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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 ...
Shreveport, Houston and Gulf Railroad: 1906 1936 N/A South Galveston and Gulf Shore Railroad: 1891 1895 N/A South Orient Railroad: SO 1992 2001 Texas Pacifico Transportation: South Plains and Santa Fe Railway: ATSF: 1916 1948 Panhandle and Santa Fe Railway: Southern Kansas Railway of Texas: ATSF: 1886 1914 Panhandle and Santa Fe Railway ...
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 ...
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.
The Galveston, Henderson and Houston Railroad was granted its charter on 7 February 1853. Named for its main destinations, Galveston, Houston, and Henderson, construction of the road began in 1857 and service between Virginia Point, Texas and Houston was available about two years later.
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.
The Galveston Bay and Texas Land Company was formed in New York in 1830 to promote additional settlement around Galveston Bay and other parts of southeast Texas. [ 32 ] [ 33 ] The company gradually brought in many colonists from the United States and Europe, although conflict with Mexican officials over colonization laws initially made these ...
Galveston Railroad Museum, Galveston, Texas: 2011 Severely water damaged by Hurricane Ike in 2008 Texas Limited #200 6379: Electro-Motive Division (EMD) July 1952 EMD F7A: Galveston Railroad Museum, Galveston, Texas: 2011 Severely water damaged by Hurricane Ike in 2008. Texas Limited #100 7498: Electro-Motive Division (EMD) June 1967 EMD SD45 ...