St. Louis, Brownsville and Mexico Railway Men's Sport Polo Shirt

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Carry the story of the Brownie, the Texas railway that linked Brownsville with Gulf Coast Junction in Houston, across roughly 200 miles of southern Texas. Its first track reached Brownsville in 1904, and its Houston line followed in 1907. The railway also connected with routes through the Rio Grande Valley and operated a bridge to Matamoros. This polo honors a regional carrier whose identity passed through the Gulf Coast Lines before its 1956 merger into Missouri Pacific.

Chartered on June 6, 1903, the St. Louis, Brownsville and Mexico Railway, known as the Brownie, connected Brownsville with Gulf Coast Junction in Houston across roughly 200 miles of southern Texas. Its first completed track reached Brownsville from Robstown on July 4, 1904; a further major line to Houston was completed on December 31, 1907. The railway also operated a bridge between Brownsville and Matamoros, Tamaulipas, and helped connect Brownsville to Corpus Christi by land. It expanded through acquisitions that included the San Antonio, Chapin and Rio Grande Railway and the San Benito and Rio Grande Valley Railway. The Brownie formed part of the Gulf Coast Lines, whose ownership passed to the New Orleans, Texas and Mexico Railway in 1916. The Missouri Pacific acquired the Gulf Coast Lines in December 1924. After years under trusteeship, the Brownie and other Gulf Coast Lines subsidiaries merged into Missouri Pacific on March 1, 1956. The railway's name and the Gulf Coast Lines identity soon disappeared as branch and feeder routes were abandoned.

	S	M	L	XL	2XL	3XL
Width, in	20.25	21.75	23.75	24.75	26.25	28.25
Length, in	29.00	30.00	31.00	32.00	33.00	33.50
Sleeve Length (from center back), in	18.50	19.25	20.00	20.75	21.50	22.25