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"Houston and Galveston Railroad"

"Houston and Galveston Railroad"

From Harper's Weekly
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Image
System: The Portal to Texas History
[WWH: Railroad History] (open access)

[WWH: Railroad History]

Text about railroad museums across Texas that was published in the "When..." section of a May 1994 Texas Highways magazine article.
Date: 1994-05~
Creator: Mallory, Randy
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Galveston, Harrisburg, and San Antonio Railroad Beeville Depot

Galveston, Harrisburg, and San Antonio Railroad Beeville Depot

Photograph of the Galveston, Harrisburg, and San Antonio Railroad Beeville depot. The marker for the railroad in Bee County is on the site of the old depot. On June 14, 1886, the first San Antonio and Aransas Pass train arrived in Beeville to a cheering crowd. The arrival of the railroad to Bee County came after Uriah Lott, the man responsible for building the S.A.&A.P. railroad, made a formal railroad proposition to Frank O. Skidmore, a wealthy stockman on the Aransas River, asking for a $100,000 bonus to bring the railroad to Bee County. Mr. Lott appealed to stockmen interested in hauling their cattle to market. The committee in charge of raising the bonus was made up of A.C. Jones and John W. Flournoy. In January 1886 Sheriff D.A. T. Walton showed Mr. Lott around Bee County by buggy, and the committee informed him that they had already raised $55,000. Uriah Lott then headed his railroad through Bee County. After the takeover of S.A.&A.P by Southern Pacific in 1925, the depot became an S.P. station. In 1958, the depot was razed, and the last train left Bee County in 1994. Before the railroad all freighting was done by wagon, and …
Date: 192X
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
Railroad-Rail. (open access)

Railroad-Rail.

Patent for an improved railroad rail that is "composed of track or running rails proper and supplementary rails bolted to the track rails and having a laterally-projecting top portion which serves as a wheel guard or lateral brace for the track rails" (lines 14-19).
Date: October 17, 1893
Creator: Keenan, Michael J.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Railroad-Crossing. (open access)

Railroad-Crossing.

Patent for a simple and durable railroad-crossing that "consists of a center piece, and two side pieces for clamping the main track rails in place" (lines 12-14). It can be easily set up and connected with the rails.
Date: December 26, 1893
Creator: Keenan, Michael J.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
[League City Railroad. Station, (Northwest oblique)]

[League City Railroad. Station, (Northwest oblique)]

Photograph of the League City Railroad. Station (located at 517 West) in Dickinson, Texas.
Date: October 1979
Creator: Batey, Sandra
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
Railroad-Rail Joint. (open access)

Railroad-Rail Joint.

Patent for new and useful improvements in railroad rail joints, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: March 20, 1900
Creator: Hopping, Samuel Miller
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Alta Loma Railroad Depot]

[Alta Loma Railroad Depot]

Photograph of the Alta Loma Railroad Depot (located at Railroad Avenue) in Santa Fe, Texas.
Date: unknown
Creator: Texas Historical Commission
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Alta Loma Railroad Depot]

[Alta Loma Railroad Depot]

Photograph of the Alta Loma Railroad Depot (located at Railroad Avenue) in Santa Fe, Texas.
Date: unknown
Creator: Texas Historical Commission
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
Railroad Weed-Burner (open access)

Railroad Weed-Burner

Patent for "a railroad weed-burning device in which a large sheet-iron shield is suspended underneath and between the trucks of any ordinary railroad car for the purpose of confining the flame and heat produced by oil-atomizing burners or other means to direct and maintain continued contact with grass and weeds on the ground between and along the outside of the rails" (lines 9-18).
Date: May 11, 1897
Creator: Hancock, Geroge A.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Galveston County

Galveston County

Map of the Gulf Coast region covering Galveston County, Texas. The map shows the location of a lighthouse on Bolivar Point. Scale ca. 1:133,334 (4000 varas per inch).
Date: 1883
Creator: Schmidt, V.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Railroad Station / Commercial Complex, (Northeast facade)]

[Railroad Station / Commercial Complex, (Northeast facade)]

Photograph of the Railroad Station / Commercial Complex (located at 1st Avenue North at 3rd Street) in Texas City, Texas.
Date: August 1979
Creator: Batey, Sandra
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Dickinson Railroad Station/Museum, (Northwest oblique)]

[Dickinson Railroad Station/Museum, (Northwest oblique)]

Photograph of the Dickinson Railroad Station/Museum (located at 517 West) in Dickinson, Texas.
Date: October 1979
Creator: Batey, Sandra
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Dickinson Railroad Station/Museum, (Northwest oblique)]

[Dickinson Railroad Station/Museum, (Northwest oblique)]

Photograph of the Dickinson Railroad Station/Museum (located at 517 West) in Dickinson, Texas.
Date: October 1979
Creator: Batey, Sandra
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
Railroad Switch. (open access)

Railroad Switch.

