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The Waco and Northwestern Division remained in receivership until it was sold on September 5, 1895. It was acquired by the Houston and Texas Central Railroad on June 30, 1898. [4] The H&TC Railroad continued to operate independently until 1927, when it was leased to the Texas and New Orleans Railroad, a subsidiary of the Southern Pacific ...
Texas and New Orleans Railroad: Houston Railway: SP: 1892 1902 Houston and Texas Central Railroad: Houston Belt and Magnolia Park Railway: MP: 1889 1893 Houston, Oaklawn and Magnolia Park Railway: Houston Belt and Terminal Railway: HBT ATSF/ CB&Q/ MP/ RI: 1905 Still exists as a joint subsidiary of the BNSF Railway and Union Pacific Railroad ...
As of 2023, the company is still covered by the Railroad Retirement Act. [6] The company's archives from 1905 to 1936 are held by History Colorado. [7] A dispute among railways involving the HB&T was decided by the United States Supreme Court. [8] [9]
English: The 1903 Galveston Houston & Henderson (GH&H) Freight Depot was once an important regional distribution center for cotton, Galveston’s most important export in the early 20th century. Originally chartered in 1853, the GH&H was the first rail line to connect Galveston’s maritime port to the Texas mainland, where cotton production ...
Photo 316: 1901: Cooke Locomotive Works: D-9: 4-6-0: Sold to the Paris and Mount Pleasant Railroad in 1949. Donated to Abilene, Texas in 1951. Donated again to the Texas State Railroad in 1974 and was renumbered to 201. The locomotive was taken out of service at the end of the 2013 season.
The station served as the main inter-city passenger terminal for Houston for over seven decades thereafter. Major railroad lines served: [7] Burlington Northern. Texas Zephyr to Dallas and Denver; Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad. Twin Star Rocket, to Minneapolis, via Dallas, Fort Worth, Kansas City and Des Moines; Missouri Pacific
The Hermann Park Railroad is a 2-foot (610 mm) narrow-gauge railroad located within Hermann Park in Houston, Texas. The 1.8-mile (2.9 km) route travels throughout the park with stops at major attractions. A round trip takes about 18 minutes. [1]
Although the Houston and Texas Central Railway is the central focus of the map, it also delineates the railroad's integration with New York shipping and railroad magnate Charles W. Morgan's steamship lines, the Texas and New Orleans, the Galveston, Harrisburg and San Antonio, the Missouri, Kansas and Texas, and other railroads.