I didn't realize so much time had passed since my last posting. I've put the time to good use, however. My wiring in complete and all trackwork laid to date has been tested, bugs have been worked out of turnouts, etc., and I've started scenery. The only track yet to be laid is the wharf spur, which will have to wait until I build the wharf and "water" section. I've unpacked my structures, which haven't seen daylight since we left Idaho in 2008, and am modifying them to fit into my new layout...and I'm also making any changes necessary to represent Texas in April 1947, instead of my previous place and era of Idaho in September 1939.
Photos soon!
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Hi, Mr. Chuck,
ReplyDeleteIt may be a little bit late, but I saw that you were looking for information on Texas seaport railroads. One of the most interesting examples was the Beaumont-High Island-Port Bolivar branch of the Gulf, Colorado & Santa Fe, a Texas ATSF subsidiary. A rail ferry exchanged cars between Port Bolivar and the Santa Fe's other operations in Galveston harbor. Just north of High Island was a truss swing bridge spanning the Intracoastal Waterway. Up until 1942, when the High Island-Port Bolivar portion of the line was abandoned and the rails recycled for the wartime scrap drives, fruits and vegetables were shipped out of the Bolivar Peninsula on a mixed train, Nos. 245 and 246. The trains would pass directly in front of the Point Bolivar lighthouse and a wye ran into Fort Travis to serve the military installation (coastal gun batteries) located there.