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Texas Railroad 
Sesquicentennial - Special Events

Texas Railroad Sesquicentennial - Special Events



On July 3, 2003, Union Pacific operated a special passenger train in the Houston area to help the city of Stafford get an early start at recognizing the upcoming Sesquicentennial anniversary of rail service to the community. Below are two photos of the passenger special taken by Jimmy Barlow as it operated from Manchester to Stafford.

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For several months during 2003, a traveling exhibit -- built to resemble a BBB&C boxcar -- helped to commemorate the Texas Railroad Sesquicentennial anniversary by visiting various railroad museums and towns throughout the state of Texas. Mr. Ken Stavinoha of the Rosenberg Railroad Museum in Rosenberg, TX described the exhibit:

"This is the traveling exhibit that started out in Rosenberg for our festival back in March, which kicked off the TX RR Sesquicentennial year. It then went to New Braunfels in April, for their festival, and spent the month of May at the Gulf Coast Chapter, NRHS in Houston. It was at Stafford for their July 4th and TX RR celebration, and in August, was at Burnet for the ASTA Rail Fair. It is currently on display at the Temple RR Museum during September, and will be in Flatonia sometime in October for their Czhilispiel event.

"There are 6 information panels with black and white photos, and color images of such things as an 1855 BBB&C Stock Certificate, and an 1861 BBB&C letter responding to the complaint of a rancher regarding the lack of compensation for a bull killed by a BBB&C train."

Mr. Stavinoha contributed the following photos, taken of the traveling exhibit during its stop in Stafford during the Fourth of July weekend.

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Texas Railroad Sesquicentennial

The above photo, illustrating the Texas Rail Sesquicentennial activities at the Rosenberg Railroad Museum in March, appeared in the Fort Bend Herald-Coaster.



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