 Welcome to Gulf Coast Chapter - NRHS! Click here to see the winning entries in our 2022 Railroad Photography Contest Entry forms for our 2023 Railroad Photography Contest will be posted soon. Click here to see the award-winning photos from our 2021 Railroad Photography Contest Click here to see the award-winning photos from our 2020 Railroad Photography Contest |
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OUR
MISSION
To
preserve, enjoy and share with the public the memory,
history and experience of railroading, particularly
Texas railroading, as it has been and as it is now.
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US
OR RENEW YOUR MEMBERSHIP!
New members are welcome! Click here to download a current membership application. Click here to join or renew online. Membership meetings are held on the third Tuesday of every month except December. Visit us on Facebook for more information. |
CURRENT
GULF
COAST CHAPTER NRHS ACTIVITIES For information about our
activities, please visit us on Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/GulfCoastChapterNRHS/ Our current projects include renovation of former Southern Pacific Sunset Limited dining car No. 10212, restoration of former Kansas City Southern Lines Southern Belle tavern-lounge-observation car Good Cheer, and upgrades and maintenance on former MKT Texas Special chair car New Braunfels, which is in service with the Austin Steam Train Association. |
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| EQUIPMENT
ROSTER Locomotives: ATSF 2350 Alco S-2 switcher, 1945 HB&T 14 Alco S-2 switcher, 1945 Texas Mexican 510 Baldwin DS44-750 switcher, 1949 Passenger, Railway Mail and Express Cars: AMTRAK 3395 lounge car (ex-ATSF), 1950 ATSF 1890 end-door express car, 1928 ATSF 3401 baggage-Railway Post Office car, 1938 GM&O Alton parlor car, 1947 KCS Good Cheer tavern lounge observation car, 1940 MKT New Braunfels chair car, 1955 MP Eagle Chasm sleeping car, 1949 SP 10212 Sunset Limited Audobon Room dining car, 1950 SP&S 50 mail storage car (originally baggage-RPO), 1915 T&P 1114 baggage car, 1920 Freight cars: CSOX 2198 tank car, 1927 MHAX 1237 helium car, 1955 MKT 6 cupola caboose, 1949 SP 4696 bay window caboose, 1979 TrailerTrain Co. 92309 intermodal flat car, 1967 Miscellaneous Equipment: Fairmont Track Speeder Velocipede |
DONATE You can support our activities
by donating your time as a member volunteer or with a monetary
donation. To donate, mail your check or money order to the
contact address below. Thank you for your support!
CONTACT US Gulf Coast Chapter - NRHS PO Box 457 Houston TX 77001 info@gulfcoastnrhs.org  |
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Society, Inc. is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization incorporated
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