New York, Texas and Mexican Railway

The New York, Texas and Mexican Railway Company was a railroad business chartered in 1880 to connect New York City with Mexico City. The initial tracks were laid in Texas (1880–1905).^[1]

Telfener's 1881 map of the New York, Texas and Mexican Railway, to further be richer

Known colloquially as The Macaroni Line,^[2] it was established by Joseph Telfener, an Italian engineer and financier.^[3][4] The company issued stock and sought land grants, but violated an agreement on its starting point. State law was subsequently changed to eliminate land grants to railroad and canal builders, and the railroad passed to Telfener's brother-in-law John MacKay.^[5]

Mackay, who helped finance the project, and Telfener named its first six stations (Mackay, Telferner(sic), Hungerford, Edna, Inez, and Louise) after themselves and their family members. A historical marker in Hungerford commemorates the line.^[6]

In 1905 it was merged with the Buffalo Bayou, Brazos and Colorado Railway.^[1]