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.
The museum was established with funds from Galveston businesswoman and philanthropist Mary Moody Northen and the Moody Foundation.
Equipment
Diesel Locomotives Source:
Atchison, Topeka, & Santa Fe F7A #315 (Originally Southern Pacific #6443) Atchison, Topeka, & Santa Fe F7A #316 (Originally Texas & New Orleans #365) BNSF Railway EMD GP38AC #2127 (Originally St Louis San Francisco #650) Galveston Railroad Museum GE 80-Tonner #1983 Union Pacific H-20-44 #410 (Originally Akron, Canton, & Youngstown #505) [Scrapped 2025]
Steam Locomotives Source: Magma Arizona 2-8-0 #555 Southern Pacific 4-6-0 #314 Waco, Beaumont, Trinity, & Sabine 2-6-2 #1
Passenger Cars Source:
Center for Transportation & Commerce baggage car #1001 (Originally MILW) Center for Transportation & Commerce baggage car #1002 (Originally MILW) Center for Transportation & Commerce baggage car #1103 (Originally MILW) Center for Transportation & Commerce baggage car #1204 (Originally MILW) Chicago & North Western observation #401 "Anacapa" Illinois Central Railway Post Office (RPO) #100 Louisville & Nashville baggage car #1205 MRLX baggage car #1258 "Arthur R. Camody Jr Rail Library" MRLX cafe #145 "Northern Lights" (ex-Amtrak) MRLX coach #54520 "John E. Bertini Jr, M.D." (ex-Amtrak) New York Central observation #800038 "Bonnie Brook" PPCX observation #800279 "Silver Foot" Pullman observation "Mt. Darwin" Pullman sleeper "Glen Fee" RPCX coach #800861 "Alonzo H. Harter" RPCX coach #800882 "George H. Gould" RPCX coach #800911 "City of Galveston" RPCX sleeper #1117 "Donald E. Harper Jr" Southern Railway diner #3305 Southern Railway observation "Robert E Lee" (Originally CB&Q)
Freight Cars
Atchison, Topeka, & Santa Fe tank car #100221 Atchison, Topeka, & Santa Fe 50' box car Denver & Rio Grande Western box car #62746 Southern Pacific box car #34828
Cabooses
Atchison, Topeka, & Santa Fe #1642 Chicago, Burlington, & Quincy #14118 Fort Worth & Denver #107 Missouri Pacific #13895
See also
List of National Historic Landmarks in Texas National Register of Historic Places listings in Galveston County, Texas Recorded Texas Historic Landmarks in Galveston County Galveston Island Trolley
References
External links
HawkinsRails' Galveston Railroad Museum page Galveston Railroad Museum homepage