Monterey and Mexican Gulf Railroad

The Monterey and Mexican Gulf Railroad was a railroad in Mexico that the Mexican Central Railway acquired control over in June 1901.

Monterey and Mexican Gulf Railroad in 1893

The Railroad was established as a company in New York City on September 5, 1888.[1] In the 1890s the railroad was said to be in a better financial position than its competitors and stood to make large profits once oil exploitation in the Gulf of Mexico began.[2]

References
  1. "Monterey & Mexican Gulf Railroad Company". New York Companies.
  2. Hart, John Mason (2002). Empire and Revolution: The Americans in Mexico Since the Civil War. p. 87. ISBN 9780520223240.
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