San Antonio & Rio Grande Railway
N 26° 12.053 W 098° 09.474
14R E 584133 N 2898203
A short story about a small railroad.
Waymark Code: WM947Z
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 06/26/2010
Views: 5
Started in 1909 the San Antonio & Rio Grande Railway Company was absorbed by several rail lines before expiring in the late 1960s.
Marker Number: 4523
Marker Text:
“Old Flossie”
Beginning operations in 1909, the San Antonio & Rio Grande Railway Company became a branch of the St. Louis, Brownsville, and Mexico Railway in 1912. Nicknamed “Old Flossie”, it provided freight and passenger transportation to the new towns of Chapin (Edinburg) and San Juan during the crucial time in the area’s development. Passenger service decreased after World War II, and the line was absorbed by the Missouri Pacific System in 1956. By the late 1960s all service to San Juan and Edinburg ceased, the rails were removed, and the depots were razed.
(1991)
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