cargo. One of these trains was the 1949 Cotton Special, established to move the West Texas cotton crop from Lubbock to the Galveston wharves. By the 1960s AT&SF worked with different corporations to expand. In one such instance AT&SF agreed to work with the Duval Corporation to develop a sulfur mine at Rustler Springs, Texas. AT&SF built a 30-mile branch line and conceived the ingenious idea of transporting the sulfur in a molten state from the mine to Galveston, where it would then be shipped by sea. This would make the sulfur easier to move over such a long distance. The sulfur was heated to 290 degrees and transported by tank car. This worked so well that the company bought three trains of 66 cars each, and a train moved continuously over the 930-mile run. By this time, the identity of the GC&SF had become intertwined with that of AT&SF. In 1965, the remaining property of the Gulf division was conveyed to the AT&SF company. See also Krum, Texas (town founded by the railway company) Fort Worth and Rio Grande Railway (subsidiary bought in 1937) Nolan River Bridge 303-A of the Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe Railway (National Register of Historic Places listed bridge) References External links Galveston County Historical Commission Galveston Railroad Museum Splinters Online Transcripts Handbook of Texas Online 1926 map of Santa Fe lines in Texas, Oklahoma, and Louisiana, with GCSF routes clearly marked Texas Santa Fe History a website devoted to the history of the Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe Railway in Texas. Oklahoma Digital Maps: Digital Collections of Oklahoma and Indian Territory Defunct Louisiana railroads Defunct Oklahoma railroads Defunct Texas railroads Former Class I railroads in the United States History of Galveston, Texas Predecessors of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Railway companies established in 1873 Railway companies disestablished in 1965 Transportation in Galveston, Texas American companies disestablished in 1965 American companies established in 1873