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English: This folding railroad promotional brochure map is a fine example of a late nineteenth-century American railway map by one of the most important American railway mapmakers and publishers still in business today: Rand, McNally and Company of Chicago. Established in 1858 as a printing company, by 1873 the firm was known for its railroad ...
The railway line was sold to Charles Morgan in March 1877. The Houston and Texas Central Railway Company entered receivership on February 23, 1885; the Main Line and the Western Division were sold to the Houston and Texas Central Railroad Company on April 1, 1890. The Waco and Northwestern Division remained in receivership until it was sold on ...
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]
Union Station is a building in Houston, Texas, in the United States. Dedicated on March 2, 1911, and formerly a hub of rail transportation, the building now serves as a cornerstone for Daikin Park. [2] It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places, and has since been superseded by Houston's Amtrak station.
From the Lancaster Tap Railroad, constructed by a receiver of the Houston and Texas Central Railway Company (2), Hutchins to Lancaster, 1889 or 1890 4.75 From the Hearne and Brazos Valley Railway Company, constructed by that company, 1891-1892; destroyed by flood in 1899; rebuilt in 1900-1901, Hearne to Stone City 18.61
Harrisburg was the starting point of the line, the first functioning railroad line in the state. [9] After the Civil War, the railroad expanded and changed its name to the Galveston, Harrisburg and San Antonio Railway. Harrisburg remained an important rail town until a fire in the 1870s destroyed the rail yards, which were rebuilt in Houston.
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 ...
The Houston Heights, one of the earliest planned communities in Texas, is located 4 miles (6.4 km) northwest of Downtown Houston.A National Geographic article says "stroll the area's broad, tree-canopied esplanades and side streets dotted with homes dating from the early 1900s and you may think you've landed in a small town."