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1930's Gulf Coast Lines Silverplate Railroad Silver Teapot Rogers Sheffield<br>Reproduction. The Gulf Coast Lines was the name of a railroad system comprising<br>three principal railroads, as well as some smaller ones, that stretched from New<br>Orleans, Louisiana via Baton Rouge and Houston to Brownsville, Texas. Originally<br>chartered as subsidiaries of the Frisco Railroad, the system became independent<br>in 1916 and was purchased by the Missouri Pacific Railroad in 1925.[3]<br><br>The parent company of the independent Gulf Coast Lines was the New Orleans,<br>Texas and Mexico Railway, incorporated in Louisiana on February 28, 1916, which<br>bought the property and assets of the Frisco-owned New Orleans, Texas and Mexico<br>Railroad. The NOT&M was headquartered in New Orleans, and owned or leased a<br>number of other railroads in Louisiana and Texas, operating them all together as<br>the Gulf Coast Lines. As of December 31, 1916, the total trackage operated by<br>the Gulf Coast Lines system was 1,013 miles (1,630 km), including branches,<br>sidings, trackage rights, and leased lines.[4]<br><br>4 5/8" tall x 6" handle to spout. Some small dents and wear to the plating and<br>Emblem, bent finial, rare piece. Gulf Coast Lines Dissolved in 1956.
