Eagle Pass Route

Mexican International Railroad

Publication: American Bank Note Co, March, 1898, New York

27" x 22 1/2" sheet folded to 36 panels each 9" x 3 3/4." One side is a map primarily printed in Spanish and presents the entire railway route and its connections (FERROCARRIL INTERNACIONAL MEXICANO Y SUS CONEXIONES), a 5 3/4" x 6 1/2" inset map of VALLE DE MEXICO is provided, and a table of that lists 53 stations.The Eagle Pass Route is standard gauge throughout, which makes travel safer, faster, and less fatiguing. Pullman buffet sleeping cars are run daily between San Antonio, Texas and City of Mexico, and return, without change, via Eagle Pass Route and connecting lines. The other side consists of 18 panels that provide information on numerous time tables, schedules, Pullman Buffet sleeping car rates, hotels, population and area of several of the states of the Republic of Mexico, meteorological report for rainfall and temperature throughout a 12 month period in Mexico, the extent of the railroads constructed in Mexico, a two column map of the United States and Mexico that details the Mexican International Railroad and its connections, etc. Covers show a picture of the International Bridge over the Rio Grande between Ciudad Porfirio Diaz, Mexico and Eagle Pass, Texas. Map dated 1897. Minor wear to three fold points as well as 3" split to one fold. Lightly soiled else a solid, very good copy of an important and informative railroad brochure.

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