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Sunrise at Harrisburg. Jimmy Barlow was present early on the morning of Sunday,
September 7, 2003 -- the 150th anniversary
of railroad service in the state of Texas -- to document the location (now a fairly nondescript
neighborhood of Houston) where it all began. During the many decades since the construction
of the BBB&C, the track arrangement at the Tower 30 / Katy Neck interlocking has
been realigned and the first half-mile of track
extending from the BBB&C's point of origin to this location has been removed. Had it
been left
intact, the original alignment would continue straight ahead through the trees.
The track crossing from left to right in the foreground is the former Galveston, Houston &
Henderson; its crossing of the BBB&C was the second railroad crossing
constructed in the state of Texas.
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