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]

Santa Fe Union Station
U.S. National Historic Landmark District Contributing Property
U.S. Historic district Contributing property
Recorded Texas Historic Landmark
Santa Fe Union Station
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Location	123 Rosenberg Ave., Galveston, Texas
Coordinates	29°18′23″N 94°47′52″W
Built	1932 (1932)
Website	Galveston Railroad Museum
Part of	The Strand Historic District (ID70000748[1])
RTHL No.	7178
Significant dates
Designated NHLDCP	May 11, 1976
Designated CP	January 26, 1970
Designated RTHL	1983

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

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

See also

• National Register of Historic Places portal
• Texas portal

• 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

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.

External links

• Media related to Galveston Railroad Museum at Wikimedia Commons
• HawkinsRails' Galveston Railroad Museum page
• Galveston Railroad Museum homepage

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