|
Galveston, Houston
& Henderson |
| A charter was granted to the road
in 1853. Construction began in 1854 and was completed from
Galveston to Houston in 1860.
Reports to the State Engineer in 1861 and 1862 indicate the road was
leasing an additional 3 locomotives and 21 cars from "R&P Est
of" (meaning Real & Personal Estate Association).
The entire road was leased to the Confederate government in 1862,
except for mail and passenger trains. It was extended 5.6 miles to
service the batteries on the eastern and southern sides of Galveston
Island.
The road had taken three mortgages, totaling $5.75 million, in the
few years before the war and a court case in the late 1800's contended
that this road and the Junction road were being run as one road, with
all the money going through the Junction company, leaving the mortgage
holders with a property that was not maintained and was falling in
value. The R&P Est Ass owned all the rolling stock and leased it to this
road as part of the scheme to make as much money as possible, without
paying off the mortgages.
|
| Black's Number |
104 (map)
(map) (map)
(map) |
| Track |
50 miles of 5 foot 6 inch gauge of unknown type
and weight (chairs 8.5 lbs) |
| Locomotives |
5; 5 names |
| Cars |
63 |
| Stations |
9 |
| Officers |
Many |
| Significant Documents |
| NP, HT 1-1A-61 |
| NP, GDC 1-23B-61 |
| NP, GN 2-14-61 |
| NP, BB 2-19-61 |
| NP, GTN 4-2A-61 |
| NP, HT 4-9A-61 |
| NP, HT 4-16F-61 |
| NP, GCGW 4-30A-61 |
| NP, SG 5-18-61 |
| NP, GCGW 6-4-61 |
| NP, GCGW 6-11-61 |
| NP, HT 7-24-61 |
| NP, TD 7-28-61 |
| NP, GN 8-20B-61 |
| TX, GH&H 9-1-61 |
| NP, BC 9-4-61 |
|
NP, REX
9-20-61 |
| NP, GTN 9-24-61 |
| NA,
GH&H 10-12-61 |
| NP, GTN 10-17-61 |
| NP, GTN 10-17A-61 |
| NP, HT 10-23-61 |
|
NA, GH&H
10-25-61 |
|
NA, GH&H
10-28-61 |
| NP, DH 10-30-61 |
| NP, RD 11-2-61 |
|
NA, GH&H
11-9-61 |
|
NA,
GH&H 11-11-61 |
|
NA,
GH&H 11-11A-61 |
|
NA,
GH&H 11-11B-61 |
|
NA, GH&H
11-13-61 |
|
NA, GH&H
11-16-61 |
| NP, GTC 11-18-61 |
|
NA, GH&H
11-18-61 |
|
NA,
GH&H 11-20-61 |
|
NA,
GH&H 11-26-61 |
|
NA,
GH&H 11-30-61 |
|
NA,
GH&H 11-30A-61 |
|
NA,
GH&H 12-2-61 |
|
NA, DT
12-6-61 |
|
NA, DT
12-9-61 |
|
NA, DT
12-10-61 |
|
NA,
GH&H 12-23-61 |
| NP, HT 12-25-61 |
|
NA, GH&H
12-30-61 |
|
NA, GH&H
12-31-61 |
| NP, NOTP 1-1D-62 |
| NP, GCE 1-14-62 |