Patent for a new and improved railroad switch. This design "consists in securing the short switch-rail to a long guard-rail, instead of pivoting it to the end of the sliding-rail or supporting-plate, the said guard-rail having the end remote from the short switch-rail spiked securely to the track, and the end carrying the switch-rail provided with lever or other moving devices whereby the switch-rails are thrown" (lines 21-29).
Date: January 15, 1884
Creator: Crowley, John H.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Railroad Tie (open access)

Railroad Tie

Patent for a railroad tie. This invention is made of concrete and allows rails to be attached without the need of spikes. Illustration included.
Date: July 25, 1905
Creator: Percival, Herbert E. & Key, Brewer W.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Locomotion: Romancing the rails at Texas train museums, or Two Longs and a Short: Highballin' it through Texas train museums!, or Two Longs and a Short: Museums toot the whistle of railroading's colorful past. (open access)

Locomotion: Romancing the rails at Texas train museums, or Two Longs and a Short: Highballin' it through Texas train museums!, or Two Longs and a Short: Museums toot the whistle of railroading's colorful past.

Draft of an article about train museums across Texas that was published in the February 2001 issue of Texas Highways magazine.
Date: 2001-02~
Creator: Mallory, Randy
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Lumber Door for Railroad Box Cars (open access)

Lumber Door for Railroad Box Cars

Patent for lumber door on railroad box cars.
Date: December 6, 1882
Creator: Nichols, George B.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Railroad Switch. (open access)

Railroad Switch.

Patent for a new and improved railroad switch. This design "has for its object to provide a simple, inexpensive, efficient, and safe switch adapted for operation by trip-bars on a locomotive engine or car to open or close the switch, and without injury to the rails or actuating mechanism of the switch or danger of derailing the cars" (lines 7-14).
Date: February 21, 1888
Creator: Peetz, John J.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Railroad Shop Interior]

[Railroad Shop Interior]

Photograph of the interior of the League City Railroad Shop, where several of the working men are gathered to pose for a picture. A narrative on the back, written by someone named Caroline in 1971, identifies a few men in the photograph: O.V. King, K.H. Scholes (who was the superintendent or foreman), Perry Johnson, and Percy H. Yoeland.
Date: unknown
Creator: Loraine, Harry
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Texas South-Eastern Railroad Engine 4]

[Texas South-Eastern Railroad Engine 4]

Photograph of Texas South-Eastern Railroad engine 4 pulling a Galveston, Harrisburg and San Antonio Railway freight car, a TSE caboose, and twelve cars of pine logs. Ed Baucum is the engineer. Engine 4 was a Baldwin 4-6-0 steam locomotive that the TSE purchased in March 1904 from the Ragley Lumber Company for $3,500. It was sold to the Lufkin, Hemphill and Gulf Railway in November 1921. The TSE railroad was founded in 1900 by the same owners of Southern Pine Lumber Company and served the company's logging operations. It also provided passenger service from Diboll to Lufkin until 1942.
Date: 1907
Creator: American Lumberman
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
[League City Railroad Shop]

[League City Railroad Shop]

Photograph of the historic League City Railroad Shop, a warehouse building with a wide entrance. The shop workers are gathered together in front of the warehouse. According to a handwritten note on the back, the man at the center wearing the vest is O.V. King and to his right is R.H. Scholes, the superintendent or foreman.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
Chair for Railroad Rails. (open access)

Chair for Railroad Rails.

Patent for a new and improved chair for railroad rails. This design utilizes a metal key and wrought-iron straps so that "the rails are held firmly both laterally and vertically, so that they are kept level at the joint and any sagging is prevented. At the same time endwise movement by expansion or contraction is not hindered, and the chairs being fastened to the ties, the expansion and contraction will take place entirely between the several chairs" (lines 49-57).
Date: February 20, 1883
Creator: Armstrong, Charles & Abbott, George
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Railroad museum resources] (open access)

[Railroad museum resources]

Resource list for an article about railroad museums across Texas that was published in the February 2001 issue of Texas Highways magazine.
Date: 2001-02~
Creator: Mallory, Randy
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library