Ranger Exes Memorial - Historic Texas
Texas Railroad Museums
The train brought civilization to the Texas frontier but after 
World War II, the bustling depots fell into disuse and decay.  
Many Texas stations were torn down but a few have been restored 
to their former grandeur and are now museums.   Photos by 
Webmaster. 

BAIRD

The 1911 Texas & Pacific Railroad Depot Museum
is one of the few two-story depots in Texas.

COOPER

Texas Midland RR constructed this passenger depot in 1913.

DALLAS - The Age of Steam Railroad Museum (located at Fair Park) 
changed it's name to Museum of the American Railroad.  Closing 
and moving to a new home in Frisco.

DENISON

Red River Railroad Museum is located in the old Katy Depot near
downtown Denison.  It has historic train equipment on display 
and an interactive train simulator.

ENNIS - Ennis Railroad & Cultural Heritage Museum

FRISCO - The Museum of the American Railroad (located near the
historic downtown Frisco).  When completed will display the 
4,500 ton "Big Boy" one of a few remaining world's biggest 
and strongest steam engine moved from the railroad museum 
in Dallas.

GALVESTON - Galveston Railroad Museum & Center for Transportation

GARLAND

Santa Fe Railroad Depot Museum is located near downtown Garland. 
The building was constructed in 1901 and was moved in 1972. In 
2013, it was relocated behind the downtown public library.  A 
rail car next to it is being restored. Garland had two railroads 
at one time and the tracks actually crossed. 

GAINESVILLE

Railroad depot & museum

GRAPEVINE

1901 Cotton Belt Railroad Depot & Museum. Train service 
offered here to the Fort Worth Stockyards.

GREENVILLE

The 1896 Katy Depot is now the Greenville Railroad Museum including
railroad artifacts, Lionel model train display & hobby shop.

HOUSTON - Gulf Coast Railroad Museum

MARSHALL - Texas & Pacific Railroad Deport & Museum

MINEOLA

Depot restored to the 1906 original appearance. It is now the Museum of 
Railroad Memorabilia and a stop for Amtrak.

MOUNT VERNON

Former Cotton Belt Station built in 1894, now a museum.

PLANO

Interurban Railway Station Museum  is located near downtown Plano 
and has the history of early-1900s electric railway system.

RANGER

T&P Railroad Depot is now the Roaring Ranger Museum.

SAN ANGELO

Railway Museum of San Angelo

SAN ANTONIO - Texas Transportation Museum

STRAWN

Old depot museum on Front St. near downtown

TEAGUE

Burlington-Rock Island Railroad Museum

TEMPLE

1910 Santa Fe Depot & Harvey House Museum also the historic Santa Fe 
Moody Depot (moved to Temple) for the Central Texas Area Model Railroaders

TYLER - Cotton Belt Depot Museum, The Tyler Transit
is in the Passenger section & The Cotton Belt -Tyler Tap 
Historical Society & Museum is in the Baggage section 
(East Side). 

WEATHERFORD

1910 Santa Fe depot Museum

WICHITA FALLS - Wichita Falls Railroad Museum

WINNSBORO

Depot Museum is located near downtown.


Other Historic Texas Rail Stations

ABILENE - 1910 T&P depot

ALBANY - 1881 Texas Central depot


ALLEN - this depot was reconstructed a few years ago from 
photos of old depots. The original depot burned in 1942
and was the site of the first train robbery in 1878 by 
Sam Bass. The depot served the Houston & Texas Central 
railroad.  The train line is now abandoned.

This stone dam was built in 1874 in Allen by the
railroad to create a water reservoir for supplying 
water to the steam locomotives.  It is thought to 
be the only one left in the U.S.

ALPINE - 1946 Mission Revival-style Southern Pacific depot

AMARILLO - 1910 Mission-style Santa Fe depot & Harvey House

BALLINGER - 1905 stone Santa Fe Depot

BAY CITY - 1905 St. Louis Brownsville & Mexico Railway depot

BONHAM - 1900 T&P depot

BRECKENRIDGE - brick 1929 Wichita Falls & Southern depot

BRENHAM - brick 1925 Santa Fe freight depot

BROWNWOOD - 1911 Santa Fe depot

CROCKETT - 1909 Missouri Pacific depot


DALLAS - 1916 Union Station in downtown Dallas is still in use, 
also services the DART light-rail system.

EDINBURG - 1927 Spanish Colonial Revival-style Southern Pacific
depot

EL PASO - 1905 Beaux Arts-style Union Depot

FORT WORTH - 1931 T&P passenger terminal

DE RIO - 1976 Union Pacific station


FRISCO - this is a replica located at the Frisco Heritage Center
of the 63 year old original Frisco depot used by the St. Louis-
San Francisco Railway starting in 1902.

FORT STOCKTON - 1911 Orient depot

FRANKSTON - 1906 Southern Pacific depot

HOUSTON - 1911 Union Station


IRVING - train depot built in 1896 at the East Texas town of
Clinton.  It was later moved to Nevada, Fate, and then Irving. 
After being renovated, it was dedicated in 1988 at the Heritage 
Park in Irving's historic downtown.

JASPER - 1900 Santa Fe depot

LUBBOCK - 1928 Burlington Railroad depot


PARIS - old railroad depot in Paris is now home for two 
restaurants. 

SAN ANGELO - 1910 Orient depot

SAN ANTONIO - Opulent 1902 Southern Pacific depot

SONORA - 1930 Santa Fe depot


TERRELL - railroad depot


Harvey Houses
There were 18 Harvey House restaurants established from the 
1890s through the 1940s in Texas to provide food for the 
railroad travelers.  Excellent food was served in spotless 
surroundings by well-trained, impeccably groomed "Harvey 
Girls".  Most of the Harvey Houses have been abandoned or 
demolished.

01. Amarillo - (1910-1940), building sold and now an 
      antique store.

02. Beaumont 

03. Brownwood - (   -1938)

04. Canadian - (1910-1939)

05. Cleburne - (   -1931)

06. El Paso - (1906-1948)

07. Fort Worth - (   -1933)

08. Dallas - (   -1923)

09. Gainesville - (1901-1931)

10. Galveston - (1897-1938)

11. Houston - (1911-1945)

12. Rosenberg (1897-1923)

13. Slaton - (1912-1942), has been renovated and is now a 
      B&B, museum and community center.

14. Silsbee - (   -1923)

15. Somerville - (1900-1940)

16. Sweetwater - (   -1933)

17. Paris - (1896-1930)

18. Temple - (   -1933), pictured above with museums.