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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 ...
20th Century Technology Museum. The list of museums in the Texas Gulf Coast encompasses museums defined for this context as institutions (including nonprofit organizations, government entities, and private businesses) that collect and care for objects of cultural, artistic, scientific, or historical interest and make their collections or related exhibits available for public viewing.
Galveston Railroad Museum; I. Itasca Railroad Depot; M. ... Wichita Falls Railroad Museum This page was last edited on 11 October 2023, at 16:18 (UTC). ...
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 Archived February 2, 2011, at the Wayback Machine a website devoted to the history of the Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe Railway in Texas.
Attractions within the area include The Galveston County Museum, the Galveston Railroad Museum, Victorian architecture, horse and carriage rides, historical markers, an old fashioned trolley for transportation, and a giant chess set in Saengerfest Park, a small square park located on the corner of Tremont St (23rd St) and Strand St (Avenue B ...
A railway museum is a museum that explores the history of all aspects of rail related transportation, including: locomotives (steam, diesel, and electric), railway cars, trams, and railway signalling equipment. They may also operate historic equipment on museum grounds.
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 Railroad Museum, Galveston, Texas: 2012 Severely water damaged by Hurricane Ike in 2008 4450: Electro-Motive Division (EMD) April 1954 EMD SD9/EMD SD9E: Western Pacific Railroad Museum, Portola, California: August 20th, 2013 Poor condition and lack of alignment control couplers. Nicknamed "Huff" [39] 5239: Baldwin Locomotive Works ...