Descriptive Summary
Access
Publication Rights
Preferred Citation
Acquisition Information
Biography/Administrative History
Scope and Content of Collection
Indexing Terms
Descriptive Summary
Title: Mexico and Colorado Railroad records
Dates: 1908-1910
Collection Number: MS 128
Creator/Collector:
Mexico and Colorado Railroad
Extent: 1 half-box
Repository:
California State Railroad Museum Library and Archives
Sacramento, California 95814
Abstract: Business records of the Mexico and Colorado Railroad, 1908-1910.
Language of Material: English
Access
This collection is open for research at our off-site storage facility with one week's notice. Contact Library & Archives
staff to arrange for access.
Publication Rights
Copyright has not been assigned to the California State Railroad Museum. All requests for permission to publish or quote from
manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Capital District Collections Manager. Permission for publication is given
on behalf of the CSRM as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright
holder, which must also be obtained by the reader.
Preferred Citation
Mexico and Colorado Railroad records. California State Railroad Museum Library and Archives
Acquisition Information
Gift of Southern Pacific Railroad, New York Collection.
Biography/Administrative History
The Mexico and Colorado Railroad Company, [ran] 34.73 miles from Douglas Junction north to Courtland, Arizona. This line
was incorporated on December 22, 1908, opened June 20, 1909, and operated by the El Paso and Southwestern Railroad as part
of its Western Division, lines west of El Paso. The company had no locomotives of its own, was sold to the EP&SW on March,
1, 1909, and was dissolved on September 2, 1910. The trackage was abandoned by the Southern Pacific in 1933. [Guy Dunscomb,
A CENTURY OF SOUTHERN PACIFIC STEAM LOCOMOTIVES, 1862-1962 (Modesto, California: 1967), p. 379]
Scope and Content of Collection
Includes stock subscriptions, articles of association, journal entries, expenses, and correspondence, 1909-1910.
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