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The Galveston Railroad (reporting mark GVSR) is a Class III terminal switching railroad headquartered in Galveston, Texas. It primarily serves the transportation of cargo to and from the Port of Galveston. [1] GVSR operates 32 miles (51 km) of yard track at Galveston, over a 50-acre (200,000 m 2) facility.
Galveston, Houston and Northern Railway: Galveston and Red River Railway: SP: 1848 1856 Houston and Texas Central Railway: Galveston, Sabine and St. Louis Railway: ATSF: 1882 1888 Texas, Sabine Valley and Northwestern Railway: Galveston Terminal Railway: CB&Q/ RI: 1905 1985 Burlington Northern Railroad: Galveston and Western Railway: ATSF: 1887 ...
The railway remained mostly under control of the Confederate States of America (CSA) during the American Civil War. [1] More recently, most of original Galveston, Houston and Henderson right-of-way running between the Island and Bayou cities has been a property of the Union Pacific Railroad known as the Galveston Subdivision. This legacy rail ...
The Galveston–Houston Electric Railway was an interurban railway between Galveston and Houston, Texas from 1911 to 1936. The railway was recognized as the fastest interurban line in 1925 and 1926. The railway was recognized as the fastest interurban line in 1925 and 1926.
The construction of the Galveston, Houston and Henderson (GH&H) Railroad, begun in 1857, further spurred more growth in the region. [ 47 ] [ 48 ] During the American Civil War , in which Texas seceded from the United States, the area served a limited role in the conflict though no major battles were fought on the mainland shoreline.
In 2012, the bascule-type drawbridge on the railroad causeway was again replaced with a vertical-lift-type drawbridge, allowing the navigation channel through the draw span to be widened. The old bridge was sold to Sonoma–Marin Area Rail Transit to be installed on the Northwestern Pacific Railroad in Petaluma, California to cross the Petaluma ...
The Galveston Railroad Museum is a railroad museum housed in the former Santa Fe Railroad station, at 25th and Strand in Galveston, Texas. The Museum is owned and operated by the Center for Transportation and Commerce, a non-profit organization. [2] The museum was established with funds from Galveston businesswoman and philanthropist Mary Moody ...
AT&SF Union Station in Galveston, Texas. GC&SF also participated in Galveston's efforts to raise the city after the 1900 Galveston hurricane.In 1904, the board granted Goedhart and Bates a five-year lease to a strip of land on the east end of the Gulf Company in Galveston, which would be used for canal purposes in connection with the grade-raising of the city.