy forces. [ [http://home.austin.rr.com/aldossantos/texas_railroads.htm Texas Railroads] ] The railroad was rebuilt by the United States government in 1865-66. [ [http://www.atsfry.com/splinters/Volume07/spv0724.htm "History of Texas Railroads" by Mr. R. A. Thompson, engineer of the Texas Railroad Commission. Remarks delivered at Texas Academy of Science on December 27-29, 1905.] ]

End of the road

The San Antonio and Mexican Gulf never did connect to the Gulf coast, stopping short in Victoria. On August 4, 1870, the Texas legislature authorized the consolidation of two rail lines, the Indianola Railroad Company and the San Antonio and Mexican Gulf Railroad Company, into a new corporation to be called the Gulf, Western Texas and Pacific Railway Company. [ [http://www.tsha.utexas.edu/handbook/online/articles/GG/eqg28.html "Handbook of Texas Online". Texas State Historical Association.] ]

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