Industrial - Rockdale, TX

International & Great Northern (I&GN) Railroad

• Completed its line from San Antonio to Laredo, added Galveston access, and built a main line from Houston to Fort Worth.

• Dominated Texas railroads for years and was acquired by Jay Gould in 1880, briefly lost, and reacquired in 1891; his son George led it for 25 years.

• Emerged from receivership in 1922 as the International–Great Northern (I-GN) Railroad.

• Acquired by Missouri Pacific (MP) in 1925 and later by Union Pacific (UP) in 1982; merged into UP in 1997.

• Most lines remain active under UP, except the abandoned Fort Worth route.

San Antonio & Aransas Pass (SA&AP) Line

• Became part of Southern Pacific (SP) in 1925.

• SP abandoned the line from Giddings through Rockdale to Cameron in 1959, Decommission Tower 54.

Rockdale, Sandow & Southern (RS&S) Railroad

• Originated as a six-mile mine spur built by Federal Fuel Co. in 1919.

• Became a com...