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Ferrocarril Mexicali y Golfo was a railroad line of
MexicoThe United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federal constitutional republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of...
started in 1901. Within a few years a controlling insterest in the railroad was bought by the American
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company. The line eventually built was a predecessor to the Ferrocarril Sonora – Baja California. In 1929 the Mexicali y Golfo was reorganized as the
Ferrocarril Intercalifornia del Sur.