| NP, GCE 1-14A-62 |
| NP, GCE 1-14C-62 |
|
NA, QMR
1-20-62 |
| NA,
RR 1-25-62 |
| NA,
GH&H 1-28-62 |
|
NA, GH&H
1-30-62 |
| NA,
GH&H 1-31-62 |
|
NA, GH&H
2-2-62 |
| NA,
RR 2-6-62 |
|
NA, GH&H
2-15-62 |
|
NA, GH&H
2-17-62 |
|
NA, GH&H
3-1-62 |
| NA,
GH&H 4-23-62 |
|
NA, DT
5-12-62 |
|
NA, DT
5-26-62 |
| NA,
GH&H 5-27-62 |
|
NA, DT 6-3-62 |
| NP, HT 6-13-62 |
| NP, HT 9-10-62 |
| OR Series 1, Vol. 15, Page 211 |
| OR Series 1, Vol. 15, Page 832 |
| NA,
GH&H 12-4-62 |
|
NA, GH&H
12-4A-62 |
| NA,
GH&H 12-13-62 |
|
NA, DTNMA
1-15-63 |
|
NA, DTNMA
1-16-63 |
|
NA, DTNMA
1-16A-63 |
|
NP, DH
1-21A-63 |
| NP, MAP 1-24-63 |
| NA,
GH&H 2-10-63 |
|
NA, DETX
3-25-63 |
| NP, GN 4-1-63 |
| NP, HT 4-3A-63 |
| NA,
GH&H 4-30-63 |
| OR Series 1, Vol. 15, Page 1063 |
| NA,
GH&H 5-12-63 |
|
NA, GH&H
5-12A-63 |
|
NA,
GH&H 5-30-63 |
|
NA, DETX
6-4-63 |
|
NA, DETX
6-5-63 |
|
NA, DT
6-15-63 |
|
NA, DT
6-15A-63 |
|
NA, DT
6-20-63 |
| NA,
GH&H 6-27-63 |
| NA,
GH&H 6-30-63 |
| NA,
GH&H 6-30A-63 |
|
NA, RRB
7-11-63 |
|
NA, DT 9-4-63 |
| NA,
GH&H 9-7-63 |
| NA,
GH&H 9-9-63 |
| NA,
GH&H 9-11-63 |
|
NA, DT
9-11-63 |
| NA, TX 9-12-63 |
|
NA, DETX
9-17-63 |
|
NA, DETX
9-29-63 |
| NA,
GH&H 10-3-63 |
| OR Series 1, Vol. 26, Part 2, Page 296 |
|
NA, DETX
10-13-63 |
|
NA, DT
10-19A-63 |
| NA,
GH&H 10-21-63 |
| NP, RSJ 11-6-63 |
|
NP,
SMN 11-7A-63 |
|
NA, DTNMA
11-12-63 |
|
NA, DTNMA
11-15-63 |
|
NA, DT
11-19B-63 |
|
NA, RR
12-2-63 |
|
NA, DTNMA
12-4-63 |
|
NA, DT 3-1-64 |
| NA,
GH&H 4-18-64 |
|
NA, DT
4-26A-64 |
| NA,
GH&H 5-20-64 |
|
NA, DT
5-28-64 |
|
NA, DT
5-30-64 |
|
NA, DT
7-13-64 |
|
NA, DT
7-28-64 |
|
NA, DT 8-2-64 |
|
NA, DT 8-3-64 |
|
NA, DT 8-5-64 |
|
NA, DT 8-9-64 |
|
NA, DT
8-11-64 |
|
NA, DT
8-23-64 |
|
NA, DT
9-16-64 |
|
NA, DT
9-22-64 |
|
NA, RR
9-22-64 |
|
NA, DT
9-30-64 |
| NP, HT 11-7-64 |
|
NA, DT
11-30-64 |
|
NA, DT
12-17-64 |
|
NA, DT
1-16-65 |
|
NA, DT
1-17-65 |
|
NA, DT 2-1-65 |
|
NA, GH&H
2-6-65 |
|
NA, DT 2-7-65 |
| NA,
GH&H 2-7-65 |
|
NA, DT
2-13-65 |
| NP, GDN 2-23-65 |
| NP, GDN 2-23A-65 |
| NP, GDN 2-24A-65 |
| NP, HT 2-24-65 |
|
NA, DT
3-2A-65 |
|
NA, DT 3-3-65 |
|
NA, DT 3-9-65 |
|
NA, DT
3-17-65 |
|
NA, DT
3-21-65 |
|
NA, DT
3-22-65 |
|
NA, DT
4-10A-65 |
|
NA, DT
4-13-65 |
|
NA, DT
4-17-65 |
|
NA, DTNMA
5-20-65 |
| OR Series 1, Vol. 48, Part 2, Page 1317 |
|
NA, DT
5-22-65 |
|
