Galveston County, Texas

City

Railroad

Current Location

Type

Current Use

Date Built

Track Status

Bldg. Mat.

Current Railroad

Notes

Field Checked

Dickinson

Galveston, Houston and Henderson

relocated to 218 FM 517 West

C

Dickinson Historic Railroad Center, museum

 

none

wood

none

restored, next to League City depot

10/14

Friendswood

San Antonio and Aransas Pass (Southern Pacific)

relocated at 1519 County Road 129 (Hastings/Friendswood Rd.)

C

 

 

none

wood

none

depot from Shiner

 

Galveston

Union Station (Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe)

2602 Santa Fe Place

P

museum/office building

1912/1931

gone

brick

none

eight stories, Galveston Railroad Museum

5/05

Galveston

AT&SF

Galveston Bay

T

rr

 

in use

 

BNSF/UP

Tower 97

 

Galveston

BNSF/UP

Galveston Bay

B

rr

2010-2012

 

steel

BNSF/UP

vertical lift, 882' long

2/12

Galveston

Galveston, Houston and Henderson

325 33rd Street

F

business

1904

in use

brick

UP

freight office

8/08

Gilchrist

 

 

 

residence

 

 

cinder block

 

 

 

Hitchcock

Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe

relocated to 11225 Highway 6

C

museum

 1893

none

wood

none

 

 

Kemah

Texas and New Orleans

relocated next to Kemah Visitor's Center at 603 Bradford Avenue

M

to be preserved

 

none

wood

none

section house

7/10

League City

Galveston, Houston and Henderson

relocated to 218 FM 517 West in Dickinson

C

Dickinson Historic Railroad Center, meeting space/offices

 

none

wood

none

restored, next to Dickinson depot

10/14

Patton

Galveston & Interstate

On Texas 87 in Crystal Beach

C

residence

 

gone 

cinder block

none 

29.42809, -94.69174

3/15

 

Compiled by M. J. Camp, Bill Holdsworth and Elizabeth Guenzler, Railroad Station Historical Society, Inc.

 

Last updated 1/5/2025

 

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