Chartered on June 6, 1903, the
St. Louis, Brownsville & Mexico Railway (also known as the
Brownie) was a 200 mile (321 km) railroad that operated from
Brownsville, Texas to Gulf Coast Junction in
Houston, Texas. It served numerous towns and cities along its routes and operated a rail bridge south of
Laredo, Texas, in junction with the Mexican government. The
Brownie connected the citizens of Brownsville to nearby Corpus Christi for the first time on land rather than using water transportation.