Galveston Railroad Museum

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Santa Fe Union Station
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Santa Fe Union Station
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Santa Fe Union Station
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Santa Fe Union Station
Location123 Rosenberg Ave.,
Galveston, Texas
Coordinates 29°18′23″N94°47′52″W / 29.30639°N 94.79778°W / 29.30639; -94.79778
Built1932 (1932)
Website Galveston Railroad Museum
Part of The Strand Historic District (ID70000748 [1] )
RTHL No. 7178
Significant dates
Designated NHLDCPMay 11, 1976
Designated CPJanuary 26, 1970
Designated RTHL1983
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe EMD F7A No. 315 and Southern Pacific 1892 Cooke 4-6-0 No. 314 at the Galveston Railroad Museum Galveston Railroad Museum March 2022 46 (Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway EMD F7A No. 315 and Southern Pacific Railroad 1892 Cooke 4-6-0 No. 314).jpg
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe EMD F7A No. 315 and Southern Pacific 1892 Cooke 4-6-0 No. 314 at the Galveston Railroad Museum
Interior of the Galveston Railroad Museum Galveston Railroad Museum March 2022 47 (interior).jpg
Interior of the Galveston Railroad Museum

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]

Contents

The museum was established with funds from Galveston businesswoman and philanthropist Mary Moody Northen and the Moody Foundation. [3]

Equipment

Diesel Locomotives

Source: [4]

Steam Locomotives

Source: [4]

Passenger Cars

Source: [6]

Freight Cars

Cabooses

See also

References

  1. ↑ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
  2. ↑ "Galveston Railroad Museum – A Step Back In Time". galvestonrrmuseum.org. Retrieved August 10, 2021.
  3. ↑ "Northen, Mary Elizabeth Moody". The Handbook of Texas Online. Texas State Historical Association. Retrieved October 1, 2009.
  4. 1 2 "Galveston Railroad Museum: Collection, History, Overview". American-Rails.com. Retrieved July 11, 2025.
  5. ↑ "Steam Locomotive Information". www.steamlocomotive.info. Retrieved July 11, 2025.
  6. ↑ Wanderers, The (April 12, 2014). "The Wanderers: Last Stop at the Galveston Railroad Museum". The Wanderers. Retrieved July 11, 2025.
  7. 1 2 3 4 "Center for Transportation & Commerce 1103". www.rrpicturearchives.net. Retrieved July 11, 2025.
  8. ↑ "LN 1205". www.rrpicturearchives.net. Retrieved July 11, 2025.
  9. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Texas Special (May 4, 2024). Galveston Railroad Museum . Retrieved July 11, 2025– via YouTube.
  10. 1 2 "Rail Hotel" . Retrieved July 11, 2025.
  11. 1 2 3 "RPCX 800861". www.rrpicturearchives.net. Retrieved July 11, 2025.
  12. ↑ "RPCX 1117". www.rrpicturearchives.net. Retrieved July 11, 2025.
  13. ↑ "ATSF 100221". www.rrpicturearchives.net. Retrieved July 11, 2025.
  14. ↑ "ATSF 1642". www.rrpicturearchives.net. Retrieved July 11, 2025.
  15. ↑ "I went to the Galveston Railroad Museum". Trainorders.com Discussion. Retrieved July 11, 2025.
  16. ↑ "FWD 107". www.rrpicturearchives.net. Retrieved July 11, 2025.
  17. ↑ "MP 13895". www.rrpicturearchives.net. Retrieved July 11, 2025.
Preceding station Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Following station
Former services
Texas City Junction
toward Purcell
Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe Railway
Main Line
Terminus
Texas City Junction
toward Houston
Houston  – Galveston
Terminus Galveston  – Longview 9th Street Landing
toward Longview
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