Galveston Railroad Museum, April 5th, 2008
Galveston RR Museum
Galveston Attractions
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A visit to the Galveston Island Railroad Museum . . .
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. . . near the cruise boat terminal and 25th & Strand
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Galveston's RR line was built to bypass Houston, its chief business rival, and extend across Texas
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What's the first thing you see at the Railroad Museum?
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A big locomotive engine on a simulated turn station
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The Waco, Beaumont, Trinity & Sabine RR Engine #1
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A 2-6-2 wheel configuration engine . . .
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built by the Baldwin Locomotive Company in 1920
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Hard to see stalled SUVs ahead on the tracks
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Oil burning engine provides the power
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1911 Case steam tractor (#26174) in the Garden
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Another antique engine in the Garden of Steam
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Outside the 1929 private business car "Anacapa"
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Pass the Union Pacific Engine #410 for a train ride
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Pose by the "Robert E. Lee" Lounge/Sleeping Car
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Inside the Robert E Lee car
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Bathroom required for the NY to New Orleans trips
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Bill & Stephen relax in the Pullman car's lounge
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Southern Pacific engine 1303 will take us on a ride
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Ride in Missouri Pacific Caboose #13895
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Leave behind the white Union Tank Car #83699
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Exit the railroad station gates
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Some ride the SP1303 engine, most in the caboose
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Rolling along Harborside Drive
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The Carnival cruiseboat Ecstasy departs later today
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Pass by the $35 ecstasy salesman
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Approach the track switch station, head for track 5
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The boys pose by their new favorite train engine
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1954 CTC#100 self propelled passenger car
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L: CTCR #555; R: Texas Limited Engine 200
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View inside the Texas Limited Engine 200 cab
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Air Force engine #1673 was built in 1952
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Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Way Caboose #1642
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ATSF #1642 is a steel, end cupola caboose
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Stephen climbs up into its cupola built in 1927
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Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Derrick Tender CRIP #95015
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Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Steam Derrick CRIP #95014
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Was built in 1904 and can lift 60 tons
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Missouri Pacific end cupola Caboose #12131
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Climb the railing for a view up top
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Great view forward and aft of train since 1929
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Watch your head when climbing into the cupola
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Four seats & eight windows in the cupola
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Kansas City Southern gondola was restored in 2007
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First of many tank cars, #31589, to be refurbished
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Allan & Stephen try out the hand cart
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Whoa, slow down, don't hit the tanker!
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Center for Transportation & Commerce #555
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Candidate car for the next restoring paint job
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Inside the rentable private party dining car
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Illinois Central Railway Post Office Car #100
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Stephen checks out the empty mail bag racks
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Small town mail was stored in the pigeon holes
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Fuses inside the post office car
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Inside the "Glen Fee" sleeping car built in 1926
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View from the lower bunk
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Common passenger cars have upper & lower berths
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Stephen would probably take the upper bunk
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Families can open the doors between compartments
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Hallway outside the passenger compartments
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Another set of compartments down the hall
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Best not to fall out of the upper bunk
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Walk through the connector to the next car
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New York, Chicago & St. Louis Dining Car #125
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Better view of the #125's full kitchen
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A full kitchen takes up 30ft of the car
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Next is the "Anacapa" Business Car
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One of three bedrooms inside the car
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View from bed of fold up sink and dresser
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The "Anacapa" provided luxury transportation . . .
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and entertainment for business executives
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Blue sitting room inside the Anacapa
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Bathroom with sink and shower
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View of sink inside blue sitting room
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Worn couch within the Anacapa observation parlor
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Patios of the two business trains
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Vote for me in 2008 for SPAM in every pot
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Southern Pacific engine #314 on track 1
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A 4-6-0 wheel arrangement built in 1892
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Mr. Fireman please won't you listen to me, I got a woman in Tennessee,
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And I'm movin' on, yeah, I'll soon be gone, so shovel the coal,
lets rattle and roll, I'm movin' on
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Climb in the cab & ring the heck out of the train bell
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Venture inside the Original 1932 GCSF Station
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One will find The Strand when exiting out the front
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Central waiting room is now the People's Gallery
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Originally the Harvey House restaurant to the left
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The area is populated by Ghosts of Travelers Past
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Original news stand is now the museum gift shop
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5¢ payphone with 25¢ long distance slots
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The ticket booth is off to the left
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The Moody Foundation purchased the building when the Gulf, Colorado & Santa Fe Railroad closed their office here in 1964
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View down The Strand from the museum entrance
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One Shearn Moody Plaza houses the train station
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Snack bar viewed from The Garden of Steam
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Inside a baggage car for museum exhibits
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the T-rail was invented around 1940
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And more inventors worked on the best design
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View from the other end of the hallway
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100 shares of common stock with a $250 par value
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Tools used to lay track in the background
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Three-wheel Velocipede hand car (1880's)
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4 baggage cars house the permanent exhibits
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Missouri Pacific Railroad china and silver
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Silver service from the days of luxurious train travel
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Railroad china from the famous Union Pacific Domeliner's City of Los Angeles & City of Portland. Ronald Reagan was the trains' spokesman in the 1950's
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Herron O-Scale Railroad Layout in Theater 3
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The panorama changes from daytime to night-time
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A 2nd, more extensive, railroad layout in theater 4
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This layout has mountains & multiple tracks
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Storm in the background & accident in foreground
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An active train rolls around the city portion
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Another active train crosses the bridge . . .
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. . . and enters the tunnel within the mountain
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Lunch afterwards at Benno's, 12th & Seawall
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Fried shimp and oyster combo platter