As was mentioned last week, our Houston Club was part of the reopening
of the Hurricane Ike destroyed Museum of Commerce and Transportation in
Galveston. The next thing to happen is the arrival of two rebuilt F-7's
that will happen on Nov 9th with a train from New Orleans to Houston and
then the final journey to Galveston on the 10th. So all you railfans
can be trackside on those days. Linked below is a short video of them
leaving the shops in N.O. In a way it's too bad that Houston's Amtrak
station was the former SP station, while the Santa Fe used Union Station
which is now our baseball statium called Minute Maid park. However, I
understand those two engines are really old SP engines anyhow, so
they'll be right at home in the SP station for the night. Their
permanent home will be the Santa Fe station in Galveston, at least until
the next hurricane!
Bob Werre
PhotoTraxx
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Subject: Restored Santa Fe F units returning to Galveston
Date: Fri, 12 Oct 2012 13:53:10 -0500
With donations from Galveston native George Mitchell, two Santa Fe F
units have been restored and will pull a special train to Galveston for
the grand reopening of the Galveston Railroad Museum. The train will
travel from New Orleans to Houston on Nov 9, overnight at the Amtrak
station and depart for a round-trip journey to Galveston on Nov 10.
Check out the museums website for a short video of the unveiling of the
F7s. (They look GREAT!)
Randall
http://www.galvestonrrmuseum.com/
http://www.galvestonrrmuseum.com/grrm_docs/great_grand_reopening.pdf
